What are the responsibilities and job description for the Loader Operator position at Prince Contracting, LLC?
Job Description
EEO/DFWP/ “Minorities, Females, Disabled, Vets”
- Report malfunctions to supervisors
- Perform a basic equipment inspection to ensure that the functions properly
- Drive and maneuver equipment
- Coordinate action actions with crew members in response to hand or audio signals
- Load trucks
- Start engine, shifts gears, presses pedals and turns steering wheel to operate loader
- Moves levers to lower and tilt bucket
- Operates front end loader forward to force bucket into bulk material
- Moves levers to raise and tilt bucket when filled
- Moves levers to dump material
- Load dump trucks with construction material such as sand, stone and other construction material
- Ensure that safety standards are met
- Perform incidental work items and duties included within other crafts
- Must be able to understand work directions and communicate effectively with job site supervisors and fellow employees.
- Three (3) to Five (5) years or more of industry related experience is required for this position, with an emphasis on roads, highways, and bridges.
- All work is performed outdoors in all types of weather, including extreme heat. Job requires long hours of standing, kneeling, lifting, pulling, squatting and walking.
- Ability to lift up to 60 pounds occasionally for hand work.
- Maintain constant awareness of the jobsite’s various concurrent activities, including the activities of other employees and contractors, the operation of stationary equipment, and the movement of mobile equipment.
- Continuous mental and visual attention required to complete tasks in efficient manner involving repetitive or diversified work requiring alertness of activity;
- Working conditions will consist of exposure to grease, noise, dust, and dirt of the construction project.
EEO/DFWP/ “Minorities, Females, Disabled, Vets”
