Plant Operator -Heartland Asphalt Materials

Subsidiary: Delta Companies Inc.

Delta Companies Inc., the Colas USA subsidiary that operates throughout the states of Missouri and Arkansas, is a highway and site development contractor specializing in asphalt paving and road construction materials. We are vertically integrated, with numerous aggregate locations, asphalt plans, a liquid asphalt terminal, and local construction offices, to serve multiple transportation infrastructure needs. We continuously strive to be a model of excellence by working with our customers to provide safe, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions. To learn more about Delta Companies Inc. visit . Throughout Colas USA, we provide competitive pay, outstanding benefits, career advancement opportunities, professional education, and extensive training for every employee. We pride ourselves on upholding the highest standards of safety, environmental conservation, and ethical conduct as we strive to grow our infrastructure products and services through empowering and developing our people, fostering innovation, utilizing new technology, and maximizing vertical integration at all levels of the company’s value chain. To learn more about the Colas USA Family of Companies, please visit . Delta Companies Inc., and the rest of the Colas USA Family of Companies, is part of the Colas Group, the worldwide leader in transportation infrastructure construction and maintenance. For information on our international network visit . 

Company Information

Heartland Asphalt Materials provides high-quality asphalt products, including liquid asphalt and asphalt emulsions, through innovation, experience, and a solution-based culture.

These terminals supply products to the asphalt paving industry. Heartland Asphalt Materials, and the rest of the Colas USA Family of Companies, is part of the Colas Group, a worldwide leader in transportation infrastructure, construction, and maintenance. To learn more about the Colas USA Family of Companies, please visit . To learn more about Heartland Asphalt Materials visit Liquid Asphalt - Delta Companies (deltacos.com)

Job Summary:

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.

Main Responsibilities

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.

Required Skills, Qualifications and Competencies

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 and Work Environment:

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.

Benefits:

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.

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**Drug-Free Workplace**

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• to meet the requirements of the role in which you are applying
• complete any part of the application process
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