Backhoe Operator

Backhoe Operator

Location: US-PA-Chalfont

Job :

Type: Regular Full-Time

Category: Quarry

Chalfont Quarry, a division of The H&K Group, Inc., is seeking an ideal Backhoe Operator.

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.
• Performs routine maintenance on loader such as lubricating and cleaning.
• Perform all work following company policies and procedures.
• Perform all work in a safe and professional manner.
• Obtain all knowledge to complete assigned tasks.
• Take direction from and work in a team with all other site personnel.

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
• At least one year of backhoe experience or equivalent training
• 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 operating heavy equipment
  • Strong preference for backhoe operation 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 stand and walk
• Frequently required to:
  • Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
  • Reach with hands and arms
  • Climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
  • Talk or hear
• Occasionally required to sit
• Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds regularly, up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 100 pounds occasionally
• Specific vision needs include
  • Depth perception
  • Ability to adjust focus

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 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. Pre-employment drug testing (EOE). Great Benefits offered!