Excavator/Demolition Operator Jobs

The Structures Division of H&K Group, Inc., is looking for an experienced Excavator/Demolition Operator to support heavy civil and highway construction projects throughout Northeast PA and the Lehigh Valley and then transition to a $300M+ project on I-81 in Susquehanna County, PA, and Broome County, NY, scheduled to start late 2023. The ideal candidate is energetic, motivated, experienced, and carries out work safely.

Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?

• 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• 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

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Moves levers to raise and tilt bucket when filled and dumps material into truck or rail.
• Perform all work following company policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned
• Ensure product is blended correctly.
• Performs all work adhering to MSHA and H&K Safety policies.
• Starts engine, shifts gears, presses pedals, and turns steering wheel/moves joysticks to operate loader.
• Keep stockpiles properly bermed and maintained.
• Perform pre and post trip of equipment every day and fill out daily inspection sheets.
• Performs routine maintenance on loader such as lubricating and cleaning.
• Provide excellent customer service to all customers on site.
• Moves levers to lower and tilt bucket and drives front end loader forward to force bucket into finished product.
• Maintains haul roads that are smooth and safe.

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• Problem solving
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
• Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
• Ability to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• 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
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)
• Able to pass practical skills test for excavators and loaders

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

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

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

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