Job Description

$48-$62 p/hr + super + OT | Full-time | Gold Coast

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We're looking for a highly experienced CIVIL Excavator Operator – not just someone with an excavator ticket.

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This role is for an operator with strong hands-on civil construction experience, ideally across water and sewer infrastructure, who is confident working around live services and can operate accurately and efficiently without needing constant direction.

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We're looking for someone who knows their machine, understands what's happening on the ground and works with the crew to keep the job moving.

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Ideally, you'll have 5+ years' experience operating excavators in civil construction.

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EXCAVATOR OPERATOR – CIVIL | GOLD COAST

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$48-$62 p/hr + super + OT | Full-time | Gold Coast

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We're looking for a highly experienced CIVIL Excavator Operator – not just someone with an excavator ticket.

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This role is for an operator with strong hands-on civil construction experience, ideally across water and sewer infrastructure, who is confident working around live services and can operate accurately and efficiently without needing constant direction.

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We're looking for someone who knows their machine, understands what's happening on the ground and works with the crew to keep the job moving.

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Ideally, you'll have 5+ years' experience operating excavators in civil construction.

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The work includes:

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- Excavation for water and sewer mains and connections
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- Working around live and existing services
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- Detailed and precision excavation
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- Trenching and working to levels/grades
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- Deep excavations
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- Excavating around existing infrastructure
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- Working alongside civil plumbers and pipe layers
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- Loading, backfilling and site preparation
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- Reading and understanding civil plans
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- Operating across a variety of civil infrastructure projects
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- Daily machine checks and looking after your equipment
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What we're looking for:

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- Minimum 5 years' civil excavator operating experience preferred
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- Demonstrated experience operating excavators on civil construction projects
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- Experience excavating around live services
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- Water and sewer infrastructure experience highly regarded
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- Excavator ticket/competency
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- Construction White Card
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- Current driver's licence
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- Strong understanding of levels and civil works
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- Excellent machine control and attention to detail
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- Strong safety awareness
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- Able to work independently without constant supervision
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- Able to work effectively with plumbers, pipe layers and supervisors
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- Reliable, productive and willing to work reasonable overtime when required
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HR licence, confined space, spotter and other relevant civil tickets are highly regarded.

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We are specifically looking for an experienced operator

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If your experience is primarily general earthworks,



bulk excavation or occasional machine operation, this may not be the right role.

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We're particularly interested in operators who have spent significant time working on water and sewer infrastructure and around live services.

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If you're the person the crew wants in the machine when the excavation gets difficult, we want to hear from you.

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What's on offer:

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- $48-$62 per hour depending on experience and capability
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- Top rate available for genuinely high-level civil operators
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- Superannuation + overtime and applicable penalties
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- Full-time, reliable employment
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- Work local to the Gold Coast with limited travel
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- Modern, well-maintained machinery and equipment
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- Boots, PPE and custom uniforms provided
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- Ongoing training and upskilling
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- Opportunity to gain additional tickets and qualifications
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- Genuine pay progression based on capability
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- Christmas shutdown - enjoy a proper break over Christmas & New Year
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- Experienced civil crew
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- Ongoing major civil infrastructure work
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- Long-term career opportunity with YTB Plumbing
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About YTB Plumbing

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YTB Plumbing is a Gold Coast civil plumbing company specialising in water, sewer and stormwater infrastructure.

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We work across projects for developers, builders and government organisations throughout the Gold Coast and have built a strong reputation for delivering complex civil infrastructure works.

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And don't just take our word for it - check out the video below to see what a day at YTB looks like.

📌 Excavator operator (City of Gold Coast)
🏢 YTB Plumbing
📍 City of Gold Coast