Heavy Equipment Operator - Sweetwater, TX

Your Job

Our Sweetwater, TX Gypsum facility is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a Lead Heavy Equipment Operator. Heavy Equipment Operators create value by safely mining gypsum rock that is delivered to the facility for processing and production. Candidates must be able to manage a changing workload driven by quarry production needs.

Why Join Us?

• Work as a part of a team committed to safety and production excellence.
• Opportunities for long-term growth and fulfillment in a supportive environment
• Be able to contribute to a team that encourages critical thinking, driving initiative, and working collaboratively.

Our Team

Our Sweetwater facility has a rich history producing gypsum-based products for a wide variety of customers. Georgia-Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers.

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What You Will Do

• Support the team and Lead the day-to-day operations in the quarry
• Operate heavy equipment
• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Efficiently and safely operate heavy mobile equipment of various sizes and weights associated with open pit mining
• Perform minor service and maintenance on equipment
• Recognize and document potential job hazards in compliance with company policies
• Work as a team to help meet or exceed production, waste and quality goals
• Perform general housekeeping duties to continuously maintain a safe and clean work environment
• Work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment
• Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and/or pulling for at least eight hours
• Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include safety equipment
• Work any shift, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Six (6) months or more of experience operating one or more of the following in the construction, industrial and/or mining field:
• End dump truck - Caterpillar 770 class or larger, Komatsu 325 class or higher
• Excavator- Caterpillar 325 class or larger
• Front-end loader - Caterpillar 966 class or larger
• Dozer- Caterpillar D8 class or larger
• One (1) year or more of mining experience

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience operating continuous surface mining equipment

• One (1) year or more of experience working with construction and/or mining equipment

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.