Loader-Operator (Augusta, GA) – Austin Industrial (NUTR)

Austin Industries; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in industrial services seeks a Front-End Loader Operator to manage equipment safely and efficiently. The role involves operating heavy machinery, ensuring safety protocols, and completing necessary paperwork. Candidates should have significant experience and be able to work in various positions. Excellent benefits are offered, including insurance and a 401K plan.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401K Plan

Qualifications

• 3+ years of front-end loader operating experience.
• Must pass drug screen and background check.

Responsibilities

• Operate front-end loader and forklift to load trucks.
• Report equipment malfunctions and safety concerns.
• Clean and inspect Front-end loader daily.

Skills

Safety Procedures

Mobility

Communication

Education

Valid Driver's License

Tools

Front-End Loader

Forklift

Job description

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries. Our team of employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost-efficiency.

Front-End Loader Operator

The Front-End Loader Operator is responsible for operating a stationary or traveling front end loader to lift, move, position, and reposition loads. Depresses buttons, lifts levers, and ensures load is safely loaded to Front-end loader before making any lift. Move products, equipment, or materials to and from industrial work areas by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operate a front-end loader and forklift under general supervision to load trucks, and to move and fill hoppers.
• Must have forklift and heavy equipment certifications.
• Manipulate or depress controls to regulate speed and direction of Front-end loader and hoist movement according to written, verbal, or signal instructions.
• Report any equipment malfunctions or safety concerns to plant contact and Austin Industrial supervision.
• Clean and inspect Front-end loader for safety issues daily.
• Determine if any parts are malfunctioning.
• Complete job tickets, service quality summaries, and all other necessary paperwork.
• Follows all Austin Industrial and plant safety procedures and guidelines to ensure safe operations of equipment.
• May be required to operate mobile sweeper, wash down around columns and around hoppers, shoveling in hard-to-reach areas.
• Must be able to perform work wearing personnel protective equipment. Including but not limited to the following: rain gear, chemical protective clothing, supplied air and air purifying respirators, safety harness, sand blast hoods, fire resistant coveralls, hard hat, ear plugs and safety glasses.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have full range of mobility in upper and lower body, able to reach overhead, able to work in various positions, including, but not limited to, stooping, standing, bending over, sitting, kneeling, squatting; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; work at heights; balance for extended periods of time.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Experience – 3+ years of front-end loader operating experience.

Must pass drug screen and background check, as condition of employment.

This is a fulltime permanent position. There is no per diem and no relocation funding.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about Austin, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/who-we-are .

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes, or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

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Qualifications

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Valid Driver's License

Equal Opportunity Employer
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About the company

Austin Industries was founded by Charles R.Moore in 1918. But the Austin name first became known in the Texas bridge building field when George Austin came to Dallas in 1889 as an agent for the George E. King Bridge Co. of Des Moines, Iowa. His brother...