Groundperson

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Groundperson

US-DE-Dagsboro

Job ID:
Type: Regular Full-Time
Category: Quarry
Dagsboro Stone Depot

Overview

Dagsboro Stone Depot , a division of The H&K Group, Inc. , is looking for the ideal Groundperson! The Groundperson will be responsible for unloading, storing, transferring, distributing and inventorying stone products and materials.

Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
• Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
• Additional training programs including on the job, online through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more

Responsibilities

Essential Abilities, Duties, and Responsibilities:

• Follows company safety policies and MSHA 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.

Qualifications

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent (such as the GED) from an accredited educational institution OR related experience and/or training
• A combination of education and experience may be considered
• Effective verbal and written communication
• 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

• 3+ months related experience
• Experience working in a quarry, heavy civil construction, or other outdoor industrial setting
• MSHA or other relevant safety certification

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to
• Sit
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Frequently required to talk or hear
• Occasionally required to
• Stand
• Walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities include distance, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds regularly, up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 100 pounds occasionally

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to
• Moving mechanical parts
• Outside weather conditions
• Frequently exposed to
• High, precarious places
• Fumes or airborne particles
• Vibration
• Occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock
• Noise level is usually loud

H&K Group, Inc.’s Dagsboro Stone Depot (formerly Dagsboro Materials) is one of the Delmarva Peninsula’s largest construction aggregate distribution or depot facilities. Opened in 2004, our Dagsboro Stone Depot is a state-of-the-art rail freight aggregate unloading and distribution facility that carries a full line of competitively priced construction aggregate products.

H&K provides complete heavy civil contracting and construction materials solutions with safety, speed, quality, efficiency and value. Beginning as a small family business a half century ago, we are now a dynamic group of vertically integrated companies that has been growing and prospering for 50 years.

Thank you for your interest in employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our people, providing the essential training, instruction and supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our company. We acknowledge that H&K’s strength and success is directly related to our employees and the talents, dedication and job performance they exemplify. We seek dynamic, motivated people who are driven to make a difference.

Final determination on pay will be made by company leadership consistent with the scope of work and considering the candidates’ education, experience, skills, past performance, demonstrated leadership, and influence.

H&K does 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. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people to join our team.

Pre-employment drug testing (EOE)

Pre-employment Physical

Great Benefits offered!

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