CareerPlan

Heavy Equipment Operator III - Regional Wastewater Reclamation

Tucson, AZ, USFull-time$51k–$72k2026-10-09 → 2026-11-11

Core

Operating and maintaining specialized heavy equipment for wastewater treatment, solid waste management, and environmental protection.

Role type

Senior IC heavy equipment operator (wastewater/solid waste)

Builds

Wastewater treatment facility operations, waste transport to landfills, and site maintenance

Domain

Environmental services / Wastewater management

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Heavy equipment operation (graders, backhoes, dump trucks, boom trucks, trenchers, front-end loaders), Class A CDL with Tanker Endorsement, confined-space certification, sludge removal, minor equipment repairs, manual labor

Preferred skills

Over-the-road wet/dry material transporting, trailering equipment operation, traffic laws and regulations knowledge

Technologies

Grad ers, backhoes, dump trucks, boom trucks, trenchers, front-end loaders, vacuum trucks, semi-trucks with smoothbore trailers

Responsibilities

Operate equipment to maintain, transfer, and transport waste products; remove debris and blockages to maintain safe equipment operation; clean sludge from aerators, tanks, and ponds; haul waste material to landfill; maintain drying beds and ponds; excavate around high volume lines and valves; operate vacuum trucks to clean sumps; perform minor equipment repairs and servicing.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC