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GRADER OPERATOR

📍 Harare 💼 On-site ⏰ Full Time 📋 Permanent Contract 🏷️ Other

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Minimum Experience

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Application Deadline

📅 30/09/2026

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Job Description

Job Description

Operating the grader, Communicating clearly with assistants, and other equipment operators to avoid utility lines, stakes, and ground crew

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Precision Grading & LevelingSurface Finishing: Operating the adjustable moldboard (the main blade) to level, smooth, and shape earth, stone, gravel, or asphalt surfaces to exact specifications.

Sloping and Bank Cutting: Adjusting the blade angle to cut side slopes, banks, and ditches along roadsides to ensure proper water drainage.

Sub-Grade Preparation: Laying down and flattening the foundational layers of earth before paving roads, runways, or building foundations.

2. Equipment Setup & ManipulationBlade Controls: Managing multiple control levers or joysticks simultaneously to adjust blade height, tilt, angle, and side-shift while keeping the machine moving.

Using Attachments: Operating rear-mounted rippers or scarifiers to break up hard, compacted ground, asphalt, or ice before grading it.

GPS/Laser System Guidance: Utilizing modern 3D grade control systems (GPS/laser telemetry) integrated into the cab to hit precise finish elevations.

3. Safety, Inspection & MaintenancePre-Shift Inspections: Checking fluid levels (engine oil, hydraulic fluid), tire pressure, and looking for structural cracks or hydraulic leaks before starting the machine.

Blade Maintenance: Checking, flipping, or replacing the cutting edges (bolt-on blades) when they become worn down.

Site Awareness: Communicating clearly with grade checkers, spotters, and other equipment operators to avoid utility lines, stakes, and ground crew.

4. Reading Blueprints & StakesInterpreting Survey Marks: Reading and interpreting construction stakes, grade markers, and blueprints to know exactly how much dirt needs to be cut (removed) or filled (added).

Qualifications and Experience

operator's certificate

How to Apply

send e-mail to divacancy@gmail.com indicating your expected salary not later that 17 July 2026

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