Water Truck Driver/Laborer

H&K Group

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Dalton, Pennsylvania

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

Operate a water truck to transport and dump water for dust suppression on roadways and shots. Perform daily vehicle inspections, routine maintenance, and general plant clean-up to support quarry production.

Qualifications

You have a high school diploma or equivalent, a driver's license with a clean driving record, and effective communication and mathematical skills. You are able to fit test and utilize appropriate PPE as needed and meet the physical demands of the role, including occasional lifting up to 25 pounds.

Must Have Skills for ATS

OSHA

MSHA

PPE

Water Truck Operation

Job Description

Overview

Hilltop Quarry, a division of The H&K Group, Inc.  is searching for a Water Truck Driver/Laborer to join their team! The driver operates water truck to transport and dump water for dust suppression and aids in other responsibilities to support Quarry production. The ideal candidate is safety focused, pays attention to detail, and excels at teamwork. A CDL license is not required.

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 opportunities including on the job, online through the H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

  • Performs all work according to OSHA/MSHA and H&K Safety policies
  • Performs pre and post trip of truck every day and fills out daily inspection sheets
  • Drives safely and efficiently to achieve production goals
  • Does regular inspection of roadways to determine dust suppression needs
  • Performs routine maintenance on truck such as lubrication and cleaning
  • Water roads for dust control
  • Water shots to control dust
  • General clean-up around the plant
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

  • High school diploma or equivalent (such as the GED) from an accredited educational institution OR related experience and/or training
    • A combination of education and experience may be considered
  • Driver’s license
  • Clean Driving record
  • Effective verbal and written communication
  • Mathematical skills 
  • Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
  • Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)

 Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

  • Applicable safety certifications from OSHA, MSHA, etc.  
  • Previous experience in surface mining, construction materials, heavy civil and highway construction

Physical Demands

  • Regularly required to
    • Sit
    • Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
    • Reach with hands and arms
  • Frequently required to talk or hear
  • Occasionally required to
    • Stand
    • Walk, climb, or balance
    • Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
    • Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
  • Specific vision abilities:
    • Distance
    • Peripheral
    • Depth perception

Work Environment

  • Regularly exposed to
    • Outside weather conditions
    • Vibration
  • Frequently exposed to 
    • Moving mechanical parts
    • Fumes or airborne particles
  • Noise level is usually loud

Hilltop Quarry has been a trusted H&K Group, Inc. affiliate company since 2004. From Hilltop Quarry’s strategic location near Dalton, PA, we can effectively serve the Wyoming, Lackawanna, and Luzerne County region with exceptionally high-quality crushed stone products.

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 has been growing and prospering for over 50 years.

Thank you for your interest in employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our people, providing the 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 is 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!

H&K Group

H&K Group, Inc. (H&K) is a family of vertically integrated companies serving the heavy civil contracting and construction materials sectors with over 80 operations throughout eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. We provide: heavy civil construction services – site & land development, transportation & structures, water & wastewater, design-build & value engineering, demolition, emergency response, construction materials – crushed stone, sand & gravel, asphalt, ready-mix and precast concrete and high quality building materials – manufactured concrete block, biosoils, landscape materials and more. While embracing the legacy of “H&K” as our founders envisioned it, our new generation of family leadership is committed to refining our corporate goals and focusing intently on the future. With contemporary vision, strategy and a keen eye on technology and innovation, we continue to pioneer new processes and set new industry standards that consistently exceed our client’s most demanding project expectations. Here at H&K, we live and work by a value system that places accountability, quality and integrity above all business practices and principals. In so doing, we have built a company culture that creates exceptional products and services while remaining socially responsible, ethical and fair in all that we do. By operating in this manner we have created a code of trust in our customers, clients, employees, and the communities in which we operate that is unrivaled in our industry. Though large in capability, strength, experience and value, we are unique in our ability to remain hands-on, engaged and local in the way we conduct business at H&K. This, we believe, is the H&K difference. We welcome the opportunity to provide our credentials, qualifications, and project experience to you.
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