Solid Fuels Operator - GAR at GREEN AMERICA RECYCLING in Buffalo, Iowa

Job Description:

Solid Fuels Operator

Location: 301 E Front Street, Buffalo IA 52728

Compensation: $25.00 - $32.81 /hr ( depending on experience)

Ready for a fast-paced job where you can provide the literal groundwork that connects communities together? Join Summit Materials - a construction materials company leading the industry - where we build the foundation for a better tomorrow.

Summit Materials consists of more than a dozen local companies that supply aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving, and construction services in the United States and western Canada. At Summit Materials, we support our teammates who lay the groundwork for our communities and live by our core values: Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, and Inclusivity. We're passionate about our teammates, our work, and our communities. Each of Summit's companies celebrates their individual legacies, but together - we are Summit Materials.

Benefits

We care for you and your family: We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to support the health of you and your family.

We prepare for the unexpected: We offer life insurance, long-term disability, and short-term disability coverage at no cost to you.

We invest in your career growth with Summit Materials and beyond: Get access to our Discover Learning catalog with thousands of available courses to support your professional and personal development. You can learn on-demand, at your own pace, and from any device.

We embrace your well-being: We know that your well-being is more than just physical. We're here to provide teammates with the resources and tools they need to stay healthy and feel supported, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free counseling, financial resources, and more.

We support your personal goals: We provide a financial foundation as you plan for the future. Our programs, like our 401(k) plan where we match up to 4% of your annual income, are designed to help you prepare and reach your goals for you and your family.

We give you time to recharge: We offer our teammates Paid Time Off (PTO) so they can recharge and relax with family and friends.

Overview

The prime objective of the Solid Fuel Operator is to safely receive, prepare and feed consistent and high-quality fuel material to the Cement Kiln in support of the cement manufacturing process . The Solid Fuels Operator supports a good standing in the community, sustainable operations, and adheres to and upholds all company policies, safety standards and federal / state regulations.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Receive, prepare, and feed materials consistently at a rate up to 13 tons/hour.
• Operates mobile equipment.
• Operates production equipment.
• Operates housekeeping tools (shovels, brooms, squeegees, scrapers, etc.)
• Operates maintenance tools (hand tools, power tools, rigging, etc...)
• Monitors equipment to ensure continuous operations, troubleshoots problems, investigates failures, and takes correct action.
• Strictly adheres to all safety policies and procedures.
• Responsible for inspecting both mobile and production equipment to ensure safe and reliable operation.
• Conducts operating and minor maintenance on equipment and assists the maintenance crew in significant repairs.
• Responds to all incoming communications via phone, radio and other verbal inputs are taken care of appropriately.
• Maintains good housekeeping and 5S standards.
• Other duties may be required and will be assigned as necessary.

Skills & Experience

• Experience operating mobile equipment.
• Experience operating production equipment.
• Computer literacy.
• Self-starter, driven and motivated to learn and improve.
• Must be a team player.
• Effectively communicate both verbally and in writing, while building rapport with team members, customers, and external agencies.
• High level of integrity and commitment to comply with all applicable federal / state / industry compliance, record keeping, regulations and standards.
• Able to work overtime, 12 hour rotating shifts, holidays, and weekends.
• Due to the nature of this position, it is essential that the teammate be available to report to the designated work site / office and be ready to begin work when scheduled.
• Must be able to pass pre-employment screening which may include a physical, background check, and drug screen.

The physical demands and work environment described herein are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this position, the teammate will be regularly required to talk and hear, use fingers and hands to handle and/or feel, use eyesight for depth perceptions, close, distant, peripheral and color vision; stand, walk, sit, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl. Frequent exposure to walking on rocky, irregular surfaces that may be muddy and in reduced lighting conditions, moving mechanical parts, electrical equipment, high and/or confined spaces, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather conditions and explosives. Occasionally be able to lift and/or move up to fifty (50) lbs. independently and tolerate moderate noise levels.

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