Groundperson
Full Job Posting
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform all work according to MSHA and H&K Safety policies
- Perform plant maintenance
- Maintain clean work areas including catwalks, walk-ways and general plant area
- Proactively learn plant functions and operations
- Obtain all knowledge to complete assigned tasks
- Take direction from and work in a team with all other site personnel
- Cross train to learn all jobs of plant and be able to substitute when necessary
- Learn to start and end the secondary plant crushing operation
- Other duties as assigned
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
- 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
- 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 stand and walk
Frequently required to: Use hands to finger, handle, or feel Reach with hands and arms Climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl Talk or hear
Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
Reach with hands and arms
Climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
Talk or hear
Occasionally required to sit
Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds regularly, up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 100 pounds occasionally
Specific vision needs include depth perception and ability to adjust focus
Work Environment
Regularly exposed to Moving mechanical parts Outside weather conditions
Moving mechanical parts
Outside weather conditions
Frequently exposed to High, precarious places Fumes or airborne particles Vibration
High, precarious places
Fumes or airborne particles
Vibration
Occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock
Noise level is usually loud
H&K Group, Inc.’s Penn/MD Quarry has been proudly producing a complete line of high-quality construction aggregate products since 1989. Located in Peach Bottom, PA, Penn/MD Quarry serves customers throughout lower Lancaster County, PA, and the adjoining MD/DE region.
The H&K Group, Inc. 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 over 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 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.
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
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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