Heavy Equipment Operator/Driller Trainee (Quarry) Job at Maine Drilling & Blasti

Heavy Equipment Operator/Driller Trainee (Quarry)

Job Category: Field

Requisition Number: HEAVY008353

Posted: February 28, 2025

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location

Adams Center, NY
18303 Kellogg Rd
Adams Center, NY 13606, USA

Description

About Us

Come work with the best! At Maine Drilling & Blasting (MD&B), we work like owners because we are owners. As a majority employee-owned ESOP Company, we are committed to achieving operational excellence at all levels of the organization. Our success is driven by our dedication to both internal and external customers.

We offer an employer-contributed Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) retirement program, a traditional Company matched 401(k), and comprehensive health, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.

About The Opportunity

If advancement is what you’re looking for, we offer industry-leading learning and development opportunities, centered on promotion from within.

Do you have experience operating heavy construction equipment such as backhoes, skid steers, excavators, or loaders? Do you want to learn the drilling and blasting industry with a stable, growing, majority employee-owned company? If you answered YES to these questions, then we want to meet you!

Hourly Rate: $20 - $22 per hour, plus stipend for travel!

Responsibilities

• Perform job-specific instructions provided by Superintendents, Blasting Supervisors, or Drill Operators.
• Be safety-minded and able to work in varying weather environments.
• Out-of-town travel and overtime may be required.
• Perform daily maintenance activities required for safe, efficient operation of assigned equipment.
• Adhere to Company Safety Policies and Procedures.
• Learn drill patterns and terminology, then execute drill pattern and layout as established by the Blaster Foreman.
• Inventory accessories and understand the cost of accessories, maintenance of drill accessories.
• Communicate problems and terrain conditions to the Blaster/Foreman.
• Understand the Field Accounting system and accurately complete and submit timely paperwork: drill reports, hole sheets, and signed timecards.
• Maintain physical agility.
• Coordinate supplies with the Blaster.
• Carry all tools and supplies.
• Participate in necessary meetings: Foreman's, Safety, Job-Specific, and Daily Heads-Up.
• Complete Driller I training within the designated period.
• Work unsupervised while maintaining a sense of urgency.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Equipment operating experience is helpful (earth moving construction equipment, farm equipment, timber harvesting equipment, etc.).
• Valid Driver's License with own transportation.
• Experience as a construction laborer.
• High level of common sense relative to equipment and machinery operation.
• Mechanical aptitude based on past experience around equipment, motors, hydraulic, electrical systems is desired.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment physical and drug screen.
• Must successfully pass ATF screenings.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform essential functions of the position.
• Ability to lift 50 – 100 lbs., 30 – 40% of the time.
• Work on uneven and loose surfaces in varying weather conditions.
• Stooping and bending 30-40% of the time.
• Maintain physical agility.

Dedication, enthusiasm, hard work, integrity, honesty, and responsibility are key indicators for us in any candidate interested in joining our world-class team. Our team members are good communicators, highly competitive, and work together effectively to get the job done!

Does this sound like you? If it does, then go ahead and hit that APPLY button because we cannot wait to meet you!

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities