Job ID: 493421

Tilcon Connecticut Inc., a CRH company, has played a vital role in building infrastructure around our state, serving the market from 23 locations throughout Connecticut. As a leading supplier of quality crushed stone, hot mix asphalt, and ready mix concrete, Tilcon Connecticut has supported the construction of superior roads, buildings and bridges. The most respected name in the construction industry, from the quarry to the road, Tilcon Connecticut does it all!

Are you looking for opportunities and benefits of a large corporation with a small company feel? Then Tilcon Connecticut Inc. and CRH is the company for you! If you're up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today!

Job Description Summary

Tilcon Connecticut has an opening for a groundman/aggregate helper . Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Compliance with company safety standards and related paperwork.


• Maintain aggregate plant grounds.


• Assists operators and other crew members with tasks supporting aggregate production


• Performs routine machine maintenance.


• Other duties and responsibilities related to the nature of the job may be assigned on a temporary or permanent basis as needed.


• Understands and applies safe use and operation of the equipment and communicates with other employees about safety related matters.


• Responsible for efficient working conditions of plant equipment.


• Performs other related duties.

Required Skills

• High school diploma or GED equivalent or one to six months of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience


• Ability to operate equipment safely and efficiently.


• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.


• Capacity to work well with customers, management, and fellow employees.


• Mechanical competence


• Capability to complete required paperwork in a timely fashion.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions


• Ability to communicate effectively on radio/phone system

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions


• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations

Computer Skills

• Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Windows

Employees are required to wear personal protective equipment in designated operations and construction areas as outlined by OSHA and state agencies. Protective equipment that is required for this position: Hardhat, safety glasses, reinforced toed shoes, hand protection, safety vest/high visibility clothing for any work in the field, and hearing protection.

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 this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is required to sit, walk, stand, climb, crawl, bend, kneel, reach above shoulders, and lift up to 95 pounds for periods of time.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust to focus, and operate various pieces of equipment.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Continuous Frequently Occasionally Not Applicable

Bend X

Kneel X

Squat X

Climb X

Stand X

Walk X

Sit X

Reach X

Drive X

Fine Motor X

Repetitive

Motion X

Right X

Left X

This position requires an employee to lift:

Continuous Frequently Occasionally Not Applicable

0 - 10 lbs X

10-25 lbs X

25-50 lbs X

50- 100 X

The statements included in this job description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria necessary to successfully perform the job. Other duties may be assigned as required. Requirements for this job are subject to modification by the Company and its designees, and reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

COMPANY INFORMATION

Tilcon Connecticut Inc. is a leading supplier of quality crushed stone, hot mix asphalt and ready mix concrete products throughout the state of Connecticut. We also provide heavy and highway construction, site work, and paving services for state and local road, bridge, and highway projects.

Tilcon Connecticut Inc. and Oldcastle Materials is a great place to grow. If you're up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today!

Thank you for your interest in expanding your career with Tilcon Connecticut Inc. and Oldcastle Materials.

Oldcastle has a long and proud heritage as one of North America's largest corporations. We are a proud reflection of the hundreds of family businesses, local and regional companies and mid to large sized enterprises that together form the Oldcastle family. Oldcastle operates with a decentralized, diversified structure, letting you work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large enterprise.

Oldcastle Materials is the leading vertically integrated supplier of aggregates, asphalt, ready mix concrete and paving services with 1400 locations nationwide. From coast to coast, Oldcastle Materials delivers quality, dependable results to customers ranging from federal agencies to small construction companies. Our culture is special as well. Our most valued asset is our people, and Talent Management is an ongoing process that helps us to identify, develop, and leverage more than 18,000 employees. Whether we are safely paving miles of interstate, building two thousand-foot-long bridges or building roads in national parks, Oldcastle Materials' continued investment in people, performance, and communities has positioned us as an industry leader.

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay


• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs


• Group retirement savings program


• Health and wellness programs


• A diverse and inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of large international organization.

If you're up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!

Tilcon Connecticut Inc., a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

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