Equipment Operator II

Equipment Operator II

Position Location : Fort Collins, CO 80523

Work Location : Position is fully in-office / in-person

Type of Position : Full-time

Classification Title : Equipment Operator II

Posting Number : 202500099P

Open Date : 09 / 26 / 2025

Close Date : 10 / 27 / 2025

Salary : $3,844 - $4,613 Monthly

Employee Benefits : Colorado State University is not just a workplace; it's a thriving community that's transforming lives and improving the human condition through world-class teaching, research, and service. With a robust benefits package, collaborative atmosphere, and focus on work-life balance, CSU is where you can thrive, grow, and make a lasting impact.

Position Summary : This position exists to deliver incoming freight and parcel shipments from vendors and other sources to campus departmental recipients in an accurate and timely manner. Position also delivers mail and picks up shredding and scanning work orders at various campus locations. This position will be a member of the game day operations crew as well as facilitate event rental setups and teardowns in addition to pickup and delivery of storage items to and from the warehouse. Position must also exercise and maintain accountability for items in custody including appropriate recordkeeping.

Minimum Qualifications : To be considered for this position, candidates must demonstrate in the application materials :

• Two (2) years of experience operating equipment appropriate to the work assignment.

Preferred Qualifications : The highly desired candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills, abilities, personal characteristics, and experience directly related and critical to this position :

Essential Job Duties :

Job Duty Category : Driving and Delivery

Duty / Responsibility : Operates two-ton capacity single axel vehicles to deliver and pick up all incoming freight, parcels, mail, shredding, and scanning at university department's campus locations. Obeys all traffic and safety laws, rules, and policies while delivering and / or picking up from the campus community. Moves boxes occasionally weighing more than 100 lbs with a hand truck. Moves other freight shipments sometimes weighing in excess of 2,000 lbs. with the use of forklift truck, pallet jack or other material handling equipment. Verifies delivery acknowledgement (signed forms or electronic equivalent) agrees with manifests to complete the chain of custody and accountability for which this position is responsible from Central Receiving dock to campus delivery locations. Reconciles any differences and reports problems to the Central Receiving supervisor and or lead supervisor as appropriate.

Percentage Of Time : 60

Job Duty Category : Shipping & Receiving

Duty / Responsibility : Cross trained and assists in both receiving freight and parcels from vendors and commercial carriers by unloading freight / parcels using forklift, pallet jack, hand truck and / or other material handling equipment necessary to the task. Processes inbound freight and parcels through receiving software for proper routing to location on campus. Facilitates the shipping of freight and parcels moving outbound to the appropriate carrier.

Percentage Of Time : 10

Job Duty Category : Parcel Sortation & Route Design

Duty / Responsibility : Uses the established delivery priority system to prepare goods for delivery to the campus department by sorting items by the delivery route then loading vehicles according to the delivery sequence of the route. Factors in environmental constraints such as road closure, weather conditions, student traffic to load CSU trucks for delivery. Uses training and experience to assure that truck loads are balanced to minimize damage to loads and equipment and injury to personnel.

Percentage Of Time : 10

Job Duty Category : Compliance & Regulation

Duty / Responsibility : Uses Federal, State, University and industry rules, regulations, and guidelines for the safe and efficient handling of hazardous materials, perishables, biomedical supplies, live animals and plants or any other shipment requiring special attention. Attends training as appropriate to assure safe handling of hazardous materials. While this position normally does not open any containers or actively work with these materials, Department of Transportation hazardous material emergency procedures and precautions must be known as a contingency measure.

Percentage Of Time : 5

Job Duty Category : Events & Warehouse

Duty / Responsibility : Communicate and coordinate with the campus community on event rental setup and teardown in accordance with the services offered by the Departments of Central Receiving. Load, setup, teardown, and put away event rental equipment pre and post event. Setup and teardown road barricades at campus events as well as other events within the Northern Colorado community. Load, move, store and in some cases re-deliver warehouse storage requests to off campus warehouse location.

Percentage Of Time : 15

Application Details

Special Instructions to Applicants

Application Instructions and Information :

Clearly document job duties you have performed that relate to minimum qualifications, preferred qualifications, and essential job duties in the Work Experience section on the application. Human Resources must be able to evaluate your experience based on this information.

Clearly outline dates of employment and hours worked per week for each employment experience listed in the Work Experience section of the Application so that Human Resources can calculate full-time work experience. Please note : Part-time experience will be calculated to determine the full-time equivalent.

The Work Experience is the only document that will be utilized to determine if minimum qualifications, as outlined in the job posting, have been met. The Application is considered to be the legal document on file; resumes will not be reviewed for minimum qualification requirements.

Applicants may redact information from this initial application that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS :

If an Application is considered "Incomplete", the Application will be removed from consideration for the position. An Application is incomplete if no current / previous employment is included in the Work Experience section of the Application. An Application is incomplete if "see resume" (or something similar) is noted, or previous employment does not contain job duties for every position in the Work Experience section of the Application. Positions requiring a degree or if using education as a substitution for work experience (e.g. : Associate or Bachelor's) transcripts are required in order to verify receipt of the required degree or coursework. If official or unofficial transcripts are not supplied at the time of application, the Application is incomplete.

RESUMES :

When a resume is listed as a required document, it may be used in the comparative analysis / evaluation process to determine the candidates that most closely meet the qualifications of the position. This process occurs after an application has passed the minimum qualifications screening.

Resumes will not be accepted in place of a completed application; however, some positions may still require a resume as a component for complete application materials. Please see the Required Documents section of the posting.

NOTES :

Appointment to the vacancy or vacancies represented by this announcement is expected to be from the eligible list created. However, at the discretion of the appointing authority, the position(s) may be filled by another method of appointment for a valid articulated business reason.

The selection process for State Classified positions may include an exam(s) and interview(s) which require candidates to physically appear (at the CSU campus in Fort Collins, CO) at the candidates' own expense.

Pertinent updates to your Application status can be obtained by logging into your application account at .

All status updates for this position will be sent via email from human.resources@colostate.edu , hr_ta@colostate.edu , OR the TA Team Member facilitating the search process. In addition