Loader Operator

Gray & Son, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Gray & Son, Inc. in Baltimore, MD is seeking a loader operator to run a large rubber tire loader at an asphalt production facility. You will communicate by radio with plant operators and yard traffic to keep operations safe and efficient.

Candidates should have 3–5 years of heavy equipment experience, a high school diploma or equivalent, and prefer a background in road or general construction. Shift may include day, night, and weekend work.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Three to five years heavy equipment operation experience.
• Prefer background in road or general construction.

Responsibilities

• Operate a large rubber tire loader to load aggregate into plant feeder bins.
• Monitor feeder bin levels and manage stockpiles in a busy yard.
• Assist with loading aggregate onto trucks and with plant repairs as needed.
• Conduct daily preventative maintenance and keep accurate logs of machine hours.
• Maintain clear roadways around plant, stockpiles, and crushing areas; assist in snow removal.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

The loader operator will operate a large rubber tire loader in a fast-paced asphalt production facility. Be able to communicate by radio with the plant operators and the vehicles operating in the yard.

This role may require day or night and weekend work.

Job Duties

• 1. Correctly identify and bucket stone from a size-specific stockpile into one or more plant feeder bins daily for the duration of an asphalt production run.
• 2. Constantly monitor feeder bin levels and maintain an adequate level in 4 or more bins simultaneously. While feeding bins, operate in a high-traffic stockpile area and keep stockpiles pushed up or ramped up as stock trucks deliver loads of aggregate, and be available to accurately load aggregate products onto dump trucks and trailers when necessary.
• 3. Assist in the crushing operation by removing finished product from the working piles and depositing where appropriate.
• 4. Keep the roadways around the plant, stockpiles, and crushing operations level and clear. This includes the removal of snow when necessary.
• 5. Conduct and document daily preventative maintenance on loader, grease, fuel, fluid levels, housekeeping, pre-trip inspection, etc. Keep a log of daily machine hours and code hours to the appropriate category such as asphalt production, stockpile maintenance, RAP production, and maintenance.
• 6. Assist with plant repairs in any plant-down situation.
• 7. Other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience

• 1. High School graduate or equivalent specific work-related experience.
• 2. Three to five years heavy equipment operation experience.
• 3. Prefer background inroad or general construction.