WILDLIFE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SUPERVISOR - 01282025- 64920

Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY, ENGINEERING DIVISION, HAWKINS COUNTY

Division: Engineering

This is an on-site position.

WORKING TITLE: Heavy Equipment Operator Supervisor

Qualifications

1. Have a valid motor vehicle operator's license at time of employment.
2. Have an appropriate commercial driver's license/endorsement (CDL) at time of employment, or obtain within twelve months of employment.

Overview

Summary: Under general supervision, performs wildlife equipment operations work of considerable difficulty and supervisory work of average difficulty; and performs related work as required.

Distinguishing Features: This is the supervisory level and highest class in the Wildlife Equipment Operator sub-series. An employee in this class supervises and participates in the operation of a variety of light and heavy equipment in the construction and maintenance of roads, boat ramps, and access areas. This class differs from Wildlife Equipment Operator in that an incumbent of the latter is not a supervisor.

Responsibilities

1. Verifies compliance with construction documents/work plans ensuring job specifications are met.
2. Reviews work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.

1. Conducts pre-operational checks on equipment to ensure proper functioning and identifies faults or malfunctions in equipment to determine if repairs or adjustments are required.
2. Operates and inspect machines or heavy equipment to diagnose defects.

1. Supervises a small to moderate sized crew of wildlife equipment operators.
2. Plans work schedules and assigns work activities to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of duties, completion of projects, and response to fluctuating workloads.
3. Coordinates work activities with other construction project activities.?

1. Monitors operations and take corrective measures as needed to ensure that health and safety standards are met in order to protect the State's human resources, materiel assets, property, natural and wildlife resources, the environment, and the public.

1. Maintains professional working relationships with peers, assigned subordinates, and with upper management to ensure smooth and effective team operations.

1. Evaluates the job performance of a small to moderate sized crew of equipment operators by completing the required Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time Sensitive (SMART) Formula job performance plan training.
2. Develops and utilizes job plans, conducts timely interim reviews, and prepares and conducts formal annual performance evaluations.
3. Provides constructive feedback that enables employees to perform at optimum level of expectations.

1. Resolves conflicts and disputes among subordinates in accordance with state and agency rules, regulations, and guidelines.

1. Makes recommendation on employment, retention, promotion, demotion, and other human resources actions.

1. Estimates volume of materials and/or number of workers required to complete construction jobs.

1. Reads and understands specifications such as operating manuals, blueprints, and technical drawings to determine construction requirements or plan procedures.
2. Becomes familiar with digging plans, machine capabilities and limitations, and with efficient and safe digging procedures in a given application.
3. Checks vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
4. Examines parts for damage or excessive wear, using micrometers and gauges.
5. Locates, measures, and marks site locations or placement of structures or equipment, using measuring and marking equipment.
6. Checks fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability.
7. Obtains receipts or signatures for delivered goods and collect payment for services when required.

1. Cleans, lubricates, refills, adjusts, or repairs equipment/machinery/vehicles and replaces parts, such as gears, bearings, hydraulic lines, or bucket teeth.

1. Develops and maintains basic personal computer operator skills using Microsoft Office, Edison, and other programs used by the State.

1. Operates and utilizes a variety of equipment including but not limited to bulldozers, backhoes, road graders, dump trucks, tractors, dirt pans and bush hogs.
2. Coordinates machine actions with other activities, positions or moves loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members, observes grade stakes or other markings when operating machines so work can be performed to specifications.
3. Utilizes a variety of equipment and tools to move, load, off-load, haul, and stockpile dirt, refuse, and other materials; dig holes, trenches, and ditches; clean culverts; grade roads.
4. Operates a tractor and trailer to load, off-load, and transport equipment between jobs.
5. Drives and maneuvers equipment equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain.
6. Starts engines, moves throttles, turn dials, switches, or levers, or depress pedals to operate machines, such as bulldozers, excavators, road graders, dirt pan, or backhoes.
7. Drives trucks to weigh stations before and after loading and along routes to document weights and to comply with state regulations.

1. Secures cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, or covers.
2. Moves materials over short distances, such as around a construction site, factory, or warehouse.
3. Creates and maintains inclines and ramps, and handle slides, mud, and pit cleanings and maintenance.
4. Sets up or inspects equipment prior to operation.
5. Adjusts hand wheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, or swing booms.

1. Confers with managerial or technical personnel to resolve problems or to coordinate activities.

1. Navigates work sites for short or long periods of time by walking, crawling, climbing, bending, stooping to access work areas under construction.

1. Maintains logs of working hours or of vehicle service or repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations.

Competencies (KSA's)

1. Problem Solving
2. Delegation
3. Decision Quality
4. Directing Others
5. Conflict Management
6. Action Oriented
7. Command Skills
8. Priority Setting
9. Motivating Others
10. Approachability

1. Building and Construction
2. Mechanical

1. Equipment Maintenance
2. Equipment Selection
3. Repairing
4. Troubleshooting
5. Operation and Control
6. Management of Material Resources
7. Management of Personal Resources
8. Time Management
9. Active Learning
10. Active Listening
11. Reading Comprehension
12. Mathematics
13. Instructing
14. Negotiating

1. Oral Comprehension
2. Oral Expression
3. Number Facility
4. Visualization
5. Control Precision
6. Depth Perception
7. Peripheral Vision
8. Static Strength
9. Gross Body Coordination

Tools & Equipment

1. Backhoes
2. Blades
3. Buckets
4. Bulldozers
5. Bush Hogs
6. Computers
7. Dump Trucks
8. Emergency Equipment
9. Hand Tools
10. Gauges
11. Hoisting Equipment
12. Hydraulic Equipment
13. Pneumatic Equipment
14. Power Hammers
15. Road Graders
16. Scrapers
17. Swing Booms
18. Tractors

TN Driver Standards

State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:

• A valid driver's license
• For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.

Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.

**Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.