Experienced Excavator Operator

Excavator Operator

Lehigh Valley Division, a division of H&K Group, Inc., is currently seeking an experienced and motivated Excavator Operator to become a part of our team. This position entails the operation of excavator equipment and other paving activities to achieve daily production goals on road construction projects, often transferring from one task to another whenever the situation requires. If you meet the job requirements outlined below, H&K would be happy to consider you for this position.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs all work adhering to OSHA and H&K Safety policies.
• Perform pre and post trip of equipment every day and fill out daily inspection sheets.
• Starts engine, shifts gears, presses pedals, and turns steering wheel/moves joysticks to operate loader.
• Moves levers to lower and tilt bucket and drives front end loader forward to force bucket into finished product.
• Moves levers to raise and tilt bucket when filled and dumps material into truck or rail.
• Provide excellent customer service to all customers on site.
• Maintains haul roads that are smooth and safe.
• Keep stockpiles properly bermed and maintained.
• Ensure product is blended correctly.
• Performs routine maintenance on loader such as lubricating and cleaning.
• Perform all work following company policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• One-year certificate from an accredited college or technical school OR six months of related experience and/or training. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• Able to pass practical skills test for excavators and loaders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Problem solving.
• 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

• Two years of related experience and/or training.
• Experience and practical skills for other heavy equipment. Strong preference for experience and practical skills with a 330 excavator with hammer and loader.
• Experience working in heavy civil construction, road construction, or quarries.
• OSHA or other relevant safety certifications.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand.
• Regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to walk.
• Occasionally climb or balance.
• Occasionally talk or hear.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Vision abilities include depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• Frequently exposed to outside weather conditions.
• Frequently exposed to vibration.
• Frequently exposed to high, precarious places.
• Noise level is usually very loud.

H&K Group, Inc.'s Lehigh Valley Division provides complete heavy civil construction and contracting services to customers and clients throughout the Lehigh Valley, PA region, western NJ and beyond. We invest in our people, providing the essential training, instruction, and supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our company. We do 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.