{"id":5266,"date":"2024-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=5266"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:03:03","slug":"heavy-equipment-operator-lead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/heavy-equipment-operator-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Equipment Operator Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18822 (NE S WFSE Trades)<br \/>\n22815 (NE H NI WFSE Trades)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFINITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Direct heavy equipment operators and utility maintenance workers in the operation and maintenance of material-moving equipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Report to a supervisor in the operation and maintenance of heavy earth-moving and material-moving equipment. Lead heavy equipment operator, helpers, and utility maintenance workers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Act as lead and participate in the operation of trucks, tractors, powered cranes, shovels, bulldozers, carry-alls, snowplows, graders and similar equipment;<\/p>\n<p>Excavate with crane or shovel or move earth with a bulldozer according to specifications determined by a civil engineer, or lead these functions;<\/p>\n<p>Trim, back-fill and smooth areas to specified grades;<\/p>\n<p>Direct the lifting or moving of heavy machinery or materials and the loading of trucks;<\/p>\n<p>Direct equipment maintenance; lead over routine and emergency repairs on equipment;<\/p>\n<p>Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One year&#8217;s full-time experience as a journey heavy equipment operator, or equivalent. Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator&#8217;s license may be required.<\/p>\n<p>Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>03\/07\/1973: New Class<br \/>\n07\/02\/1990: Revise MQ<br \/>\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 18822 (NE S WFSE Trades) 22815 (NE H NI WFSE Trades) DEFINITION Direct heavy equipment operators and utility maintenance workers in the operation and maintenance of material-moving equipment. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Report to a supervisor in the operation and maintenance of heavy earth-moving and material-moving equipment. Lead heavy equipment operator, helpers, and utility maintenance workers. TYPICAL WORK Act as lead and participate in the operation of trucks, tractors, powered cranes, shovels, bulldozers, carry-alls, snowplows, graders and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","slim_seo":{"title":"Heavy Equipment Operator Lead - Compensation","description":"UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 18822 (NE S WFSE Trades) 22815 (NE H NI WFSE Trades) DEFINITION Direct heavy equipment operators and utility maintenance worker"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-5266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11700,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5266\/revisions\/11700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}