GRADER OPERATOR (x2) – OTESA Civil Engineering (PTY) Ltd

Vacancy

General description:

To operate the motor grader for rough or fine grade finishing, precisely spreading and mixing materials to dry and prep roads, construct road surfaces to precise grade specifications, lay cold mix, and shave and rip out old road surfaces, direct ground crew to achieve grading goats.

Key performance areas:

• Operates a self-propelled motor grader, forms stakes and lines, and takes instruction from the foreman.
• Performs rough grade finishing with the ability to learn or fine grade finishing, spreading and mixing materials on the roadway.
• Operate motor grader to avoid utility lines, equipment and other workers
• Adjust hand wheels and pedals to control blade and bucket attachments, as well as scrapers and swing booms
• Coordinate machine actions to move and position loads; learn and follow both hand and audio signals from other crew members and know how to give signals to others
• Operate a variety of heavy equipment such as graders, trucks, power cranes and shovels to move rocks, dirt and other materials
• Manoeuvre equipment with attached blades in successive movements across work areas to move rocks, vegetation or topsoil and to spread and level terrain.

Minimum requirements:

• A minimum of five years of motor grader experience is required.
• Motor grader/multi-skilled operator certificate or something similar from a reputable university.
• Must be willing to work anywhere in Namibia and must be able to operate independently.
• A valid driver’s license.