Ghella Abergeldie JV Hiring for Excavator Operator Job at Auckland Full Time

Ghella Abergeldie JV is the delivery team building Watercare’s Central Interceptor – New Zealand’s largest ever wastewater tunnel, that will run between the Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant and Grey Lynn. The main tunnel will run underground for 14.7 kilometres and will be at a depth of between 15 and 110 metres. It will cross the Manukau Harbour at about 15 metres below the seabed.

Reporting to the Supervisor you will assist with the day-to-day construction activities for the Central Interceptor Project ensuring you operate your excavator in a timely, efficient and safe manner.

What you will be doing:

• Preparing and positioning plant for operation
• Selecting, fitting, and removing attachments such as buckets, winches, loading scoops, shovel blades, and rock-breaking hammers
• Operating controls to excavate, break, drill, level compact, gouge out, and move. Load and spread earth, rock, rubble soil, and other materials
• Monitoring the operation of the plant and adjusting controls to regulate pressure, speed, and flow of operation, and ensuring the safety of other workers
• Raising lowering and manipulating attachments using manual and hydraulic controls
• Working from drawings, markers, and verbal instructions
• Servicing, lubricating, cleaning, and refueling plant and performing minor adjustments and repairs

The successful candidate will have:

• 1-2 years of machine operating experience
• WTR endorsement on your New Zealand driver’s license
• Class 2, 3, 4 full licenses preferred
• Experience working on civil infrastructure projects
• Strong safety awareness
• Construct Safe Level 1 is ideal but not essential as we will provide this training

All successful applicants will be required to undertake a Ministry of Justice and pre-employment drug and medical checks.

Please apply online now!