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Andrie Shoreside

Port Engineer

Muskegon, MI · On-site

Port Engineer Mainstay Maritime is the largest provider of marine bulk and liquid logistics ... reduce operating costs, improving equipment reliability, and ensuring maintenance activities are ...

Enstructure

Port Crane Operator

New Haven, CT · On-site

Port Crane Operator The port crane operator is responsible for loading and unloading bulk and ... The operator must be certified to handle various heavy equipment and have extensive experience in ...

VANE BROTHERS

Port Engineer

Brooklyn, NY · On-site

Set and monitor vessel operating budgets. Evaluate skills of shipboard personnel and make ... Monitor vessel records, equipment/hull condition and status of repair list through scheduled visits.

Andrie LLC

Port Engineer

Muskegon, MI · On-site

Description Port Engineer Mainstay Maritime is the largest provider of marine bulk and liquid ... reduce operating costs, improving equipment reliability, and ensuring maintenance activities are ...

Andrie LLC

Port Engineer

Muskegon, MI · On-site

Description Port Engineer Mainstay Maritime is the largest provider of marine bulk and liquid ... reduce operating costs, improving equipment reliability, and ensuring maintenance activities are ...

Enstructure

Port Crane Operator

New Haven, CT · On-site

Port Crane Operator The port crane operator is responsible for loading and unloading bulk and ... The operator must be certified to handle various heavy equipment and have extensive experience in ...

Andrie LLC

Port Engineer

Muskegon, MI · On-site

Port Engineer Mainstay Maritime is the largest provider of marine bulk and liquid logistics ... reduce operating costs, improving equipment reliability, and ensuring maintenance activities are ...

Vane Line Bunkering Llc

Port Engineer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

Set and monitor vessel operating budgets.Evaluate skills of shipboard personnel and make ... Monitor vessel records, equipment/hull condition and status of repair list through scheduled visits.

Vane Brothers

Port Engineer

Brooklyn, NY · On-site

$120K - $150K/yr

Set and monitor vessel operating budgets. Evaluate skills of shipboard personnel and make ... Monitor vessel records, equipment/hull condition and status of repair list through scheduled visits.

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Heavy Equipment Operator-Chesapeake, Virginia

Suffolk, VA • On-site

Tidewater Staffing
Recruiting and Staffing Services • 51 - 200 employees
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$40K - $65K/yr

Full-time

Posted 20 days ago

Job description

Seeking Heavy Equipment Operators for work located in Norfolk, Chesapeake and Portsmouth, VA. All candidates are required to pass a test.

Responsibilities:

  • Be at designated work station and ready to work at the start of the designated shift
  • Perform daily checks of rolling stock and report any maintenance requirements to the supervisor.
  • Properly operate equipment including heavy equipment on below list and being observed to demonstrate proficiency in all aspects of operating each piece of equipment.
  • Load trucks, trailers and/or railcars in accordance with picking ticket provided by Customer Service
  • Notify Customer Service when a load is completed and verbally confirm load information
  • Load and Unload vessels, barges, trucks, trailers and/or railcars
  • Perform position assigned duties at docks or other areas of the terminal as trained and according to needs of terminal operations.
  • Execute daily work instructions and perform other duties as assigned from Supervisor in a timely manner.
  • Maintain and take care of any assigned equipment, tools and uniforms


Heavy Equipment List

  • Volvo L120
  • Volvo L180
  • Cat 914
  • Cat 926
  • Cat 938
  • Genie S60
  • Genie 105
  • Bronson Sweeper
  • JD 544
  • Cat 1055


Authority:

  • To “Tag Out” any equipment that is in need of maintenance
  • To give instructions to Material Handler I (not disciplinary action)


Expectation:

  • Must be flexible with work schedule to accommodate incoming vessels and barges coming to port at any time 24 hours a day, seven days a week including holidays and weekends.
  • Must pass all required safety and terminal operations training.
  • To work safely and incident free.
  • Must wear necessary personal protection equipment at all times.
  • Must utilize two-way radio communications, respond to all radio checks and radio summons.
  • Must work in an environment that is mainly outside with exposure to heat, cold and rain or in buildings without heating or air conditioning.
  • Must work in an environment with exposure to mud, dirt, dust and other small air borne particles.
  • Establish and maintain good customer relations with drivers and treat them in a respectful manner.
  • Ensure the safety and well being of drivers.
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About Tidewater Staffing

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Since 1992, Tidewater Staffing, Inc. (TSI) has been providing unrivaled workforce solutions for our clients in the ship repair, warehousing, and light industrial/manufacturing industries. Through the years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to solving staffing challenges efficiently, economically, and with integrity by embodying our mission statement: “Put people to work. Do the right thing every day.” Our deep industry experience and established local presence allow us to maintain a consistent, updated, and expansive network of skilled candidates, and our proprietary digital onboarding process. When you partner with Tidewater Staffing, you get employees who are trained, screened, supplied, and access to our proprietary digital onboarding process.

Industry

Recruiting and staffing services

Company size

51 - 200 Employees

Headquarters location

Virginia Beach, VA, US

Year founded

1992

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