Power Plant Fuel Site Equipment Operator

Position Title: Fuel Site Equipment Operator Date Required: Department: Fuel Operations Location: Scrubgrass Reports to: Fuels Supervisor Status: Existing Position Position Summary: The person holding this position uses mobile equipment to excavate, farm and handle bituminous waste coal fines and coarse waste coal (gob); reclaims rejected material; utilizes ash to restore the site to approximate original contour; neutralizes rejected materials; and undertakes soil amendment. Principal Duties and Responsibilities: - Excavates waste coal and farms waste coal fines. - Loads and unloads trucks. - Excavates and stores clay for final cover and places, compacts and grades ash. - Mixes soil for final cover and plants grasses to establish vegetative cover. - Services mobile equipment and performs mechanical maintenance work as required. - Assists in site maintenance (i.e., maintains entry road by fixing potholes, grading and crowning, clearing culverts, etc., and performs basic site housekeeping). - Ensures that equipment and site conditions meet MSHA safety and health standards and follows all Company safety and health rules and regulations. - Complies with all state, federal and local environmental laws and ensures that site meets environmental requirements by assisting in controlling dust, erosion and sedimentation, and water treatment. - Assists in controlling quality of fuel through the use of waste coal sampling, waste coal top sizing and tramp materials. - Safely operates front-end loader, bulldozer, track excavator, water trucks, dump trucks, pumps, and other site supporting equipment. Required Job-Related Qualifications: - High school diploma or equivalent, and five to 10 years' experience in surface mining or surface reclamation. - Thorough understanding of heavy equipment operation and mine site reclamation activities. - Ability to monitor and record fuel site activities. - Ability to recognize problems and communicate them to appropr