Heavy Excavator Operator
Visa sponsorship
Construction · Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · $35 - $40/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Forget trenches and footings. This Auckland job is about turning scrap into export-ready metal. A busy recycling yard that prides itself on safe, professional and highly efficient processing wants an experienced, safety-conscious Heavy Excavator Operator for its permanent yard crew.
You will drive a 30-tonne tracked excavator fitted with three processing attachments, a shear, a grapple and a magnet, and handle the whole processing cycle, from cutting down heavy structural steel to loading bulk export containers. The role is full-time and permanent with a 30 hour minimum and steady hours of up to 50 a week. AEWV sponsorship may be possible for highly qualified international applicants who are already in the country or ready to move.
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Key Responsibilities
- Use the hydraulic shear to cut down car bodies, machinery and structural steel
- Sort metals with the grapple
- Feed balers, shredders and other processing plant
- Stockpile ferrous metals with the magnet and keep the processing lanes clear
- Run daily pre-start checks and manage the hydraulic lines when swapping attachments
Requirements & Eligibility
- 30-tonne-plus excavator experience gained in a scrap metal yard, heavy demolition or a quarry
- Direct, confident experience operating a hydraulic shear, grapple and magnet (essential)
- Valid NZ Class 1 licence with a WTR endorsement (highly preferred)
- Sharp spatial awareness around moving trucks, machinery and ground staff, and able to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening
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