What are the responsibilities and job description for the Loader Operator/Groundperson position at H&K Group?
Overview
Plumstead Quarry, in partnership with H&K Group, Inc., is looking for the ideal Loader Operator/Groundperson! The Loader Operator/Groundperson will be responsible for loading, unloading, storing, transferring, distributing and inventorying stone products and materials.
Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience
- 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
- Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
- Additional training programs including on the job, online through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more
Responsibilities
Essential Abilities, Duties, and Responsibilities:
- Follows company safety policies and MSHA policies.
- Perform pre and post trip of equipment every day and fill out daily inspection sheets.
- Starts engine, shifts gears, presses pedals, and turns steering wheel/moves joysticks to operate loader.
- Moves levers to lower and tilt bucket and drives front end loader forward to force bucket into finished product.
- Moves levers to raise and tilt bucket when filled and dumps material into truck or rail.
- Provide excellent customer service to all customers on site.
- Maintains haul roads that are smooth and safe.
- Keep stockpiles properly bermed and maintained.
- Ensure product is blended correctly.
- Performs routine maintenance on loader such as lubricating and cleaning.
- Perform all work following company policies and procedures.
Qualifications
Required Skills, Education, and Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent (such as the GED) from an accredited educational institution OR related experience and/or training
- A combination of education and experience may be considered
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
- Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)
Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience
- 3 months related experience
- Experience operating heavy equipment
- Strong preference for Loader operation experience
- Experience working in a quarry, heavy civil construction, or other outdoor industrial setting
- MSHA or other relevant safety certification
Physical Demands
- Regularly required to
- Sit
- Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
- Reach with hands and arms
- Frequently required to talk or hear
- Occasionally required to
- Stand
- Walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Specific vision abilities include distance, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
- Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds regularly, up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 100 pounds occasionally
Work Environment
- Regularly exposed to
- Moving mechanical parts
- Outside weather conditions
- Frequently exposed to
- High, precarious places
- Fumes or airborne particles
- Vibration
- Occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock
- Noise level is usually loud
Strategically located in central Bucks County, PA just north of Doylestown, Plumstead Quarry (formerly Plumstead Materials) has been producing high quality construction aggregate products since this greenfield quarry facility opened its doors on Point Pleasant Pike in Plumstead Township in 1996. From this key location, Plumstead Quarry can effectively serve customers throughout Bucks and Montgomery counties in PA, as well as the western NJ region and beyond. Consistently one of H&K’s most productive quarry operations, this facility is a trusted Naceville Materials, JV operation (and a proud H&K/Naceville Materials, Inc. partnership).
H&K provides complete heavy civil contracting and construction materials solutions with safety, speed, quality, efficiency and value. Beginning as a small family business a half century ago, we are now a dynamic group of vertically integrated companies that has been growing and prospering for 50 years.
Final determination on pay will be made by company leadership consistent with the scope of work and considering the candidates’ education, experience, skills, past performance, demonstrated leadership, and influence.
Thank you for your interest in employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our people, providing the essential training, instruction and supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our company. We acknowledge that H&K’s strength and success is directly related to our employees and the talents, dedication and job performance they exemplify. We seek dynamic, motivated people who are driven to make a difference.
Final determination on pay will be made by company leadership consistent with the scope of work and considering the candidates’ education, experience, skills, past performance, demonstrated leadership, and influence.
H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people to join our team.
Pre-employment drug testing (EOE)
Pre-employment Physical
Great Benefits offered!
