Plant Operator -Heartland Asphalt Materials

Qualified candidates will be responsible for unloading barges, loading, and unloading bulk liquid trailers, basic maintenance activities, certain manufacturing activities, upkeep of operational documents, and promoting a safe work environment by adhering to Delta Companies safe work practices and watching out for fellow employees. Training and guidance will be provided.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications and Competencies

* Mechanical experience: welding, pipe fitting and other mechanical experience (preferred)

* Commitment to being on time (required)

* Basic computer skills (required)

*Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. (required)

* Ability to take direction and follow instructions.

Language Skills

* Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

* Ability to write simple correspondence.

* Ability to communicate effectively with others in the terminal.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to stand for periods of time; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and crouch. The employee must be able to move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision acuity, distance vision, color vision and normal depth perception.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

* The noise in the work environment is sometimes loud.

* The employee must regularly work with hazardous materials (hot liquid asphalt) and chemicals.

* The employee is periodically exposed to outside weather condition, and fumes or airborne particles.

*This job sometimes requires overtime including working weekends and holidays, and rotating work shifts to provide continuous Coverage for customer delivery/pickup. The employee's daily starting and quitting times may need to be changed in order to meet changing business requirements.

Competitive pay & comprehensive benefits include paid holidays, vacation, life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, group health plan options (incl. medical, dental & vision, HSA, FSA), short term disability benefits & 401(k)/401(k) Roth w/company match.