The Employer

Couch Aggregates LLC (“Couch”) is an extractive industry producer of industrial and commercial grade aggregates, including sand, gravel, and kindred products for use in construction, highways, industrial processes, and other heavy industry applications. With five mines and processing plants in Alabama and Florida and a strategically located distribution yard in Panama City, Couch sells its products throughout the southeast to a variety of commercial and industrial consumers.  Headquartered in Birmingham, Couch employs approximately ninety highly qualified and equally motivated professionals, and Couch desires to strengthen its Jackson, Alabama location. Couch is a subsidiary of Dunn Investment Company.

Heavy Equipment Operator

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/Objective The heavy equipment operator operates a variety of contractor equipment and trucks used in construction, maintenance and repair activities and performs a variety of semiskilled tasks.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Operates heavy equipment & trucks of various sizes and weights in the loading, hauling and unloading of various equipment, materials and supplies.
2. Operates trucks and construction or power equipment, such as mechanized broom, backhoe, man-lift, dump truck, front-end loader, hydraulic excavators, skid steers and off road dump truck.
3. Operates other small equipment and tools to plant operations and systems.
4. Works with and assists the line crew in digging, hoisting material, tools, equipment, and any related work with a backhoe, front-end loader, etc.
5. Performs routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment and refers defects or repairs to the supervisor; cleans equipment.
6. Assists in the installing and maintenance of traffic control devices.
7. Performs all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards.

Competencies

1. Technical Capacity.
2. Time Management.
3. Thoroughness.
4. Customer/Client Focus.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervision responsibilities.  

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, and is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risks of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste and smell.

The employee must frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

Position Type This is a full-time position.

AAP/EEO Statement

Couch Aggregates provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex or gender (including gender identity, or expression), religion (including religious observance and expression), national origin, age, physical or mental disability or impairment, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran’s or military status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Couch Aggregates complies with applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Couch expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, sex or gender, religion, national origin, age, physical or mental disability or impairment, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran’s or military status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Improper interference with the ability of Couch Aggregates employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerated.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EOE/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans