Texas Lehigh Cement Company
Location
Buda, TX | United States
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Description
$22 - $32/hr. based on experience
TEXAS LEHIGH CEMENT COMPANY - BUDA, TX
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Seal outlet valves on tank cars, barges and trucks.
- Verify tank car, barge or truck load numbers to ensure car placement accuracy.
- Start pumps and adjust valves or cables to regulate the flow of products to vessels.
- Check conditions and weights of vessels to ensure cleanliness and compliance with loading procedures.
- Observe positions of cars passing loading spouts, and swing spouts into the correct positions at the appropriate times.
- Monitor product movement to and from storage tanks, coordinating activities with other workers to ensure constant product flow.
- Operate ship loading and unloading equipment, conveyors, hoists, and other specialized material handling equipment such as railroad tank car unloading equipment.
- Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, gauge readings, and operating times, manually or using computers.
- Operate industrial trucks, tractors, loaders, and other equipment to transport materials to and from transportation vehicles and loading docks, and to store and retrieve materials in warehouse.
- Connect ground cables to carry off static electricity when unloading tanker cars.
- Copy and attach load specifications to loaded trucks.
- Remove and replace tank car dome caps or direct other workers in their removal and replacement.
- Test samples for specific gravity, using hydrometers, or send samples to laboratories for testing.
- Test vessels for leaks, damage, and defects, and repair or replace defective parts as necessary.
- Unload cars containing liquids by connecting hoses to outlet plugs and pumping compressed air into cars to force liquids into storage tanks.
- Clean interiors of tank cars or tank trucks, using mechanical spray nozzles.
- Lower gauge rods into tanks or read meters to verify contents, temperatures, and volumes of liquid loads.
- Operate conveyors and equipment to transfer grain or other materials from transportation vehicles.
- Perform general warehouse activities such as opening containers and crates, filling warehouse orders, assisting in taking inventory, and weighing and checking materials.
COMPETENCIES - High level of safety.
- Good communication.
- Planning and organization.
- Problem solving and troubleshooting.
- Energetic & self-motivated.
- Able to work with minimum supervision.
- Knowledge of basic computer skills.
BENEFITS - Bonus Program
- Retirement - Discretionary Annual Profit-Sharing Contributions
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance options and benefits
- Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage
- Other life insurance, AD&D, 10 paid holidays, vacation, flexible spending accounts, wellness program.
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