Roller Operator (Layerworks)

If you are smooth on the controls and careful around people, this bulk earthworks contractor in Mamelodi has a seat for you. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Location: Mamelodi, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• 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
• Dig trenches for pipes and cables to the depth and grade set by the surveyor
• Record machine hours and fuel on the daily plant sheet

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

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

• 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

• 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.