UT | Heavy Equipment Operator – Finish Grade (Motor Grader)

Job Title: Finishing Hand – Underground Utilities
Location: UT - Salt Lake City & surrounding areas travel to job sites is required

Pay: Starting $38 and up based on experience *Dependent on years of experience and job stability demonstrated on resume*

Job Description:
We’re looking for a Finishing Hand with experience in underground utilities to join our crew. This role is key to wrapping up projects the right way — you’ll be responsible for restoring job sites, final grading, and helping prep for inspections and project close-out. If you take pride in a clean, professional-looking finish and know what it means to leave a site better than you found it, we want to talk to you.

Key Responsibilities:

• • Perform final grading, backfill, and compaction to meet job specs

• • Restore landscaping, sidewalks, driveways, or pavement as needed

• • Set and adjust utility structures like manhole rings/lids and valve boxes to final grade

• • Assist with cleanup and job site restoration before inspections

• • Ensure all work areas are clean, safe, and ready for turnover

• • Work closely with foremen and inspectors to ensure punch lists are completed

• Over 5 years of experience operating a motor grader to create smooth, level surfaces on construction sites
• Proven experience operating finish blade equipment in civil construction
• Strong understanding of grading, slopes, and finish tolerances
• Ability to read grade stakes and follow site plans
• Safety-focused, dependable, and able to work in a team environment

We’re looking for team members who are:

• Hardworking, honest, and committed to doing quality work
• Able to work in changing outdoor conditions
• Reliable and take pride in their craft