**Heavy Equipment Operator** **Long Term Position** **UP to $35/HR -DIRECT HIRE** **Job Description** Are you ready to advance your career? As a heavy equipment operator, you'll work with powerful machinery like excavators, bulldozers, loaders, and cranes on diverse construction projects. Join a dedicated team where your expertise will be valued, and you'll play a key role in shaping the future. Apply today! **Responsibilities** + Operate bulldozers, wheel loaders, motor graders, and scrapers. + Perform routine inspections and maintenance on vehicles, including checking oil, water, and tires. + Conduct basic computer tasks for documentation. + Engage in physical activities such as heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling objects over 50 lbs. **Essential Skills** + Ability to operate bulldozers, wheel loaders, motor graders, and scrapers. + Knowledge of basic computer skills. + 1+ year of experience operating bulldozers. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Experience with excavators, heavy equipment, dozers, backhoes, skid steers, front-end loaders. + General labor and construction experience. **Work Environment** The heavy equipment operator generally works the 1st shift from 7:00AM - 4:30PM and will be scheduled to work one Saturday a month on average. The schedule is flexible, allowing you to trade or give away Saturday shifts. The role requires some physical activity **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $56160.00 - $72800.00/yr. 5% 401k Matching Blue Cross Blue Shield ( health, dental, vision) 2 weeks of PTO 1st year 3 weeks of PTO 3+years 4 weeks of PTO 5+ years 5 weeks of PTO 10+ years **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Rosemount,MN. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on May 30, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.