Wheeled Excavator Operator – Tilt Rotator & Final Trim | Renewable Energy Projects | Southern NSW

JWC Excavations delivers civil construction and earthworks for renewable energy infrastructure, including wind farms, solar farms, access roads, foundations and underground electrical works. We’re looking for a skilled Wheeled Excavator Operator with strong tilt rotator and final trim experience to join our team full time on projects based in the Queanbeyan-Palerang region.

About the role

You’ll operate wheeled excavators fitted with tilt rotators, mainly 6t and 17t classes, to deliver precise detailed earthworks and final trim to design levels. Your duties will include:

- Operating tilt rotator–equipped wheeled excavators to complete final trim on batters, formations, pads and drainage to design tolerances
- Excavating for wind turbine foundations, cable trenches, electrical infrastructure, access tracks and drainage
- Trenching, backfilling, grading, profiling and preparing formation levels
- Using GPS machine guidance to achieve accurate levels and grades
- Changing and operating attachments such as trenching and grading buckets, hydraulic hammers and rippers
- Working from construction drawings, survey set-out and excavation levels
- Working safely around underground and overhead services and maintaining exclusion zones
- Carrying out daily pre-starts,



routine operator maintenance and defect reporting
- Following environmental controls, including erosion and sediment control and dust suppression
- Coordinating with supervisors, surveyors, spotters and other crew

Tracked excavators are also used on site as projects require. You may occasionally help with general site support, but skilled excavator operation is the core of the role.

About you

Essential

- Minimum 3 years’ experience operating excavators fitted with tilt rotators
- Proven final trim capability on civil, earthworks or infrastructure projects
- Wheeled excavator experience
- Excavator competency or verification of competency (VOC)
- Construction Induction White Card
- Ability to read construction drawings, survey information and levels
- Sound knowledge of safe excavation practices and service locating

Desirable

- GPS machine control experience
- Tracked excavator experience
- Experience in renewables, roads, utilities or large-scale civil projects
- Willingness to work in regional locations as part of a multidisciplinary team

What we offer

- $40 – $50 per hour plus super
- Full time, 50 hours per week
- Modern, GPS-equipped wheeled excavators with tilt rotators

How to apply

Send your resume and copies of your tickets and licences to [email protected]

Applications close 20th Nov 2026

📌 Wheeled Excavator Operator (Adelaide)
🏢 JWC Excavations
📍 Adelaide