Front-End Loader Operator (Quarry & Stockpile)

You'll move earth, dig trenches and shape roads for the plant hire company in Worcester. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll be based at a plant hire company in Worcester. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Grease the machine daily and report leaks or damage straight away
• Backfill and compact around pipes in layers
• Cut and trim road layers to level with the grader
• Watch for underground services and follow the banksman's signals
• Compact layers with the roller until density tests pass
• Park the machine on level ground and lock it when you knock off

• 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
• At least 2 years operating the machine on construction sites
• Valid Code 10 licence for moving machines on public roads

• PrDP for tipper or lowbed work
• Certificates on more than one machine type

• Refresher training on new machines
• Overtime paid on all hours past 45 a week
• Camp accommodation or a living-out allowance on remote sites

• 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.