HDD Operator
$312,000–$312,000 year
On-sitePanama City, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Operate heavy construction equipment for excavation and underground utility installation, including loading/unloading, transporting, and setting up machinery safely. Perform routine inspections, maintenance, and documentation while identifying marked utilities and developing safe excavation plans to prevent strikes. Conduct pre-job site walks, utilize trench shoring systems, and assist with conduit installation, potholing, concrete placement, and asphalt restoration. Communicate effectively with supervisors regarding job status and adhere to OSHA regulations, ANSI standards, and company safety policies. Work overtime and weekends as business needs require, traveling throughout the Midwest.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Valid driver's license
- DOT Medical Card
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with tanker endorsement or willingness to obtain
- Minimum one (1) year of experience locating underground utilities
- Experience operating heavy equipment near active underground utilities
- Experience operating asphalt rollers, skid steers, backhoes, mini excavators, vacuum trucks, bore machines, and similar heavy equipment
- Ability to safely operate heavy construction equipment in active utility environments
- Ability to read and interpret construction plans, specifications, and utility locate markings
- Knowledge of utility locating systems and excavation best practices
- Basic computer skills
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with supervisors and field crews
- Ability to follow OSHA, ANSI, company policies, and safety procedures
- Ability to safely perform multiple construction tasks while maintaining quality and productivity
- Ability to work overtime and weekends as operational needs require
- Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions
- Ability to maintain visual and audible awareness of surrounding personnel, equipment, and hazards
- Ability to work safely around heavy equipment and machinery
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, squat, climb, push, pull, twist, and work in physically demanding positions for extended periods
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including safety boots, hard hat, safety glasses, and other applicable PPE
- Ability to travel throughout the Midwest as business needs require
Desired Qualifications
- First Aid Certification
- Flagger Certification
- OSHA 10 Certification
- Silica Training
- Confined Space Training
- Trench Safety Training
- Experience with Ditch Witch and Vermeer equipment
- Experience with trench shoring systems and underground utility construction
- Experience with telecommunications or underground utility construction
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with tanker endorsement
- Experience operating Ditch Witch and Vermeer equipment
- Experience with trench shoring methods and excavation safety
- Additional construction safety certifications
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