Experienced Excavator Operator with Hammer

Birdsboro Quarry, a division of H&K Group, Inc., is seeking an Excavator Operator. The ideal candidate has experience operating a 330 excavator with a hammer, is energetic, motivated, and carries out work safely.

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 Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs all work according to MSHA and H&K Safety policies
• Perform pre- and post-trip inspections of equipment every day and fill out daily inspection sheets
• Starts engine, shifts gears, presses pedals, and turns steering wheel/moves joysticks/levers to operate heavy equipment, including excavators with hammers
• 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 trucks or rails
• Provides excellent customer service to all customers on site
• Maintains haul roads that are smooth and safe
• Keeps stockpiles properly bermed and maintained
• Ensures product is blended correctly
• Performs routine maintenance on equipment, such as lubricating and cleaning
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Required Skills, Education, and Experience:

• One-year certificate from an accredited college or technical school, or six months of related experience and/or training;
  
  • Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
• Able to pass practical skills tests for excavators and loaders
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• Problem-solving
• Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
• Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to the job)

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience:

• Two years of related experience and/or training
• Experience and practical skills for other heavy equipment;
  
  • Strong preference for experience and practical skills with 330 excavators with hammers and loaders
• Experience working in heavy civil construction, road construction, or quarries
• OSHA or other relevant safety certifications

Physical Demands:

• Frequently required to:
  
  • Sit
  • Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
  • Reach with hands and arms
  • Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
  • Talk or hear
• Occasionally required to:
  
  • Stand, walk, climb, and balance
  • Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities include distance, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment:

• Regularly exposed to:
  
  • Outside weather conditions
  • Vibration
• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts
• Noise level is usually loud

H&K Group, Inc. 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 have 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 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 are 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
100% Company-Paid Health Benefits