Hiring: Heavy Equipment Operator - Public Works and Transportation (Civil Service) Company: City of Dallas Location: Dallas, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 11:11:08 About the job Experience: •Four (4) years of experience as an equipment operator with at least two (2) years of experience operating heavy equipment. •Other heavy equipment endorsements within the State of Texas highly preferred. Required Skills: •Operates heavy construction equipment for construction and maintenance of the City of Dallas’ facilities and utilities, maintains roads, disposes of sludge waste; maintains sewer systems and other essential infrastructure on various City sites and in all weather conditions. •Operates, drives, and manipulates heavy equipment such as trash compactors at landfills, track machines including crawler dozers, crawler loaders, and track hoes; safely operates maintainers, scrapers, dirt compactors, trailer tipping machines, cranes, and draglines. •Operates and maintains heavy equipment by adjusting level and angle of grader blades, change-outs of buckets, and other parts of equipment. •Plans, determines, and communicates daily work and routes of member crews in absence of the Crew Leader; provides direction and leadership when needed to ensure effective and safe operations. •Trains crew, lower-level drivers and operators in maintaining and inspecting equipment to prolong usefulness and ensure adherence to all safety protocols and practices. •Completes work orders, job tickets, and other administrative forms; ensures accuracy and quality of work completion. •Drives truck and trailer rigs to transport earth moving or other medium to large sized automotive equipment to job site. •Safely performs other related work as needed or assigned at all times. Qualifications: •Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL). •Texas Driver's License with good driving record. •Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) License preferred for Water. •Applicants with a Commercial Driver's License (CDL), issued by a state other than Texas, must obtain a Texas Class A or B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) within ninety (90) days. Compensation: •$52,249 - $60,008 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!