McCARTNEY CONSTRUCTION CO. - POSITION
DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Excavator Operator
Location/Department: Quarry
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Classification: 93
Reports To: Foreman
Date: August 25, 2004
Summary Operates big track mounted excavator 100,000 pounds or larger
vehicle equipped with mounted hydraulically powered bucket or scoop to
lift and transport bulk materials to load rock trucks by performing the
following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties
may be assigned.
Starts engine, shifts gears, presses pedals, and turns steering wheel to
operate excavator.
Moves levers to lower and tilt bucket to force bucket into bulk material.
Moves levers to raise and tilt bucket when filled, and moves levers to
dump material into rock truck.
Maintains steady productivity to keep plant production up to 350-400 tons
per hour.
Uses excavator to sort through shot rock. Finds rock 2 feet in diameter to
send to the crusher. Sends bigger rock to the rock breaker. Sends mud and
waste to the dump. Loads stripping material as needed.
Keeps working area level. Keeps all loose rock out of rock trucks path.
Keeps clean and straight high wall and quarry floor level.
Performs routine maintenance on loader such as lubricating, fueling, and
cleaning.
Controls the work area around the excavator and any other employees in
the area.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Directly supervises 3 to 4 employees in the quarry. Carries out supervisory
responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and
applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees and directing
work.
Competencies
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the
following competencies :Quality Management - Looks for ways to
improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; Supports
organization's goals and values.
Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to
improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance;
Monitors own work to ensure quality.
Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely
manner; Strives to increase productivity; Works quickly.
Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; Reports
potentially unsafe conditions ; Uses equipment and materials properly.
Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time; Ensures
work responsibilities are covered when absent; Arrives at meetings and
appointments on time.
Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction;
Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to
long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.; Completes tasks on
time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be
able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
Six months to one year of experience on a production excavator.
Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence,
and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively
present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers,
clients, and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using
whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate,
ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions
furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems
involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully
perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations
may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required
to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is
occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance;
stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must
occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and
depth perception.
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here
are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the
essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made
to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed
to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather
conditions and vibration. The employee is frequently exposed to high,
precarious places. The employee is occasionally exposed to explosives.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.