Heavy Excavator Operator
Visa sponsorship
Construction · Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · $35 - $40/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Process scrap with a 30-tonne tracked excavator at an Auckland recycling yard. Shear, grapple and magnet attachments cover the full cycle, from reducing heavy structural steel to loading bulk export containers. This is material processing rather than ordinary digging work, requiring careful awareness of the busy yard.
The permanent full-time position has a minimum of 30 hours and consistent work up to 50 weekly. Potential AEWV support and sponsorship is available for highly qualified international applicants already onshore or ready to move.
Your English CV should explain your experience with all three attachments. build a scrap processing excavator operator CV that connects machine size, site setting and safety responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Cut automotive bodies, machinery and structural steel down with the hydraulic shear.
- Sort metal with the grapple and feed plant including balers and shredders.
- Stockpile ferrous metal and clear processing lanes with the magnet, completing daily pre-start checks and managing hydraulic lines when swapping attachments.
Requirements & Eligibility
- 30-tonne-plus excavator experience in scrap metal yards, heavy demolition or quarry environments.
- Essential: direct, confident operation of a hydraulic shear, grapple and magnet.
- Valid NZ Class 1 licence with a WTR endorsement (highly preferred), with sharp spatial awareness around ground staff, active trucks and machinery.
- Able to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol screening.
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