Stiles Electrical requires an experienced Crew Leader and Excavator Operator who holds a HR driver's license for work on various street lighting, landscaping, sports lighting and large civil construction projects. Projects including Ocean Reef Marina, Sports lighting projects and Regional Sporting complexes.

With the opportunity for further training/advancement of tickets for the suited applicants.

While the role is primarily as an operator, you will also be required to assist with Electrical TA duties such as conduit, pit and cable installation in between periods of excavation work.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate experience in all the following areas:

• Leading and running civil crews effectively and ensuring the highest level of productivity
• Communicating with Project Mangers
• Excavations on private land and within the road reserve (street lighting / sub-division)
• Reading and understanding Dial Before You Dig information
• Reading, understanding and adhering to dig permits when working on complex civil construction sites
• Operating machinery to a high standard of safety
• Experience operating to dig permits
• Knowledge of standard road reserve, service alignments and depths
• Auguring holes for pedestrian, street and sporting light poles
• Use of other attachments such as rock breakers, chain diggers, etc.
• Installing electrical/comms conduit and pits
• Cable laying
• Maintain and safety checks on mobile plant, equipment and company vehicles
• Prepare and set up plant for operation (including selecting, fitting and removing attachments)
• Ensure that all technical, safety procedures and contract specific requirements are followed
• Servicing, lubricating, cleaning and refueling plant and performing minor adjustments and repairs
• Maintain clean working environment
• Perform general track maintenance as required

Rate will be negotiated with the successful applicant relevant to their qualifications and demonstrated experience.

CRITERIA

• Excavator experience required
• Current excavator operators ticket (mandatory)
• Construction Industry White Card (mandatory)
• Current HR-Class Driver's License (mandatory)
• Current HIAB (CV) licence (desirable)
• Current skidsteer ticket (desirable)
• Western Power Cable Layer's ticket (desirable)
• Experience operating a vacuum unit (desirable)