Front end Loader
Arepet Industries, LLC
- Poteet, TX
- $20.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Able to perform and understands all functions necessary to load and unload trucks to achieve production from the plant.
- Communicate with scale operator to ensure the proper loading of outgoing trucks in regards to weight and type of sand.
- Coordinate with drivers or scale operator to ensure the proper loading of sand from the hopper by weight and type of sand.
- Perform maintenance duties on loader specifically grease fittings, change air filters, and ensure loader is fueled. Assist in additional maintenance duties as required on the plant.
- Clear all sand from the hopper at the end of the production run.
- Assist the foreman and mechanic on duty to ensure the continued operation of the plant and equipment.
- Execute direction of assigned tasks from the Foreman Shift Operating Plan.
- Assist in performing the Production Area Inspection Checklist.
- Ensure the plant and warehouse area is ready for production and areas are free of debris, and organized by sand type for each designated area.
- Attend safety meetings and meetings of priority as required by Safety Manager and Plant Management.
- Execute the direction and priorities set by the Safety Manager and Plant Management.
- Attend safety meetings and meetings of priority as required by Foreman, Safety Manager, and Plant Manager.
- May perform additional assignments as necessary.
- Must have mechanical knowledge
- Must be able to execute direction
- Must be able to work 12-hour shifts, weekends, overtime and holidays as needed
- Must be able to read equipment operating manual
- Must be able to wear all required safety equipment
- Must be able to communicate with hand signals and warning sounds, with coworkers regarding movement of vehicles and mobile equipment
- Must be service oriented with proven ability to work in a TEAM environment
- Must be able to follow instructions as well as make some independent decisions
- Must be able to perform duties in a safe and environmentally responsible manner
- High school diploma or GED preferred
- Must have heavy equipment experience (certification preferred)
- Must have production/operations experience (3 years’ experience or more preferred)
- This job requires the ability to wear a hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toed shoes
- Must be able to climb stairs and ladders on a repetitive basis
- Must be able to stoop, bend and lift 50 lbs from ground to waist level on a repetitive basis
- Must work outside in all weather conditions consistent with extreme ambient temperatures: heat, cold, wetness, dryness, dust, SAND and noisy conditions
- Must be able to work at various heights
- Must have good hand/eye coordination and be able to operate hand/foot controls
- Possess good vision to perceive depth at close range and distances up to 150 feet