Heavy Equipment Operator - Richmond

Branscome
Rockville, VA

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Heavy Equipment Operator - Richmond

Department: Grading

Reports to: Project Superintendent / Project Foreman

Major Role and Purpose :

  • Operates Heavy Industrial Equipment such as Dozer's, Excavators, Backhoes or other grading or excavating equipment to move and level materials, such as dirt and gravel.

Description of Duties :

  • Monitors the activity within the site.
  • Follow all safety policies and procedures.
  • Spread dirt in fill area.
  • Clear and grub area being worked.
  • Perform fine and rough grade operations.
  • Run a fill area.
  • Read slope stakes.
  • Cut slope to the job’s specifications (type of slope, ditch cut depths, and fill section heights).
  • Direct trucks and equipment where to off-load, stock, or spread material loads.
  • Dress and clean up job at the completion.
  • Water, oil, grease, service and make normal operating adjustments to equipment.
  • Operate equipment in a safe and consistent manner.
  • Willingness to work nights and weekends.
  • Perform all other duties deemed necessary or assigned.

Education:

  • High School Diploma Preferred

Preferred Experience:

  • 3-5 Years Operating Various Heavy Equipment.
  • Valid Driver’s License.
  • Understand GPS grade control.
  • Knowledge of grades.


Equal Opportunity Employer
EOE/M/F/Disability/Vet

About Branscome:

OUR COMPANY

For more than 60 years in Virginia, our crews have been safely delivering the infrastructure that our communities are built on. We take immense pride in building the things that you can see, but also those you can’t. Camaraderie in the field, with our clients, and out in the community is the spirit that drives our dedication and commitment to excellence.

Branscome’s vertically integrated services provide a streamlined end-to-end scalable solution for our customers. It’s the satisfaction of a job well done recognition of team effort and the delight of our customers that keep us creating infrastructure and connecting people.

OUR TEAM

When you work for Branscome, you join our innovative team in completing the area’s most important large-scale, fast-track projects. You help us provide excavation, site work, underground utilities, asphalt paving, ready-mix concrete, and more to a slew of satisfied clients, including VDOT, Norfolk International Terminal, numerous local governments, private developers, and corporate entities. At Branscome, workers take pride in their work and inspire each other with their teamwork, innovation, and enthusiasm. This attitude of excellence generates the superior customer service that Branscome is known for.

Branscome benefits include health, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, retirement savings and professional development.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

When you work for Branscome, you join our diverse, innovative team. Our differences breed the ideas which fuel our success. Every aspect of our relationship with current and potential employees is free from discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other category protected by applicable law. This pertains not only to initial employment and working conditions but also to all actions affecting hiring, promotions and transfers, training (including apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship when required), compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. Adherence to this policy and compliance with the law is expected of all employees.

If you need assistance completing the online application process, please contact the Human Resources department at (757) 229-2504.

Branscome EEO Statement
Branscome is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of this Company to assure that
applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard
to their race, religion, sex, color, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or
veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and any other characteristic protected by
law. Such action shall include: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or
recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation;
and selection for training, including apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and/or on-the-job
training.
Branscome is in compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations and ensure
equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. Branscome will provide reasonable
accommodation to all applicants who require assistance completing the online application
process. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to
complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or
use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please email
[email protected] for assistance.
We are committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or
disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: EEO is the Law and EEOC is the Law
Supplement.

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