Fine Grind Operator

Requisition
529634
-Posted
10/06/2026

- AMAT

- APAC
- Central-Central West Region
- River Valley

- Full Time

- Equipment and Machine Operators

APAC Central Inc., is a CRH company producing and providing crushed aggregate materials, sand, ready-mix concrete, asphalt, and performing as a regional heavy highway/infrastructure construction firm serving Arkansas, Oklahoma, and southern Missouri. APAC-Central, Inc. and its founding companies have been serving our customers since early in the 20th Century and look forward to continued success in the 21st Century!

We are seeking a dependable, safety-minded Fine Grind Operator 1 to join our production team. In this hands-on role, you will support daily operations, equipment care, product quality, and customer truck loading at the Fine Grind Plant. This is a great opportunity for a motivated team player who enjoys learning, working with equipment, and contributing to a clean, productive, and positive work environment.

• Be part of a team that values safety, accountability, and doing the job right.
• Gain practical experience in plant operations, maintenance, quality control, and heavy equipment use.
• Work in a role where reliability, effort, and teamwork make a visible impact every day.
• Enjoy competitive entry-level pay of $16–$19 per hour, based on experience.

• Work closely with the Fine Grind Operator 2 to complete daily operating and maintenance tasks safely and efficiently.
• Support Fine Grind Plant operations while maintaining high standards for housekeeping, productivity, safety, and environmental compliance.
• Collect product samples and communicate with the lab to help maintain product quality.
• Coordinate and load customer trucks in a timely, professional manner.
• Operate heavy equipment, including a loader, to support material handling and plant feed processing.
• Identify, report, and help correct safety concerns to protect yourself, your team, and the worksite.
• Complete required daily, weekly, monthly, and annual documentation, including workplace exams, mobile equipment pre-ops, work orders, and environmental forms.
• Perform basic maintenance tasks, including lubrication, oiling, inspections, and other equipment care as assigned.
• Assist with additional duties as assigned by the management team.

• A self-motivated team player with a strong commitment to safety and quality.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while balancing multiple tasks and priorities.
• Industrial, mining, production, or similar hands‑on work experience preferred.
• Ability to follow direction, communicate clearly, and work well with the Fine Grind team.
• Flexible availability, including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• Basic computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Heavy equipment experience preferred; loader experience is a plus.

• Frequently required to climb, balance, and perform tasks involving physical agility.
• Regularly sit, climb, and use hand signals or equipment; occasionally stand, walk, crawl, kneel, bend, stoop, crouch, or reach above shoulder height.
• Lift and move objects weighing up to 25-50 lbs as needed.
• Work primarily outdoors, often in extreme weather and environmental conditions.
• Comfortable working in all weather conditions; exposed to jobsite hazards such as moving machinery, high places, airborne particles, and loud environments.
• Must have specific vision abilities, including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, to operate equipment safely.
• Reasonable accommodations provided as necessary to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential…