Pile Driver

Overview

TheStructures Division of theH&K Group, Inc. is looking for a Pile Driver to join the crew installing foundation piles, lagging, walers, braces, etc., for excavation support in heavy civil and highway construction projects.

Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
• Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
• Additional training programs including on the job, online through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs all work according to OSHA and H&K Safety policies
• Drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, and foundations of structures
• Confer with Pile Driving Foreman on job specifications
• Read and interpret load charts
• Interpret hand signals to determine where materials are to be placed
• Perform daily inspections on equipment, clean and perform minor maintenance, report malfunctions
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• Related experience and/or training
  • Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
• Working knowledge and ability to safety and efficiently understand and direct crane set up and lifting plans
• Experience and working knowledge of rigging
• Ability to read blueprints and job-related documents
• Ability to operate surveying instrument, shoot elevations and straight lines
• Experience with pile driving and drilling equipment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Problem solving
• Ability to travel as required for projects
• Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
• Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent (such as the GED) from an accredited educational institution
• 2 years of relevant experience and/or training
• Experience operating heavy equipment used in highway construction
  • Specific crane and pile-driving equipment experience strongly preferred
• OSHA or other relevant safety certifications

Physical Demands

• Regularly stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch or crawl
• Occasionally required to sit
• Regularly use hands to finger, handle, feel; reach with hands and arms
• Regularly talk and hear
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions
• Regularly exposed to high, precarious places
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts
• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles
• Noise level is usually moderate

The H&K Group, Inc. provides complete heavy civil contracting and construction materials solutions with safety, speed, quality, efficiency, and value. Beginning as a small family business a half century ago, we are now a dynamic group of vertically integrated companies that has been growing and prospering for over 50 years.

Thank you for your interest in employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our people, providing the essential training, instruction, and supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our company. We acknowledge that H&K’s strength and success is directly related to our employees and the talents, dedication, and job performance they exemplify. We seek dynamic, motivated people who are driven to make a difference.

H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people to join our team.

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100% Company-Paid Health Benefits!