Position Type: Full Time (40+)
Seasonal Work: Yes or No
Virginia Paving Benefits:
- Company Paid Basic Life Insurance
- Company Paid Long Term Disability Policy
- Company Paid Vacation & Holiday Pay
- Company Paid Parental Leave
- Company Paid Maternity Leave
- Company Paid Employee/Family Assistance Program (EAP)
- Voluntary Medical & Vision Insurance
- Voluntary Dental Insurance
- Voluntary Short Term Disability
- Voluntary Supplemental Term Life
- Voluntary Accident, Legal, Hospital, Critical Illness Policies
- 401(k) Plan w/Employer Match
- Annual Company Stock Purchase Opportunities
- Discount Partnerships: Verizon, Ford, Perkspot
- Health and Wellness Benefits, including Monthly Gym/Fitness Incentives
General Description A Milling Machine Operator is an hourly-rated skilled craft position that works on construction projects any combination of the duties described more fully, below. A Milling Machine Operator typically performs a wide variety of tasks, transferring from one task to another as the workflow dictates.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Must be able to operate a milling machine while capable of maintaining the depth of cut and cross slope that will achieve the results specified in the project contract documents
Able to remove existing asphalt pavement by milling to improve the ride ability and cross slope of the pavement, to lower the finished grade adjacent to existing curb prior to resurfacing, or to completely remove existing pavement
Understand and follow specific plans to specify an average depth of cut
Operate the milling machine with a built-in automatic grade control system while controlling the transverse slope and the longitudinal profile to produce the specified results
Operate and limit the amount of dust escaping during the removal operation
Able to complete pavement removal, the operator may use alternate removal and crushing equipment in lieu of the equipment specified
Understand basic survey nomenclature
Able to Judge distance and slopes accurately
Able to make decisions based on verifiable standards
Remove the existing raised reflective pavement markers prior to milling
Milling cross slope, remove the existing pavement to the average depth specified in the plans
Able to utilize requires use of a string line to ensure maintaining the proper alignment
Able to randomly take measurements of the cross slope of the milling operation
Understand production and quantity requirements
Ability to utilize automatic grade control system
Ability to schedule work while maintaining production
Hauling and stockpiling or otherwise disposing of the milled material as instructed
Ability to lead and delegate work within work scope
Ability to train other crew members
Responsible for daily maintenance of equipment to remain in proper and safe working order
Notify supervisor if equipment needs repair
Perform incidental work items and duties included within other crafts
Qualification Requirements
General
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each Key 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.
Three (3) to Five (5) years or more of industry related experience is required for this position, with an emphasis on roads, highways, and bridges.
Constant physical effort, including standing, is required during a regular work shift of at least eight hours per day. Employee must be able to stand for extended periods of time, and to stoop, bend, and crouch as required to perform Key Duties.
Ability to lift and carry, on a frequent basis, at least 50-90 pounds personally, and up to 150 pounds with assistance.
Maintain constant alertness to the multiple concurrent activities of the construction site, including the activities of other employees and contractors, the operation of stationary equipment, and the movement of mobile equipment.
Sufficient skill and visual acuity, under varying degrees of light, darkness, and weather conditions, to provide direction and flagging for operators of cranes with rated capacities of up to 300 tons.
Work may involve a variety of substances commonly found on construction sites such as form oil, grease, curing compounds, gasoline, diesel fuel and ready mixed concrete.
Demonstrates Safety 1st It is important for members of our team to be actively involved in their own safety, while being considerate of fellow employees.
- Assess work environment for possible hazards and makes sure training is adequate to the task.
- Has proper personal protective equipment and tools, uses them appropriately for the given task.
- Speaks up if seeing an unsafe act
- Identifies and turns in near miss reports
- Asks for help, when needed, to perform tasks safely.
- Considers if there is a safer way to perform work and communicates.
Virginia Paving Company is a leading asphalt pavement producer and paving contractor for the state of Virginia. We are proud to have worked on many of the projects that have helped shape the footprint of Northern Virginia, the Stafford County/Fredericksburg area, and Hampton Roads, Virginia. Our teams successfully complete hundreds of paving contracts every year for projects ranging from public roadways and interstates, to commercial parking areas, to government and military facilities. In every case, we do so safely and efficiently, using quality material produced in-house at one of our seven state-of-the-art facilities.
We support a Drug-Free Workplace.
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability are encouraged to apply.
