About the Role
Join an exciting company offering great benefits, challenging opportunities, and a supportive team environment. This role involves operating vehicles and equipment safely, performing physical labor, and handling materials.
Responsibilities
- Maintains/operates vehicles and equipment in a safe, professional manner.
- Performs physical labor activities using hand tools, shovels, etc. outside with exposure to the elements.
- Coordinates and handles mechanical mechanisms to deliver emulsion.
- Picks up and transports goods, inventory, hazardous materials, and other types of cargo to intended destinations.
- Keeps driving and delivery logs maintained.
- Confirms the contents of loads match manifest documents.
- Tracks and reports working hours.
- Loads/unloads and transports materials and supplies to and from specified destinations, including overhead bin loading requiring fall protection.
- Operates mobile manufacturing units (MMUs) onsite at customer locations to create a wide array of bulk products for blasting.
- Masters the operation of Austin Powder bulk equipment to create consistent quality in products.
- Completes pre- and post-trip vehicle inspections.
- Reports any maintenance requirements to the Location Manager.
- Complies with all regulatory requirements and company policies for the delivery of bulk and packaged explosives.
- Operates mobile manufacturing equipment, including precise control of chemicals into the product.
- Performs daily operation and maintenance of the Austin Powder location and customer sites.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Valid Class-A or Class-B CDL license and clean driving record.
- Ability to work outside in all weather conditions.
- Physical ability to lift 50 lbs. on a regular basis.
- Must be able to read and interpret gauges and regulate gauges to correct standards.
- Maintain accurate records of daily operations, including product usage and safety checks.
- Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to fix issues in the field.
- Hazmat, tanker, and air brake endorsements are highly preferred.
- Must meet the requirements of all State and Federal explosive laws and qualify as an ATF explosive possessor.
- Unrestricted for operating manual transmissions is a plus.
- Ability to work non-traditional hours (starting very early).
- High attention to detail for accurate inventory record keeping.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
- Ability to follow instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, product bulletins, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to identify products by sight.
- Reliable transportation.
- Must be 21 years of age as required by the DOT.
Skills
- Driving
- Physical labor
- Hand tools
- Shovels
- Mechanical mechanisms
- Material handling
- Log maintenance
- Manifest verification
- Working hour tracking
- Loading/unloading
- Fall protection
- Mobile manufacturing equipment operation
- Quality control
- Vehicle inspection
- Maintenance reporting
- Regulatory compliance
- Chemical control
- Troubleshooting
- Problem solving
- Record keeping
- Attention to detail
Location
- Onsite at customer locations
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry-level
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
Benefits
- Great benefits
About the Company
- Austin Powder has been making explosives for over 190 years and takes great pride in improving the world we live in.
- Austin Powder is a world leader in the industrial explosives industry with a passionate commitment towards safety, a relentless customer focus, a family culture work environment, and a demonstration of respect towards all.
- The company's mission is to improve the world we live in through the safe and responsible use of explosives.
- Success has been based on core values and has proven to be universally true around the globe as the company has expanded to be one of the leading providers of industrial explosives and blasting services in the world.
Equal Opportunity
- Austin Powder is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees.
- Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
- Austin Powder also participates in E-Verify.
- This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a).
- These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing compensation.
- Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
