Operator, Utility

$25.99/hr.

No Experience required. Training provided.

Summary:
This is an entry-level position with opportunities for growth and career advancement. The next position level is Process Attendant with a wage rate of $34.61 per hour. The Utility Operator provides general labor services in the plant and mine, handles materials, operates equipment, and performs basic repairs to ensure smooth plant operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide general labor services as needed in the plant and mine.

• Store, stock, and handle all materials including but not limited to fuel, rock, clinker, and cement.

• Operate mobile equipment, cement loading, shipping, reclaim, and transfer equipment.

• Perform basic repairs to facilitate plant operation.

Specific Accountabilities:

• Comply with all company safety policies and MSHA regulations at all times.
• Operate mobile equipment.
• Operate cement loading, shipping, reclaim, and transfer equipment.
• Perform routine maintenance and inspections on mobile equipment.
• Perform inventory measurements and reporting as required.
• Perform immediate basic repairs to facilitate plant operation.
• Ensure good housekeeping for a safe and efficient operation.
• Assist other departments as needed.
• Work with little or no supervision.
• Contribute to daily reports and other routine reports about special projects or incidents.
• Perform any and all other duties as assigned. Work any shifts, including weekends and paid holidays as schedules dictate.

Qualifications:

Education & Experience:

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Ability to perform physical labor, good communication skills, and ability to meet job requirements and essential functions.
• Knowledge in mobile equipment operations, troubleshooting, work order procedures, cement manufacturing equipment, and mechanical/electrical ability is a plus.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Communicate effectively with fellow workers and supervisors.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to convert from standard to metric or metric to standard units.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited guidelines exist.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequently exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; and extreme heat.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, proximity to electrical equipment, and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but occasionally loud.

Benefits

• Ten (10) paid holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance options. (Benefits effective day one.)
• Wellness Program
• Vacation
• Flexible Spending Account
• Short/Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Life Insurance
• 401K
• Bonus

Salary : $26 - $35