Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
Required Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of experience operating heavy equipment on heavy civil, roadway, earthwork, site development, or infrastructure construction projects
- Experience operating multiple pieces of equipment, including a combination of dozers, graders, excavators, loaders, and/or articulated dump trucks
- Ability to perform excavation, grading, material movement, and site preparation work
- Understanding of site elevations, grading principles, and earthmoving operations Ability to pass a drug screen and background check
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Experience operating GPS machine control systems (Trimble, Topcon, Leica, or similar)
- Experience performing rough and finish grading
- Experience working on federal construction projects
- OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 Certification
Job Description
Insight Global is hiring a Heavy Equipment Operator to support a large-scale roadway and civil construction project at Anniston Army Depot in Alabama. This individual will be responsible for operating multiple types of heavy equipment, including bulldozers, graders, excavators, loaders, and articulated dump trucks, to support earthmoving, grading, excavation, roadway construction, and site development activities throughout the project. The ideal candidate has a strong background operating various pieces of heavy equipment on heavy civil, roadway, earthwork, or site development projects and can transition between equipment as project needs evolve. Experience performing grading, excavation, material movement, and site preparation activities is highly preferred. This is a fully on-site opportunity requiring 5, 8-10 hour shifts daily.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Safely operate multiple types of heavy equipment, including dozers, graders, excavators, loaders, and articulated dump trucks
- Perform earthmoving, excavation, grading, site preparation, and roadway construction activities
- Move, stockpile, spread, and load soil, aggregate, gravel, rock, and other construction materials throughout the project site
- Support rough and finish grading operations for roadways, embankments, drainage systems, and site development projects
- Assist with excavation activities, trenching, utility installation support, and backfilling operations
- Utilize grading techniques to maintain proper elevations, slopes, and site specifications
- Work closely with survey crews, superintendents, project managers, and other equipment operators to maintain production schedules
- Navigate active construction zones safely while adhering to designated haul routes and site traffic plans
- Complete daily equipment inspections and perform basic preventative maintenance checks
- Monitor equipment performance and report maintenance or safety concerns promptly
- Maintain compliance with OSHA, USACE, and company safety standards Assist with additional site operations and equipment needs as required