Milling Machine Operator

Position Type: Full Time (40+)

Seasonal Work: Yes or No

• Company Paid Basic Life Insurance
• Company Paid Long Term Disability Policy
• Company Paid Vacation & Holiday Pay
• Company Paid Parental Leave
• Company Paid Maternity Leave
• Company Paid Employee/Family Assistance Program (EAP)
• Voluntary Medical & Vision Insurance
• Voluntary Dental Insurance
• Voluntary Short Term Disability
• Voluntary Supplemental Term Life
• Voluntary Accident, Legal, Hospital, Critical Illness Policies
• 401(k) Plan w/Employer Match
• Annual Company Stock Purchase Opportunities
• Discount Partnerships:
  Verizon, Ford, Perkspot
• Health and Wellness Benefits, including Monthly Gym/Fitness Incentives

A Milling Machine Operator is an hourly-rated skilled craft position that works on construction projects, performing a wide variety of tasks and transferring from one task to another as the workflow dictates.

• Operate a milling machine while maintaining the depth of cut and cross slope specified in project contracts.
• Remove existing asphalt pavement by milling to improve rideability and cross slope, lower finished grade adjacent to curb for resurfacing, or entirely remove pavement.
• Follow plans to achieve the average depth of cut and automate grade control systems while controlling transverse slope and longitudinal profile to produce specified results.
• Control dust during removal operations.
• Use alternate removal and crushing equipment if required.
• Understand basic survey nomenclature and judge distance and slopes accurately.
• Make decisions based on verifiable standards.
• Remove raised reflective pavement markers before milling.
• Milling cross slope, remove pavement to the depth specified in plans, using string line for alignment.
• Take measurements of cross slope as needed.
• Understand production and quantity requirements.
• Utilize automatic grade control system.
• Schedule work while maintaining production.
• Haul and stockpile or otherwise dispose of milled material as instructed.
• Lead and delegate work within scope.
• Train other crew members.
• Perform daily maintenance of equipment to keep it in safe condition; notify supervisor if repair needed.
• Perform incidental work items within other crafts.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each Key Duty satisfactorily. Requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Demonstrable previous experience as a Milling Machine Operator (not an entry-level position).
• Three to five years or more of industry-related experience, with an emphasis on roads, highways, and bridges.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Ability to understand work directions and communicate effectively with supervisors and peers.

• Constant physical effort, including standing for at least eight hours per day; may stoop, bend, and crouch as required.
• Lift and carry at least 50–90 pounds personally and up to 150 pounds with assistance, frequently.
• Maintain alertness to multiple concurrent activities at construction sites.
• Walk on uneven surfaces in varying weather.
• Provide direction and flagging for crane operators up to 300 tons.
• Climb on and off heavy mobile equipment safely.

• Work outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Employees may be exposed to high levels of noise, grease, dust, and hazardous substances such as form oil, grease, curing compounds, gasoline, diesel fuel, and ready-mixed concrete.
• Regular work near heavy equipment and moving machinery.

• Assess work environment for possible hazards and ensure training is adequate.
• Use proper personal protective equipment and tools appropriately.
• Speak up if seeing an unsafe act.
• Identify and file near-miss reports.
• Ask for help when needed to perform tasks safely.
• Consider safer ways to perform work and communicate them.

Virginia Paving Company is an equal opportunity employer. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability are encouraged to apply.