Mobile Crane Operator (Up to 50 Ton)

If you are smooth on the controls and careful around people, this road construction contractor in Bellville has a seat for you. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

You'll be based at a road construction contractor in Bellville. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Load tipper trucks without spillage or overloading
• Record machine hours and fuel on the daily plant sheet
• Park the machine on level ground and lock it when you knock off
• Do the pre-start checklist on your machine before the first bucket
• Compact layers with the roller until density tests pass

• Can read grade pegs and understand cut and fill
• Medical certificate of fitness for operating mobile plant
• Operator certificate for the machine class, from an accredited training provider
• Willing to work on projects outside your home town
• Valid Code 10 licence for moving machines on public roads

• Certificates on more than one machine type
• GPS machine control experience on excavators or graders

• 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.
• You will likely do a practical test on the machine. Do the walk-around check out loud. It shows you work safely.