Heavy Equipment Operator-Front End Loader

Full Time
Shreveport, LA 71108
Posted
Job description

If you are interested in this, please come in to Labor Finders on 2160 Hollywood Ave!

Mechanical experience is a PLUS!

The job responsibilities may include the following:

  • Operating bulldozers, cranes, excavators, forklifts and other machinery to transport earth or materials, erecting and installing construction materials, laying roadbeds or paving materials, moving, loading or unloading items and more.
  • Cleaning, maintaining, and making basic repairs and reporting malfunctions to supervisors as necessary.
  • Moving levers, pushing pedals, or turning valves to maneuver equipment, while ensuring safety standards.
  • Coordinate machine actions with crew members using hand or audio signals
  • Completing apprenticeship and on-the-job training; working with a mentor to learn job and safety principles.
  • Ensuring machinery, equipment, and components receive proper maintenance, which may include cleaning, refueling, recharging batteries, or replacing liquefied-gas tanks.
  • Obtain required licensing or certification to operate certain equipment.
  • Carrying or lifting heavy objects as well as squatting, kneeling, bending, or crawling in awkward positions.
  • Working outdoors in all weather conditions, full-time or seasonally, extended hours and night shifts.

You will also need to:

  • Have a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Have 1 to 3 years of industry experience.
  • Complete heavy equipment apprenticeship as well as on-going training and evaluations.
  • Be continually attentive and mindful of your surroundings to keep yourself and co-workers safe.
  • Have hand-eye-foot coordination, depth perception, near and far vision acuity, good reaction time and physical stamina, and develop proficiency in the safe operation of equipment.
  • Be familiar with global positioning systems (GPS).
  • Be at least 18 years old and hold a commercial driver's license (CDL).
  • Pass Department of Transportation (DOT) medical requirements and have no substance abuse problems.

-Must be able to pass a drug screen

-Required to know how to operate a track-hoe, back-hoe, front end loader, and skid steer.

-Duties will also include: testing samples, plant maintenance here and there, helping with loading trucks.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 per hour

Schedule:

  • 12 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Shreveport, LA 71108: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

  • Do you know how to efficiently operate a Front end Loader? How many years of experience do you have?

Experience:

  • Oil & gas: 5 years (Required)
  • Heavy equipment operation: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

  • NCCER Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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