Tipper Truck Driver (Construction Site)

If you are smooth on the controls and careful around people, this pipeline and trenching company in Mossel Bay has a seat for you. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Home base is a pipeline and trenching company on the Mossel Bay side of Western Cape. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Watch for underground services and follow the banksman's signals
• Backfill and compact around pipes in layers
• Compact layers with the roller until density tests pass
• Dig trenches for pipes and cables to the depth and grade set by the surveyor
• Do the pre-start checklist on your machine before the first bucket

• Willing to work on projects outside your home town
• Good depth perception and no history of machine accidents
• Operator certificate for the machine class, from an accredited training provider
• 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

• Travel home paid at the end of each site shift cycle
• Refresher training on new machines
• 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.