Quarry Maintenance Person, 3rd shift - New Hamburg, NY

Safety, Integrity, Quality are the foundation or core values on which Tilcon New York Inc., a CRH company, operates. Located in New York and New Jersey, Tilcon New York Inc. is an integrated materials company with multiple quarry locations, water terminals, heavy highway construction division, asphalt and recycle plants. Tilcon manufactures, sells, and ships products of crushed stone, asphalt, sand, gravel, and recycled materials throughout New York, New Jersey, and some areas of Pennsylvania.

About the role

Responsible for the safe maintenance and repair of quarry plant processing equipment to ensure production can satisfy customer demand.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine maintenance in a safe, efficient, and timely manner to maximize plant productivity.
• Perform workplace inspection.
• Perform housekeeping as deemed appropriate by supervisor.
• Check and maintain conveyor belts, scrapers, skirt boards, idlers, pulleys, guards, and bearings.
• Check and maintain oil levels in gearboxes, crushers, and screens.
• Ensure all guards, grease lines, etc. are put back in place and secured upon completion of a task.
• Perform cutting and welding tasks to repair plant processing equipment, including lifting, placing, and fitting replacement steel and parts.
• Complete all clean-up related to the task before it is considered finished.
• May operate heavy equipment if needed.
• May be called upon at the discretion of the supervisor to perform any other duties assigned and/or to assist other departments if necessary.
• Wear a hardhat, safety glasses, steel-toed footwear, gloves, hearing protection, and respirator as needed.
• Ability to rig, lift, and work safely around cranes (upon training).
• Must be willing to work overtime and weekends as required by manager.
• Regular and timely attendance is required.

Requirements

• High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED) or 3+ years of practical work experience.
• Advanced mechanical skills needed.
• Ability to carry out oral and written instructions in a safe manner.
• Ability to communicate effectively with and work professionally with other personnel.
• Ability to read English.
• Basic mathematical skills.
• Tolerate working at heights and in confined spaces.

Qualifications

• Cutting and welding skills (preferred).
• Knowledge of production equipment used in the operation (preferred).

Benefits

• Company-paid health benefits.
• Company-paid annuity.
• Company-paid pension.
• Up to 4 weeks PTO, plus paid holidays.
• Overtime eligibility.
• Shift differentials.

Pay

Rates start at $36.79 per hour.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Continuously move left and right.
• Frequently remain stationary, reach, lower oneself to the floor, rise to a higher position, and lift their body into spaces to perform work.
• Occasionally drive, use fine motor skills, and use repetitive motions.
• Frequently lift up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment described here is representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• Exposure to noise, moving equipment, and dust.
• Expected to work with others.
• Frequently exposed to hot weather, cold weather, and wet weather.
• Occasionally exposed to high heat and windy conditions.