Posting Number SAECC4205
Advertised Title Equipment Operator
Campus Location Main Campus (Memphis, TN)
Position Number 001965
Category Staff (Hourly/Monthly)
Department PP Landscape
Minimum Position Qualifications
High School diploma or GED and two (2) years’ experience operating heavy equipment and landscape work experience. Relevant experience may substitute for appropriate education or experience. Must possess and maintain a valid Commercial Driver License.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Special Conditions
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday
6:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
This position is considered to be an emergency crucial employee, additional hours may be required during peak times, emergencies, and or emergency closings.
Posting Date 06/09/2025
Closing Date 06/23/2025
Open Until Screening Begins No
Hiring Range $18.38 per hour
Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time: Benefits Eligible
Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds and push or pull up to 250 pounds with appropriate tools or moving equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and humid conditions, fumes and airborne particles, toxic chemicals, animals, close spaces and is required to climb ladders to access high and/or precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Additional Working Conditions
Special Instructions to Applicants
This is a readvertisement – current applicants need not reapply.
All applications must be submitted online at workforum.memphis.edu.
Applicants must complete all applicable sections of the online application to be considered for a position. Please upload a cover letter, resume, and reference list after completing your application, if required by the system. Required work experience is based on full time hours. Part time work experience will be prorated as listed.
Candidates who are called for an interview must notify the Department of Human Resources in writing of any reasonable accommodation needed prior to the date of the interview.
Is this posting for UofM employees only? No
Positions Supervised
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Skills in operation of a backhoe, driving a dump truck and other heavy equipment.
Additional Position Information
Benefits of Employment (Applies to full-time, non-police employees only)
Duties & Responsibilities
Cleans work area; keeps roll off dumpsters and piled materials areas clean;
cleans and maintains tools and equipment. Monitors equipment operation;
checks gauges; listens for abnormal sounds; corrects or reports problems.
Duties & Responsibilities
Inspects job site; determines appropriate method of doing project.
Duties & Responsibilities
Maintains 100 tree arboretum and their signs.
Uses chainsaw to cut up large fallen limbs and haul away debris.
Duties & Responsibilities
Operates heavy equipment to accomplish assigned task.
Duties & Responsibilities
Performs general landscape project work such a, mulching, laying sod, and planting trees, shrubs, and other plants. Waters and maintains newly planted trees, shrubs and lawns as needed.
Duties & Responsibilities
Transports equipment and any needed materials or supplies to and from job site.
Duties & Responsibilities
Performs other duties assigned.
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