Operator (Manufacturing)

Now Hiring: Heavy Equipment Road Operator
Join Our Team as a Heavy Equipment Road Operator
JW Bamford, Inc. is seeking an experienced Heavy Equipment Road Operator to join our team in constructing, maintaining, and repairing roads and infrastructure. You'll operate bulldozers, graders, excavators, and similar equipment in outdoor environments and varied terrain. Mechanical troubleshooting skills are essential.
About Us:Founded in 1980, J.W. Bamford is a trusted leader in logging, lumbering, and disaster recovery services in Northern California. Our team works in various industries, including forestry and fire damage restoration, providing essential services for local communities. Join a family-owned company that values safety, teamwork, and dedication.
Key Responsibilities
· Operate heavy machinery safely for road construction and maintenance.
· Grade, excavate, patch roads, and install culverts and guardrails.
· Perform equipment inspections, minor repairs, and maintenance.
· Monitor worksite safety and follow supervisor's instructions.
· Operate chainsaws and assist with general site tasks as needed.
· Travel and overtime work required.

What We're Looking For
· 2-5 years of road construction experience.
· Valid driver's license and clean driving record (5 years required).
· Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen.
· Mechanical knowledge and forestry experience preferred.
· High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
· Forestry experience preferred.
Knowledge and Skills:
Must be able to operate one or more of the following:
• Operate heavy equipment such as excavators, bulldozers, and graders for logging and road construction.
• Or Forestry equipment such as skidders, feller bunchers, log loaders, harvesters, delimbers, masticators, tracked skidders, dozers, excavators, and chippers.

Experience and Education:

High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
Military-experienced candidates are encouraged to apply.

Additional Requirements:
• Valid driver's license (Commercial Driver's License is a plus).
• Clean driving record (5 years required).
• Ability to provide a Motor Vehicle Record upon job offer.
• Must pass pre-employment drug testing.
Work Environment

A mix of indoor and outdoor environments, with exposure to various weather conditions, noise, and shop materials.
Physical demands include standing, walking, stooping, and lifting up to 60 pounds.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) required.

Why Join Us?
We value your expertise and offer a supportive team environment where you can make a real impact. In addition to competitive pay, we provide opportunities for growth and a comprehensive benefits package, including:

Dental insurance
Health insurance
Vision insurance

Competencies
· Attention to Detail: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job, accurately checking processes and tasks, being watchful over a period of time.
· Communication Skills: The ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions, and to communicate clearly both verbally and written.
· Adaptability: The ability to adapt to continuous change and business needs.
· Respect: Shows respect for diverse perspectives, skills, and backgrounds of team members. Fosters an inclusive environment where all team members feel valued and respected.
· Teamwork: Manages a fair workload, volunteers for additional work, prioritizes tasks, develops good work procedures, manages time well, and handles information flow.
· Dependability/Reliability: Can be relied upon to complete tasks and meet deadlines, demonstrates a high level of reliability in all aspects of work, maintains regular attendance and punctuality, and meets commitments consistently.
· Proactive Maintenance: Regularly inspects the worksite to identify and address cleanliness and organizational issues before they become problems. Reports any maintenance or repair needs promptly to ensure timely resolution.
· Time Management: The ability to effectively manage time and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
· Safety Compliance: Identifies and addresses potential safety hazards related to cleanliness and organization, such as spills, clutter, or obstructed walkways. Adheres to safety regulations and protocols to prevent accidents and ensure a safe working environment.
· Decision Making/Judgement: The ability to recognize and respond to problems, systematically gather information, sort through complex issues, seek input from others, address root cause of issues, make timely decisions, make difficult decisions, use consensus when possible, and communicate decisions to others.
· Knowledge of Position: Understanding of principles, practices, and standards of job or department.
· Productivity: Manages a fair workload, volunteers for additional work, prioritizes tasks, develops good work procedures, manages time well, and handles information flow.
· Quality of Work: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, looks for ways to improve and promote quality, applies feedback to improve performance, and monitors own work to ensure quality.
Supervisory responsibilities

None

Work environment

All work is performed outside in all types of various weather (i.e. heat, cold, wind, sun and inclement weather, etc.)
Exposure to all types of terrain.
Exposure to all elements of nature on a regular basis.
Exposure to loud noise.
Exposure to fumes, odors, gases, dusts, etc.

Physical demands: The physical demands below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Able to push and pull with hands, arms, and feet repetitively.
Must have good visual and auditory physical capabilities in order to manage sight and sounds in a hazardous construction environment.
Able to push, pull, climb, sit, and stretch regularly while performing the essential functions of the job.
Able to be alert and cognitive of multiple concurrent activities of the construction site, including awareness of other employees, subcontractors, machinery, equipment, and moving traffic when applicable.
Ability to work around loud noises.
Coordination between hands, eyes, feet to guide equipment and objects is required.
Must be able to mount and dismount safely off vehicles and equipment.
Must be able to wear appropriate personal protective equipment.
Must be able to work overtime as requested.
Must be able to walk on uneven terrain.
Able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this position include close, distance, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Travel required

Position travels outside the local area but usually within Northern California

Required education and experience

2-5 years' experience running a mechanical feller buncher.

Preferred education and experience

High School education or equivalent (Preferred)
A job for which military experienced candidates are encouraged to apply.
Forestry: 1 year (Preferred)
Heavy equipment operator: 1 year (Preferred)
Mechanical Knowledge: 2 years (Preferred)

Additional eligibility requirements:

Must have a valid driver's license.
Clean Driving Record: 5 years (Required).
Must pass pre-employment drug screen.

Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.