Job Posting Title

Equipment Operator at Salt Plains State Park

Agency

566 DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND RECREATION

Supervisory Organization

Salt Plains State Park

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

$15/hour full-time

Job Description

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving the operation of various types of equipment or machinery in performing various maintenance or construction activities, or in completing other functions involving the use of equipment or machinery.

Typical Functions

• Drives trucks and buses to transport materials, trash, merchandise, equipment and/or employees; may load and unload truck assisted by others; makes minor mechanical repairs and keeps the truck clean and in good working order; lubricates the moving parts or wearing surfaces of mechanical equipment.
• Drives a wheeled tractor, pulling rollers or sweeper brooms; drives tractor power mowers; operates an asphalt kettle up to 600 gallon capacity; operates compressor equipment driving jackhammers; operates tail grader; operates batch plant; operates mudjack; operates pneumatic demolition hammer.
• Operates power shovels or cranes with hoe, dipper, clam shell, dragline, load hooks or other attachments in doing such tasks as excavating and moving earth, rock, sand and other bulky materials; moving lumber, girders and similar objects; loading trucks from stockpiles or borrow pits; clearing right-of-way; and making cuts and fills to grade.
• Operates a heavy bulldozer or tractor and scraper unit in earth-moving operations or similar maintenance or construction work.
• Does all related and incidental work, such as building deck or platform, constructing and raising derrick, placing guy lines and rigging ropes, cables and pulleys and other work in erecting pile drivers; removing and replacing caps, braces, whalings, sills and other wharf and bridge members; cutting and trimming wharf and bridge members with saws and other tools; bolting new frame members into place using boring machines or air drills.
• Supervises and participates in the servicing, upkeep and repair of equipment operated; moves equipment from one job to another.
• Operates a heavy duty truck tractor used for hauling unusually large equipment; drives and operates large striping machine used in painting center lines and no passing stripes.
• Operates a heavy truck in the loading, transporting and distribution of valuable retail merchandise, heavy construction equipment and other materials.
• Operates a motor grader powered with gasoline or diesel engine used in work of a routine nature such as grading of gravel roads and shoulders.

Level Descriptor

This is the leadership level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibilities for the direct supervision of an equipment shop, roads and grounds unit, or similar organizational unit involving the use of heavy equipment in construction, maintenance, or transportation activities. Responsibility may also be assigned for the supervision of highly skilled or specialized work involving the use of lighter equipment.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of three years of experience in operating and maintaining power equipment used in maintenance, construction or transportation.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of the operation and maintenance of heavy, complicated power equipment; of the operation and maintenance of all types of power equipment, including cranes, dozers, tractors, graders and heavy duty trucks; of safety measures required for the operation of heavy power equipment; and of supervisory principles and practices. Skill is required to operate heavy complicated power equipment. Ability is required to follow oral and written instructions; to supervise subordinate workers; to operate a variety of equipment involved in maintenance, construction and transportation activities; to supervise the work of others; and to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

Special Requirements

Some agencies may have determined positions in this job family to be safety sensitive as