Grader Operator (Road Construction) – Immediate Start

If you are smooth on the controls and careful around people, this road construction contractor in Soweto has a seat for you. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

This post is Soweto-based, with most of your time spent at a road construction contractor. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Grease the machine daily and report leaks or damage straight away
• Backfill and compact around pipes in layers
• Watch for underground services and follow the banksman's signals
• Compact layers with the roller until density tests pass
• Do the pre-start checklist on your machine before the first bucket
• Record machine hours and fuel on the daily plant sheet

• Good depth perception and no history of machine accidents
• Can read grade pegs and understand cut and fill
• Operator certificate for the machine class, from an accredited training provider
• Willing to work on projects outside your home town
• At least 2 years operating the machine on construction sites
• Medical certificate of fitness for operating mobile plant

• PrDP for tipper or lowbed work
• GPS machine control experience on excavators or graders

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

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