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JOB DESCRIPTION  
Operating Engineer - Building, Maintenance, Steel Erection & Heavy Construction
DISTRICT  
9
ENTIRE COUNTIES
Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond
WAGES
STEEL ERECTION:
 
 Group 1: Derrick, travelers, tower, crawler tower & climbing cranes
 
 Group 2: Oiler (Truck Crane)
 
 Group 3: Oiler (Crawler Crane)
 
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION:
 
 Group 1: Installing, repairing, maintaining, dismantling of all equipment   including Steel cutting& bending machines, mechanical heaters, mine hoists, climbing cranes, tower cranes, Linden Peine, Lorain, Liebherr, Mannes and machines of a similar nature; Well Point system, Deep Well pumps, Concrete mixers with loading devices, Concrete plants, motor generators (When used for temporary power and lights(Driving maintenance trucks and mounted-welded machines)-All Pumps(excluding River Cofferdam Pumps and Well Point Pumps), Motorized Concrete Buggies( When three or more are on job site), Skid-Steer and similar machines
 
 Group 2:Maintenance of: Pumps, Generators, Mixers, Heaters
 
 Group 3: Oilers of all gasoline, electric, diesel or air operated Gradalls; Concrete Pumps, Overhead Cranes in Power Houses, Assist in oiling, greasing and repairing of all machines, including: Driving Truck Cranes, Driving and operating Fuel and Grease Trucks, Cherry Pickers(Hydraulic Cranes) over 70,000 GVW and machines of a similar nature
 
 Group 4: Oiler on Crawler Cranes, Backhoes, Trenching Machines, Gunite Machines, Compressors(3 or more in battery)
 
 Group 5: Maintenance on Radiant Mechanical Heaters
 
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION (Excavation, Foundations, etc)
 
 Group 1:Maintenance of: Generators, Light Towers
 
 Group 2:Maintenance of: Pumps, Mixers including mudsucking
 
 Group 3: Base Mounted Tower Cranes
 
 Group 4:  Installing, repairing, maintaining, dismantling(of all equipment including Steel cutting & Bending machines, Fusion Coupling Machines, Vermeer Trenching machines, on-site crushing plant, mechanical heaters(1 through 7),Mine hoists, Tower Cranes, Linden Peine, Lorrain, Lebherr, Mannes or machines of a similar nature, Wellpoints)-Driving maintenance trucks and truck mounted welding machines, burning, welding-operating of accumilator for shield-driven tunnels, in addition to the performance of other duties: Handling, installation, jointing, coupling of all permanent steel and plastic pipe. RIDE UPON MOLES-tunnel boring machines-MICRO TUNNELING SYSTEMS, All temporary pipefitting;When three or more motorized concrete buggies(Ride type)are utilized on the jobsite they shall be serviced, maintained and repaired by the maintenance engineer. The Operating Engineer on autogrades(C.M.I.)is to be assisted by the maintenance engineer who shall in addition perform other duties.
 
WAGES:
Per hour:   07/01/2025  
Steel Erection:              
Group 1     $ 83.44  
Group 2     78.48  
Group 3     58.31  
Building Construction:
Group 1     $ 72.50  
Group 2     57.45  
Group 3     69.18    
Group 4     52.71  
Group 5     46.16  
 
Heavy Construction:
Group 1     $ 58.75  
Group 2     60.12  
Group 3     111.47  
Group 4     86.18  
SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS
Per Hour:   07/01/2025
 
Building Construction: $ 31.43* + $7.40
Steel Erection & Heavy   31.93* + $7.40
 
* This portion of benefits is subject to same OT premium as wages.
 
Non-Worked Holiday Supplemental Benefits:
Building Construction: $ 22.28  
Steel Erection & Heavy:  22.53  
         
OVERTIME PAY
See (D, O) on OVERTIME PAGE
HOLIDAY
Paid: See (5, 6, 9, 11, 15, 16, 25) on HOLIDAY PAGE
Overtime: See (5, 6, 9, 11, 15, 16, 25) on HOLIDAY PAGE
REGISTERED APPRENTICES
Wages Per Hour:        
( 1 ) year terms at the following wage rates:
 
  1st 2nd 3rd 4th.  
  $ 39.41 $ 46.58 $ 50.17 $ 53.75  
 
Supplemental Benefits:
Per Hour:
All Terms $ 17.18* + 7.40
 
* This portion of benefits is subject to same OT premium as wages.
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