Heavy Excavator Operator
Visa sponsorship
Construction · Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · $35 - $40/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Heavy excavator operators with scrap-yard, demolition or quarry experience may want to look at this Auckland vacancy. The yard is busy, fast-paced and serious about safety and efficient processing. It is a permanent place on the yard crew, working a 30-tonne tracked excavator fitted with shear, grapple and magnet attachments.
Hours are full-time, with a 30-hour weekly minimum and regular hours of up to 50 per week. The employer is open to potential AEWV sponsorship support for highly qualified international applicants who are already onshore or ready to move.
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Key Responsibilities
- Run the hydraulic shear to cut up car bodies, machinery and structural steel
- Sort metals with the grapple and feed plant such as balers and shredders
- Stockpile ferrous metals with the magnet and keep the processing lanes clear
- Do pre-start checks every day
- Handle the hydraulic lines safely whenever attachments are swapped
Requirements & Eligibility
- 30-tonne-plus excavator experience in a scrap metal yard, heavy demolition or quarry setting
- Hands-on, confident skill with a hydraulic shear, grapple and magnet (essential)
- A valid NZ Class 1 licence with a WTR endorsement (highly preferred), plus the ability to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening
- Sharp spatial awareness near moving trucks, machinery and ground staff
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