Excavator Operator (20-Ton, Bulk Earthworks) – Permanent

Real machine hours on real projects, with the quarry and aggregate supplier working in and around Lephalale. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Lephalale, Limpopo. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Compact layers with the roller until density tests pass
• Watch for underground services and follow the banksman's signals
• Load tipper trucks without spillage or overloading
• Backfill and compact around pipes in layers
• Record machine hours and fuel on the daily plant sheet

• At least 2 years operating the machine on construction sites
• Valid Code 10 licence for moving machines on public roads
• Willing to work on projects outside your home town
• Good depth perception and no history of machine accidents
• Medical certificate of fitness for operating mobile plant
• Can read grade pegs and understand cut and fill

• Certificates on more than one machine type
• GPS machine control experience on excavators or graders
• Basic plant maintenance or mechanical knowledge

• Refresher training on new machines
• Overtime paid on all hours past 45 a week
• Travel home paid at the end of each site shift cycle

• Put your operator certificate numbers on the CV. Site safety files need them before you start.
• List each machine with its size, for example "20-ton excavator, 4 years". Plant managers match you to the machine they need.