Experienced Excavator Operator
Key Skills for This Role
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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
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Performs all work adhering to OSHA and H&K Safety 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.
- Other duties as assigned
Required Skills, Education, and Experience
- One-year certificate from an accredited college or technical school OR six months of related experience and/or training Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
- Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
- Able to pass practical skills test for excavators and loaders
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
- Problem solving
- 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
- Two years of related experience and/or training
- Experience and practical skills for other heavy equipment Strong preference for experience and practical skills with a 330 excavator with hammer and loader
- Strong preference for experience and practical skills with a 330 excavator with hammer and loader
- Experience working in heavy civil construction, road construction, or quarries
- OSHA or other relevant safety certifications
Physical Demands
Regularly required to stand
Regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms
Frequently required to walk
Occasionally climb or balance
Occasionally talk or hear
Frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
Vision abilities include depth perception and ability to adjust focus
Work Environment
Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts
Regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles
Frequently exposed to outside weather conditions
Frequently exposed to vibration
Frequently exposed to high, precarious places
Noise level is usually very loud
H&K Group, Inc.’s (H&K’s) Lehigh Valley Division (formerly Lehigh Valley Site Contractors) has been a proud member of our heavy civil construction team since 1998. Strategically located just north of the City of Easton, PA, the Lehigh Valley Division provides complete heavy civil construction and contracting services to customers and clients throughout the Lehigh Valley, PA region, western NJ and beyond.
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.
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 our 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.
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
100% Company-Paid Health Benefits !
About H&K Group
Privately owned heavy civil construction and construction materials company serving infrastructure and development customers in the Mid-Atlantic.
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