Buried Operator

Job Description

Job Description

Company Profile:
Networks Built Better.
Congruex is a multi-national organization that specializes in broadband network construction and engineering. We support some of the largest service providers in the United States with a footprint that extends across the nation. Our turn-key design and build solutions allow our customers to deliver more data, more bandwidth, and ultimately support more devices for their end-users.
Our diverse self-perform capabilities allow us to deliver high-quality telecommunications and utility solutions with efficiency as one combined end-to-end business.

Congruex is a growing collection of subsidiary operating units. Our unified vision is to be the nation’s largest end-to-end provider of network design, engineering, construction, and maintenance for broadband operators. We are One Congruex.

Our Mission & Values
It is our mission to satisfy our customers by providing the expertise, technology, and resources necessary to build better networks.

Congruex is committed to the overall health, wellness, and safety of our people. We support diversity, inclusion, and the right to live freely with mutual respect.

These values are ingrained in our core values of GRIT.

At Congruex, GRIT is an acronym for guts, reliability, improvement, and teamwork – having the GUTS to do the right thing, being RELIABLE to deliver what we promise, IMPROVING ourselves every day, and embracing TEAMWORK together as One Congruex.

Gudenkauf, a Congruex Company
Gudenkauf is a diversified telecommunications, utility, and systems integration solution provider with the personnel, equipment, expertise, and experience to deliver even in the toughest and most complicated conditions. We offer a variety of services from outside plant construction, fiber optic splicing, and testing, utility locating, intelligent transportation systems, gas line cathodic protection, and emergency restoration services. We have grown to service the states of Ohio, and West Virginia, along with expanding into Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

Job Summary:

We are looking for an Underground Construction Operator to join our growing team. The Operator will be responsible for safely operating many types of construction equipment to dig around existing utilities. We are looking for experienced individuals with knowledge of the telecommunications construction industry

Job Responsibilities (Including, but not limited to):
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• Operate heavy machinery productively and safely in all conditions
• Review blueprints or specifications to determine work requirements
• Utilize different machines for placement and removal of dirt/debris
• Utilize machinery to guide and install cable • Represent Congruex in a positive and professional manner at all times
• Clean and maintain all company vehicles and equipment assigned for use
• Perform duties in standard and high-risk areas
• Safely and successfully perform duties all year round
• Perform physical tasks required to successfully complete day-to-day operations
• Travel overnight to various sites as requested

Required Skills

• Valid Driver’s License (unrestricted)
• Pass a pre-employment drug test and Motor Vehicle Record (MVR)
• At least 1 year of recent experience in heavy equipment operation
• Ability to operate and dig around existing utilities safely and productively
• Possess knowledge of utility depth and placement as well as general knowledge of construction practices and equipment
• Strong interpersonal communication skills with the ability to interact with the crew, leadership, and clients
• Function effectively as an integral part of a team
• Meet physical demands – lift and/or move 50 to 150 pounds
• Ability to perform all work outdoors, subject to inclement weather conditions

Desired Qualifications

• CDL preferred, or willing to obtain one
• OSHA certified

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This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” employment relationship.