Loader Operator - Blacksburg, VA

About the role

A Loader Operator operates straight or articulated rubber-tired tractor-type vehicle equipped with front-mounted hydraulically powered bucket or scoop to lift and transport bulk materials to and from storage or processing areas, to feed conveyors, hoppers, or chutes, and to load trucks or railcars: Starts engine, shifts gears, presses pedals, and turns steering wheel to operate loader. Moves levers to lower and tilt bucket and drives front-end loader forward to force bucket into bulk material. Moves levers to raise and tilt bucket when filled, drives vehicle to work site, and moves levers to dump material.

This job description should not be construed to imply that this is exclusive standards of the position. Employees are directed to follow additional instructions and perform related duties, as may be required by their supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the stockyard to include pushing piles when stock arrives, notify management when stock is needed.
• Keep bins stocked with material while asphalt plant is running.
• Perform daily inspection of vehicle at plant – includes maintaining fluids at normal operating levels, keeping autogreaser full of grease, keeping all grease fittings greased, cleaning filters and changing when needed.
• Ability to provide physical labor to shovel material as needed.
• Assist with picking up debris and maintaining a clean environment at plant.
• Assist with maintenance and repairs as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED.
• Ability and willingness to follow verbal instructions.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Minimum 3 years experience operating heavy equipment.
• Ability to work overtime, nights, and weekends as projects demand.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test and random tests if selected during employment.
• Physical abilities: quickly and repeatedly adjust controls to exact positions; quickly move hand/arm to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects; quickly respond to a signal (sound, light, picture); tell when something is wrong or likely to go wrong; time movements or equipment movement in anticipation of changes in speed/direction of a moving object; coordinate two or more limbs while sitting, standing, or lying down; see details at close range and at a distance and judge distance between you and an object.

Benefits

• Medical
• Health Savings Account
• Dental
• Employer paid life/AD&D insurance
• Vision
• Employer paid short term disability
• 401K
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• Employee Well