Grader Operator (Road Construction)

If you are smooth on the controls and careful around people, this bulk earthworks contractor in Roodepoort has a seat for you. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Home base is a bulk earthworks contractor on the Roodepoort side of Gauteng.

• Grease the machine daily and report leaks or damage straight away
• Compact layers with the roller until density tests pass
• Load tipper trucks without spillage or overloading
• Cut and trim road layers to level with the grader
• Dig trenches for pipes and cables to the depth and grade set by the surveyor
• Park the machine on level ground and lock it when you knock off
• Backfill and compact around pipes in layers

• Valid Code 10 licence for moving machines on public roads
• At least 2 years operating the machine on construction sites
• Can read grade pegs and understand cut and fill
• Operator certificate for the machine class, from an accredited training provider

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

• Camp accommodation or a living-out allowance on remote sites
• Travel home paid at the end of each site shift cycle
• Overtime paid on all hours past 45 a week

• You will likely do a practical test on the machine. Do the walk-around check out loud. It shows you work safely.
• List each machine with its size, for example "20-ton excavator, 4 years". Plant managers match you to the machine they need.