Mobile Plant Operator at Best Search Recruitment

Job Summary

• Mobile plant operators drive backhoes, bulldozers, excavators, front-end loaders, graders, scrapers, skid-steer loaders, rollers and forklift trucks to level, excavate, move and load earth,rock and other material.
• Mobile plant operators work with heavy machinery used on construction sites and road works.
• The machinery includes 360degree excavators, bulldozers and front-end loaders for moving earth; static tower cranes, mobile and rough terrain cranes for lifting and moving materials;and compactors such as rollers used for flattening out work areas.
• Operator's also use forklifts to move or load building materials.

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare machines for operation
• Load and unload equipment from low loaders and move it around work site
• Select, change and operate special attachments such as winches, scrub clearers, rippers, pile drivers and rock-breaking hammers.
• Work from drawings and markers under the direction of supervisors and engineers
• Back-fill trenches.
• Break up paving, rock and similar material by operating hydraulic or pneumatic breakers
• Excavate or scrape earth, rock or rubble to the correct level and alignment
• Load trucks with excavated fill
• Drive machines to and from work sites
• Service equipment by cleaning, lubricating and refueling it and make minor adjustments and repairs when necessary
• Maintain duty of care for other users and work to occupational health and safety requirements.
• The work conditions for mobile plant operators can be hot, muddy, dusty and noisy, but most earth-moving machines have soundproofed and air conditioned cabs for the operator.

Personal Requirements

• Enjoy practical and manual work
• Able to follow precise instructions
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to cope with the physical demands of the job
• Good eyesight (may be corrected)
• Good hand - eye coordination
• Able to work without supervision.

Educational Requirements

• Apprenticeship/Trade Certificate, Diploma/Advanced Diploma or a relevant Tertiary Degree.
• 2-3 years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge in Surface Extraction Operations or Mobile Crane Operations.
• Knowledge of Civil Construction Plant Operations.

Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications and CV's to: yemisi@bestsearchrecruitment.com