Equipment Operator Oklahoma State Parks Major Maintenance Team

Equipment Operator Oklahoma State Parks Major Maintenance Team

Agency : 566 DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND RECREATION

Supervisory Organization : Parks Admin Major Maintenance

Job Type : Regular

Compensation : The starting pay for this position is $22.07 / hr. After successful completion of a one-year trial period with OTRD, the rate of pay may increase to $22.73 / hr.

Job Description : Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving the operation of various types of equipment or machinery in performing various maintenance or construction activities, or in completing other functions involving the use of equipment or machinery.

Typical Functions

The functions performed in this job family will vary by level, unit and organization, but may include the following :

• Drives trucks and buses to transport materials, trash, merchandise, equipment and / or employees; may load and unload truck assisted by others; makes minor mechanical repairs and keeps the truck clean and in good working order; and lubricates the moving parts or wearing surfaces of mechanical equipment.
• Drives a wheeled tractor, pulling rollers or sweeper brooms; drives tractor power mowers; operates an asphalt kettle up to 600-gallon capacity; operates compressor equipment driving jackhammers; operates tail grader; operates batch plant; operates mudjack; and / or operates pneumatic demolition hammer.
• Operates power shovels or cranes with hoe, dipper, clam shell, dragline, load hooks or other attachments in doing such tasks as excavating and moving earth, rock, sand and other bulky materials; moving lumber, girders and similar objects; loading trucks from stockpiles or borrow pits; clearing right-of-way; and / or making cuts and fills to grade.
• Operates a heavy bulldozer or tractor and scraper unit in earth-moving operations or similar maintenance or construction work.
• Performs all related and incidental work, such as building deck or platform, constructing and raising derrick, placing guy lines and rigging ropes, cables and pulleys and other work in erecting pile drivers; removing and replacing caps, braces, whalings, sills and other wharf and bridge members; cutting and trimming wharf and bridge members with saws and other tools; and / or bolting new frame members into place using boring machines or air drills.
• Operates a heavy-duty truck tractor used for hauling unusually large equipment; drives and operates large striping machine used in painting center lines and no passing stripes.
• Operates a heavy truck in the loading, transporting and distribution of valuable retail merchandise, heavy construction equipment and other materials.
• Operates a motor grader powered with gasoline or diesel engine used in work of a routine nature such as grading of gravel roads and shoulders.
• Performs or participates in preventive maintenance of equipment operated; moves equipment from one job to another.
• Supervises lower-level staff.

Level Descriptor

Levels are distinguished based on the complexity of assigned duties, the level of expertise required for completion of work assignments, and the responsibility assigned for the supervision of others.

This is the specialist level of this job family where incumbents are assigned responsibilities involving the operation of more complicated types of equipment and machinery or perform highly skilled or specialized operations with lighter equipment. This includes the operation of heavy equipment such as a bulldozer, power shovel, crane, semi-trailer tractor, or similar equipment.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of the operation and maintenance of heavy, complicated power equipment.

Skill is required to operate heavy complicated power equipment.

Ability is required to follow oral and written instructions; and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of two (2) years of experience operating and maintaining medium-to-heavy power equipment or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The substitution of education can be made for only one (1) year of the required experience.

Special Requirements

Applicants must be willing and able to fulfill all job-related travel normally associated with this position. Some agencies may accept completion of vocational technical school training in the operation of heavy equipment. Some positions may require possession of a valid Oklahoma Commercial Driver's License, class A or B with appropriate endorsements referenced in 49 CFR 383.93, at the time of appointment. Applicants must take and pass a drug test prior to appointment. Some positions may require the experience to be in the operation of a heavy-duty truck tractor. Some agencies may have determined positions in this job family to be safety sensitive as defined by?63 O.S. 427.8.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.