TBM Operator
Dragados USA

Founded in 1941, Dragados is a primary construction arm of ACS Group, consistently ranked first overall on the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 250 International Contractors List. Dragados is an industry leader in delivering all types of major infrastructure projects and has a proven track record of completing some of the largest, most complex, and first-of-their kind projects in the U.S. and across the globe. In North America alone, Dragados has experience delivering more than $40 billion worth of major infrastructure projects within the last 10 years and is currently ranked #5 in transportation and #31 overall on ENR's 2022 Top 400 Contractors list.

The Hampton Roads Connector Partners JV (HRCP) consisting of VINCI Construction, Dragados, and Flatiron has been selected to construct the $3.3BN Design Build project -the largest civil construction contract ever awarded by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).

The project scope across a 9-mile section of the I-64 will include: a new 3.5-mile bridge-tunnel crossing that will accommodate a total of 8 lanes of capacity across the water, replacement of the existing marine approach bridges and the addition of a third lane on I-64 in each direction. The twin 45 diameter 1.5-mile tunnels will be bored by TBM, creating the second largest TBM tunnel opening for a TBM in North America.

As a TBM Operator on the $3.3BN Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project (HRBT) in Virginia, you will assist the TBM Superintendent with the tunnel excavation.

Responsibilities:

• Operates Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) for excavation of tunnel
• Tends pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment
• Lubricates, cleans, and repairs machinery, equipment, and tools
• Operate underground machinery including conveyors, pumps, or locomotives for removal of excavated material
• Move controls to start and position drills, and to advance tools into tunnel faces in order to complete horizontal or vertical cuts
• Move levers to control and adjust the movement of equipment, the speed, height, rotation and depth of cuts
• Observe indicator lights and gauges, and listen to machine operation in order to detect binding or stoppage of tools or other equipment problems
• Reposition machines and move controls in order to make additional holes or cuts
• Fabricate various metal items by torch cutting and welding
• May assist other craft workers
• Perform other duties as required

Qualifications:

• Prior experience on a tunneling project with a tunnel driven in soil with a high ground water table (at least three bars) for at least 3,000 feet in length and a minimum diameter of 30 feet.
• Previous experience with large diameter slurry TBM
• Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction, repair and maintenance of machinery and tools
• Knowledge of Hard Rock, Earth Pressure Balance, or Mixed Shield (Slurry) TBM technology
• Operate machinery and systems including drills, pumps, hoists, winches, and TBMs
• Must be able to interpret drawings and written instructions
• Monitoring gauges, dials, or other indicators to make certain equipment is working properly
• Experience with determining causes of operating errors and providing solutions
• Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operation, and the environment will affect outcomes
• Experience with Pre-Cast Segmental Liner preferred
• Knowledge of company safety policies and procedures to comply with company, local, state, and/or federal laws
• Proven knowledge in determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job
• Communicate effectively with coworkers, supervisors, and engineers

Physical Demands:

• Ability to coordinate two or more limbs while sitting, standing, or lying down
• Ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine to exact position
• Occasional bending, stooping, twisting, crawling, kneeling
• Occasional climbing of ladders
• Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds from ground to waist level
• Occasional repetitive use of powered and non-powered hand tools
• Occasional repetitive use of vibrating hand tools
• Constant repetitive hand, forearm, foot, and leg activities
• Constant sitting
• Repetitive movement of arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion
• Work in environmental extremes of heat and cold dependent upon job location
• Frequent work in dusty environments
• Frequent work in areas of excessive noise
• Work variable hours including overtime hours as needed

Benefits:

• Comprehensive compensation package
• Health Insurance/Dental Insurance/Vision Insurance
• Employer Paid Life Insurance and AD&D
• Wellness benefits & Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise; employment in this job is an "at will" employment relationship.

Dragados USA Inc is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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