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Heavy equipment operator

MDB Group
New Haven, VT Full Time
POSTED ON 1/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/14/2025

About Us

Come work with the best! At Maine Drilling & Blasting (MD&B) we work like owners because we are owners. As a majority employee-owned ESOP Company, we work with the unity of family and the determination of business owners.

Our standard is to achieve operational excellence at all levels of the organization, whether we are serving internal or external customers.

We are fueled by success, because we are personally vested in the outcome.

In addition to our employer-contributed Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) retirement program, we also have a traditional Company matched 401(k), health, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.

About The Opportunity

If advancement is what you're looking for, we offer that also. Our learning and development opportunities are industry leading, and the formula for our success is centered on promotion from within.

Intrigued? Read on to learn more about specific opportunities to join our dedicated team.

Do you have experience operating heavy construction equipment such as backhoe, skid steer, excavators, or loaders? Do you want to learn the drilling and blasting industry with a stable, growing, majority employee owned company?

If you answered YES to these questions, then we want to meet you!

Hourly Rate : $20 - $22 per hour, plus stipend for travel!

We are hiring in the following locations :

Argyle, NY

Albany, NY

Plattsburgh, NY

Burlington, VT

New Haven, VT

Barre, VT

Bennington, VT

Responsibilities

Ability to perform job specific instruction provided by Superintendents, Blasting Supervisor or Drill Operators. Individuals must be safety-minded and able to work well in varying weather environments.

Out of town travel and overtime may be required.

Perform daily maintenance activities required for safe, efficient operation of assigned equipment

Adhere to Company Safety Policies and Procedures

Ability to learn drill patterns and terminology then execute drill pattern and layout as established by the Blaster Foreman

Inventory accessories, understand cost of accessories, maintenance drill accessories

Communicate problems and terrain conditions to the Blaster / Foreman

Understand the Field Accounting system and accurately complete and submit timely paperwork : drill reports, hole sheets, and a signed timecard

Physical agility

Coordinate Supplies with Blaster

Carry all tools and Supplies

  • Participate in meetings as needed : Foreman's, Safety, Job Specific, and Daily Heads-Up
  • Complete Driller I training within designated period

Ability to work unsupervised while maintaining a sense of urgency

Other duties as assigned

About You

Qualifications

Equipment operating experience is helpful (earth moving construction equipment, farm equipment, timber harvesting equipment, etc.)

Valid Driver's License with own transportation

Experience as construction laborer

Mechanical aptitude based on past experience around equipment, motors, hydraulic, electrical systems, desired

Must successfully complete ATF screenings

Physical Requirements :

Ability to perform essential functions of the position

Ability to lift 50 - 100 lbs., 30 - 40% of the time

Work on uneven and loose surfaces in varying weather conditions

Stooping and bending 30-40% of the time

Physical agility

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Last updated : 2024-11-14

Salary : $20 - $22

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