Heavy Equipment Operator
Posted on: 17 Mar 2025
East Peoria, IL
Job Description
Work schedule may include any shift and any day of the week, based on business demand and weather conditions.
Candidates must be flexible. Individuals hired into these positions work on a “casual status” basis, which does not guarantee a minimum number of work hours and provides only limited medical benefits. These positions can lead to full time permanent positions as they become available within the organization.
Qualified applicants must demonstrate ability to operate site-specific equipment during the interview process.
Responsibilities:
Proficiently and safely operate excavators, motor graders, wheel loaders, and track type tractors.
Perform Endurance Testing and/or earthmoving projects using detailed instructions.
Other duties as assigned by Manager or Supervisor.
Minimum Requirements:
HS Diploma or equivalent experience.
Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship/work authorization.
Three years of experience operating heavy equipment.
Must demonstrate ability to operate site-specific equipment during the interview process.
Must have ability to obtain security badge at client facility.
Physical Requirements:
Requires the ability to regularly lift up to 50 lbs.
Requires the ability to regularly climb extension ladders, roof ladder, stepladders, and stairs at least 10 times during shift.
Requires the ability/flexibility to repetitively bend/stoop, squat, kneel, stretch/reach, move in a 90-degree fashion for shift.
Some tasks will require repetitive wrist movement.
Ability to walk extensively throughout the plant during shift.
Requires the use of a Company/Client approved utility knife.
Ability to differentiate colors pertaining to wire color-coding.
Ability to interact with all clients in a professional and friendly manner despite periods of stress.
Amentum
Germantown, MD
Amentum supports the most critical missions of government and commercial organizations world wide.
Amentum is a premier global government and private-sector partner whose experience, passion and purpose drive mission success. We operate, serve, maintain, protect and support the most discerning and critical programs in Nuclear & Environment, Mission Support & Sustainment, Threat Mitigation, Mission Assurance, Strategic Capabilities Engineering in Critical Infrastructures, Facilities, and Ranges here and abroad. Amentum’s culture of safety, operational excellence, and ethics was formed throughout our 116-year heritage and sharpened by our unrelenting dedication to the customer’s mission.
At Amentum, we stand for operational excellence at every facet of the mission. It’s not about just getting the job done, but about empowering missions to accomplish results and positive outcomes for our customers.
With unrelenting dedication, we also support secure supply chains that take advantage of the most appropriate technology while being driven by people that have lived with the outcomes as opposed to just working in them. We also maintain and operate facilities and equipment that enables mission, doing it in ways that extend the useful lifespans while updating it to face modern challenges.
No matter the mission, with Amentum, mission excellence is achieved. See some of our project highlights below:
Although Amentum is new, our heritage dates back to the early 20th Century, with roots in iconic American companies. We honed our reputation throughout the Golden Age of Innovation, establishing deep relationships with customers in the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Energy.
In more recent years, we became a preeminent government contractor as URS and later joined with the world’s premier integrated infrastructure company, AECOM. We honed our values of operational excellence, mission focus, and successful execution underpinned by a strong sense of safety and integrity.
On Feb. 1, 2020, Amentum was born. Preserving our culture of excellence and commitment to safety and ethical business, Amentum remains a trusted partner to U.S. federal government agencies, allied governments and corporations worldwide supporting critical programs of national significance across defense, security, intelligence, energy, and environment. Headquartered in Germantown, Md., we are more than 20,000 professionals in 48 states and 28 foreign countries and territories working together to ensure the success of our customers’ most vital missions.
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IndustryEngineering
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