Portable Crusher Laborer (Various Utah Locations)

Staker Parson Companies, a CRH company, is a member of the CRH West Division. Our purpose is to champion the safety, empowerment, and development of our employees. We strive to be the preferred source of quality sand, rock, landscape products, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt, paving, and construction services.

About the role

The Crusher Laborer is responsible for safely performing a variety of construction duties to assist highway, utility, grade crews, or at various on-site plant locations. This position involves various manual tasks and requires 75% travel, rotating to various crusher locations throughout the Intermountain States Area.

Responsibilities

• Performs machinery maintenance and repairs.
• Unplugs and shovels off conveyors and screens.
• Changes out screens, rollers, cone liners, etc.
• Repairs conveyor problems.
• Greases moving machine parts.
• Performs crusher machinery set up and take down, including running cables and hoses, setting up blocks, assembling/disassembling machinery, operating skid steer to move parts, tarping, and shoveling aggregate.
• Helps maintain the operation of the crusher.
• Keeps crusher machinery area clean of debris and shovels aggregate.
• Operates equipment such as skid steer (and loader if trained).
• Moves excess materials from around the crusher machinery.
• Uses various equipment, hand, and power tools.
• Picks up and/or delivers construction materials at job site locations.
• Performs job site clean-up.
• Assists with flagging and traffic control as needed.
• Maintains all tools and equipment in safe and clean condition.
• Performs strenuous work in varying weather conditions.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to do basic math.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.
• Standard Driver’s License is required.
• High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) is preferred.
• Previous related experience in the construction field is a plus.

Skills

• Customer Service: Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; reacts calmly and rationally to highly stressful situations.
• Communication: Interacts and communicates with a diverse group of people, from laborers to company owners and officials.
• Integrity: Honest and forthright in dealing with customers; follows through with commitments.
• Teamwork: Contributes to building a positive team spirit.
• Judgment: Exhibits sound and accurate judgment.
• Planning/Organizing: Uses time efficiently.
• Professionalism: Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; accepts responsibility for own actions.
• Safety and Security: Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.
• Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Attendance/Punctuality: Consistently at work and on time.
• Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.
• Initiative: Asks for and offers help when needed.
• Innovation: Generates suggestions for improving work.
• Quality: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to sit, talk, or hear.
• Frequently required to climb, use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, crawl, kneel, bend, and reach with hands and arms above shoulders.
• Occasionally lift and/or move from 10 to 50 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Work Environment

• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and extreme cold and/or heat.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Benefits

• Highly competitive base pay.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and disability benefits programs.
• Group retirement savings program.
• Health and wellness programs.
• An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion.

CRH has a long and proud heritage as a collection of family businesses, regional companies, and large enterprises. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.