Excavator/Loader Operator
Location
Chesapeake, VA
Type
Full Time
Key Responsibilities
- Take action to avoid potential hazards and obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, and falling objects.
- Start engines, move throttles, switches, and levers, and depress pedals to operate such stated machines
- Locate underground services, such as pipes and wires, prior to beginning work.
- Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
- Align machines with reference stakes and guidelines or ground or position equipment, following hand signals of other workers.
- Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, and materials, using trucks, crawler tractors, shovels or related equipment.
- Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
- Learn and follow safety regulations.
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Must be 21 years in age or older.
- Must pass drug screen.
- Must have minimum of 3 years experience running, maneuvering, driving, and navigating equipment such as bulldozer, excavators, rollers, and front-end loaders.
- Strongly prefer candidates with High School Diploma
- Must be able to communicate with others to convey information effectively.
- Must be accustomed to working outdoors with exposure to all weather conditions
- Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials
- Must demonstrate attention to details
- Must be knowledgeable of safety procedures and practices
- Hourly Pay (Paid Weekly)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- PTO and Paid Holidays
- 401(k) with match
- Bonus Opportunities
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.
Precon Marine, Inc
Established in 1993, Precon Marine, Inc. is a diversified marine contractor specializing in heavy marine construction, waterfront construction and related services throughout the East Coast area and abroad. With an extensive inventory of equipment and a stable, skilled offshore workforce, Precon Marine is able to take on major bridge, pier, and bulkhead rehabilitation work, subaqueous utility installation as well as provide call-out services for underwater inspections and commercial diving needs.
In the marine construction industry, nothing speaks louder than a good quality job completed on time and on budget. At Precon Marine, Inc., we take pride in our success in just that - bid the job fairly, give the customer what he wants and finish the job on time. This is a huge undertaking in marine contracting; considering weather, environmental concerns, and unforeseen obstacles; any one of which can delay a project and increase costs. It is for these reasons we select our work carefully and stick to what we do best.
Precon Marine, Inc. now operates from two locations in Hampton Roads. Our main office, yard, and mooring facilities located on the Intracoastal Waterway, one of the busiest harbors on the U.S. east coast, and our satellite office, yard and mooring facilities located within the Little Creek Harbor. Both locations allow us to mobilize and coordinate all operations to anywhere in the world 24 hours a day.
Company Website: www.preconmarine.com
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