Required Education, Experience, Certificates and Licenses:
- High School diploma or GED
- Four years of experience as a heavy equipment operator (such as those outlined in Responsibilities) is required.
Preferred:
- Prior Supervisory/Leadership Experience.
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office.
- General knowledge and understanding of project schedules.
- Prior project management experience.
- Prior cold-climate equipment operations experience.
- Snow grooming, moving experience.
- A clear understanding of grade and drainage.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office.
- General knowledge and understanding of project schedules and planning.
- Prior experience working in austere environments.
- Ability to thrive in an equipment and resource limited environment.
- Ability to work in an environment with regular Re-Directs and Change Orders in a calm, collected and respectful manner. With McMurdo Station under a complete rebuild new tasking, weather and priorities are the norm rather than the exception.
Position Responsibilities:
- Implements and maintains a safe workplace program and ensures that safety is the highest priority in the workplace.
- Safely and proficiently operate and/or over-see the operation of light vehicles such as pickups, heavy equipment such as bulldozers, articulating loaders, excavators, graders, backhoes, fork-lifts, tele-handlers, snow blasters, tracked agricultural tractors, piston bullys, dump-trucks, snow moving and grooming equipment, etc.,
- Operate autonomously to complete specific tasks and projects in support of Fleet Operations.
- Effectively lead small groups of people to achieve departmental goals on a daily, weekly, and sometimes longer-term basis under the guidance of a Foreman or the Supervisor. These small teams may include equipment operators, heavy equipment operators, and others.
- Coordinate with other HEO Leads and Foremen within Fleet Operations to ensure department-wide goals and daily operations are met and department wide resources are used efficiently.
- Perform daily equipment checks and ensure that all safety and maintenance issues are reported to the Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF) daily via proper reporting methods and channels. (Ex: Submit Work Order to VMF for repair)
- Tracks equipment hours daily and notifies Fleet Operations Foreman/Traverse Shop Foreman any time equipment is within 25 hours of its PM due hours.
- Ensure all team members are properly trained and evaluated in the safe use of any piece of equipment prior to allowing that team member to use the equipment unsupervised.
- Provide written reports as needed summarizing work completed, issues encountered, lessons learned, equipment status, etc to ensure effective passing of information from shift to shift.
- Complete daily work requests and assignments in a timely manner.
- Attend meetings as needed to gain knowledge from and ensure coordination with all other departments in support of ASC operations.
- Provide input to the Foremen and the Supervisor aiding in the completion of preseason, mid-season, and end-of-season team member performance evaluations in accordance with established HR procedures.
- Ensure all spills are properly reported and cleaned up per existing SOP’s.
- Read and understand the manufacturers operating manual for each piece of equipment prior to operation.
- Complies with and ensures all team members understand and comply with ASC Environmental Health & Safety and Quality Assurance goals and requirements.
- Reports and documents incidents in a timely manner.
- Performs physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of tall vehicles and heavy equipment, crawling as needed, working outdoors in extreme cold, and walking long distances daily.
- Snow shoveling, ice-chipping, and other forms of manual labor required due to location of position.
- Maintains self-control and represents ASC-Amentum to the highest standards during on and off hours
- Performs duties in support of Operations Division metrics (as provided by supervisor).
- Supports the achievement of ASC metrics, whether metrics are directly or indirectly affected by this position’s work activities.
- Complies with all ASC Environmental Health & Safety and Quality Assurance requirements and goals.
- Performs other duties as required.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Amentum is a drug free workplace.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: From $1,653.00 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operations: 4 years (Required)
Work Location: On the road