UIC Alaska

Heavy Equipment Operator - UIC Municipal Services, LLC

Requisition ID
2022-2919
Category
Construction
Location : Location
US-AK-North Slope
Travel Requirement
50% - 75%

Overview

Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) is the village corporation of Barrow, Alaska and one of Alaska’s top ten companies. We employ over 3500 people generating $350 million in revenues across the United States and the world. As a proud Alaska Native Corporation, our success brings tremendous growth and benefits to our 3,000 Iñupiaq shareholders. UIC’s diversified commercial and government services business lines include technical and professional services, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, architecture, marine, regulatory consulting, construction, and operations supporting the community of Barrow. We recruit only qualified people looking to join a company with strong leadership, competent and hard-working staff, and a superior work environment. Our pay and benefits are competitive, and we differentiate UIC as an employer by investing in our employees’ professional development.

Responsibilities

Heavy Equipment Operator Summary:

 

Work activities will include operating various pieces of Heavy Equipment including, bulldozers, shovels, excavators, loaders, and forklifts.

 

Essential Functions:

 

Perform heavy duty equipment operation as directed by the site superintendent. Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

 

Required Skills:

 

• Must have operator’s proficiency on a variety of equipment including but not limited to bulldozers, shovels, excavators, loaders, and forklifts.

 

• Perform independently without direct supervision

 

• Ability to operate basic construction equipment, such as forklifts and loaders.

 

• Good verbal and written communication skills.

 

• Ability to perform duties and operation of tools of the trade in strict compliance with OSHA rules.

 

• Have punctual and on time work history.

 

• Work well within a team setting

 

Required Experience:

 

• Must have working knowledge of commercial construction

 

• Must have 5+ years of related experience in commercial construction.

 

• Must have 3+ year of prior work history as an operator

 

• Must possess and maintain current driver’s license.

 

• Must have a punctual work history.

 

• Must have a high school diploma or Equivalent

 

 

 

Preferred Experience:

 

• CDL License

 

Physical Demands:

 

• Must be able to have good motion of range for body and limbs

 

• Handle and manipulate objects and material

 

• Coordinate the movement of eyes, hands, feet and fingers to complete assigned tasks

 

• Able to utilize adequate visual skills.

 

• Able to utilize adequate hearing skills.

 

• Handle and manipulate objects and material

 

• Coordinate the movement of eyes, hands, feet and fingers to complete assigned tasks

 

• Ability to work at heights above 12’ while working from ladders, scaffolding, and/or man lifts.

 

• Extensive physical activity.

 

• Requires strenuous physical work; heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling required of objects over 50 pounds.

 

• Be able to reach in all directions

 

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical part, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather conditions and vibration.

 

• When operating equipment, subject to constant jarring of body due to jerking movement of equipment and operating on uneven surfaces.

 

• Must be able to sit in the operator’s seat of equipment and safely reach all pedals, switches, levers, buttons, etc. required to safely operate the equipment (if authorized for that piece of equipment);

 

• Must be able to sit in the operator’s seat of equipment and have an adequate field of vision of all instruments, gauges, warning lights, as well as an acceptable field of vision out of the windows and/or mirrors (if authorized for that piece of equipment);

 

Environmental Conditions:

 

• Will work in all typed of weather.

 

• Work in different elevations.

 

• Job site will contain light to heavy equipment, small to large equipment, materials, communication equipment and tools.

 

• People standing, walking, sitting, signaling, and talking.

 

• May be occasional bells, alarms, and whistles

 

• Applicant may be subject to environmental conditions of extreme cold, noise exposure, constantly changing work environment, irregular surfaces, slippery surfaces, moving equipment, open excavations, temporary structures, and general construction hazards.

 

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