Power Plant Fuel Site Equipment Operator

Position Summary

The person holding this position uses mobile equipment to excavate, farm and handle bituminous waste coal fines and coarse waste coal (gob); reclaims rejected material; utilizes ash to restore the site to approximate original contour; neutralizes rejected materials; and undertakes soil amendment.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Excavates waste coal and farms waste coal fines.
• Loads and unloads trucks.
• Excavates and stores clay for final cover and places, compacts and grades ash.
• Mixes soil for final cover and plants grasses to establish vegetative cover.
• Servives mobile equipment and performs mechanical maintenance work as required.
• Assists in site maintenance (i.e., maintains entry road by fixing potholes, grading and crowning, clearing culverts, etc., and performs basic site housekeeping).
• Ensures that equipment and site conditions meet MSHA safety and health standards and follows all Company safety and health rules and regulations.
• Complies with all state, federal and local environmental laws and ensures that site meets environmental requirements by assisting in controlling dust, erosion and sedimentation, and water treatment.
• Affords assistance in controlling quality of fuel through the use of waste coal sampling, waste coal top sizing and tramp materials.
• Safely operates front-end loader, bulldozer, track excavator, water trucks, dump trucks, pumps, and other site supporting equipment.

Required Job-Related Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent, and five to 10 years' experience in surface mining or surface reclamation.
• A thorough understanding of heavy equipment operation and mine site reclamation activities.
• The ability to monitor and record fuel site activities.
• The ability to recognize problems and communicate them to appropriate management.