Heavy Equipment Operator - Boom Truck

ERIE MATERIALS INC.•Village of Horseheads, NY

About The Position

ERIE MATERIALS Exceptional Service, Integrity, Care for People, Excellence Erie Materials, a Certified Great Place to Work and privately owned and operated company since 1973, is built on those values. For more than five decades, Erie Materials has provided high-quality products and exceptional service at the best value to professional contractors. Today, we are the leading distributor of building products in upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania. SUMMARY We have an immediate, Full-Time opening for a CDL B (or A) Boom Driver who has heavy hydraulic equipment experience specifically boom operator who would like to build a career serving our customers in the finger lakes and southern tier region from our branch location in Elmira, NY. We look for dynamic people who: are hardworking, team-oriented and take initiative have great attitudes, high energy and enjoy focusing on customers can communicate well, set good examples and comfortably take the lead will hold themselves accountable for doing a great job everyday are interested in elevating their career with a company who genuinely cares about them

Requirements

Strong work history and a clean CDL B (minimum)
Experienced ability to safely perform local commercial deliveries
Excellent customer service and communication skills
Ability to move or lift up to 100 lbs., frequently
Ability to read and interpret documents, work orders/invoices, logs, manuals, etc.
Maintains necessary certifications and credentials
Successful completion of: pre-employment DOT drug screen, physical, and background check, which will include previous employment check, and MVR driving review.
All applicants must submit to a pre-employment DOT drug screening and DOT physical. Any offer of employment will be conditional on passing these exams. In addition, all those hired will be subject to additional drug testing as outlined by The Erie Materials, Inc. Drug-free Workplace Policy.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to communicate effectively with customers and other employees.
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.
Class A or Class B New York State Commercial Drivers License.
Hazardous Materials endorsement; will be required to obtain.
Air Brakes endorsement.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include peripheral vision.

Nice To Haves

Forklift and/or Moffett experience preferred; remote control boom experience is a plus!
We value over the road travel (OTR) experience, however, this position does not currently require over-the-road deliveries.
We value drop and hook experience, however, this position does not currently require drop-and-hook deliveries.

Responsibilities

Safely load, secure and unload materials
Safely perform local commercial deliveries
Read and interpret documents, work orders/invoices, logs, manuals, etc.
Perform additional responsibilities as assigned
Maintain necessary certifications and credentials
Loading materials onto a delivery vehicle with the assistance of other personnel and mechanical devices including forklifts. Driver must frequently load his/her vehicle alone.
Driving delivery vehicle to a customer jobsite. Unloading materials at the jobsite, in most circumstances, unassisted. Materials must be covered so they are protected from any inclement weather.
When not delivering materials, driver will work at various tasks in the warehouse including but not limited to: stocking/organizing inventory, servicing walk-in customers, receiving materials from manufacturers, cleaning, etc.

Benefits

Our employees work a great daytime schedule and our drivers are home every night!
Our team of drivers enjoy an excellent, friendly work environment and operate a safe, clean, well maintained fleet of vehicles including: forklifts moffett equipped flatbed and soft side straight rigs straight trucks with a remote control boom moffett equipped trailers
Competitive Pay with Performance Recognition Bonuses
401(k) Retirement - eligible on 1st day
Generous Profit Sharing Program
Paid Time Off (PTO) - includes vacation, personal & sick time
Paid Holidays
Employee Referral Bonuses
Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance - eligible on 1st day
Flex Spending and Health Savings Accounts
Employer Paid Disability Insurance
Employer Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
Optional Cancer, Pet and Legal Aid Plans
Paid Training & Personal Growth Opportunities
Tuition Reimbursement
Merchandise Discounts
Affiliate Automobile Lease/Purchase Program
Fun Employee Events including: team, family & community!