Heavy Equipment Operator | Methuen Construction Company, Inc.

Methuen Construction is seeking a Heavy Equipment Operator to provide essential support to the Field Operations department. This position reports to the Foreman and is not responsible for the oversight of other teammates. This is a full-time, hourly non-exempt position.

**Please note this role will have a start date of June or July of 2025**

Your Role
• Inspect and operate equipment and all attachments
• Attend and participate in daily activity plans and safety meetings
• Knowledge of rigging and rigging methods
• Operate equipment in a safe and professional manner
• Perform daily equipment upkeep tasks and maintenance
• Ability to understand and follow directions
• Perform occasional typical laborer activities
• Ability to set and follow grades
• Provide other support as needed

What You Bring to the Team
• Proven ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
• Strong team player with a positive attitude
• Hard working and motivated

Travel Primarily limited to Northeast job site locations.

Your Education and Experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience operating heavy equipment such as Loaders, backhoes, excavators, dozers, lulls, and forklifts, for civil and site work, and material handling functions on a municipal, commercial, industrial, or federal project.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and an MVR that meets company standards
• Must possess required licenses preferable 2A or more Mass Hydraulics License
• Must have an OHSA 10 certificate

Work Environment/Physical Demands
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time, and safely maneuver around the nearby presence of various construction equipment and vehicles, on an active construction site
• Prepared to regularly encounter moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, and a variety of outside weather conditions
• Able to climb temporary or permanent stairs, and ladders
• Able to bend, squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, balance and stoop, reach on a regular basis
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

An Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer Methuen Construction provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. As a Federal Contractor, we encourage priority referral of protected veterans under VEVRAA.