Located in Austinville, VA
Job Full Description
Scalehouse Operator
Key Responsibilities
⚖️ Truck Scaling & Ticketing
- • Operate industrial truck scales and weighbridges to determine gross, tare, and net weights of vehicles.
- • Utilize specialized software to process customer orders and record tonnage.
- • Generate legal weight tickets, invoices, and receipts for truck drivers exiting the facility.
- • Verify truck weights against legal highway weight limits to prevent overloading infractions.
📝 Site Logistics & Communication
- • Direct traffic flow for vehicles entering and leaving the quarry site.
- • Coordinate with loader operators and plant dispatch via two-way radio to manage material loading queues.
- • Answer incoming phone calls, greet visitors, and respond to basic customer inquiries regarding material availability.
💰 Administrative Support & Cash Handling
- • Recieve payments via cash or check, and manage a daily cash drawer with precise balancing.
- • Organize weekly or monthly material reports for management.
- • Maintain detailed logs of inventory movement, customer accounts, and daily site transactions.
⚠️ Safety, Compliance & Maintenance
- • Enforce quarry safety rules, ensuring all visiting drivers wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) like hard hats and high-visibility vests.
- • Visually screen incoming loads and containers to ensure regulatory compliance.
- • Assist with health and safety compliance, helping to log or organize necessary documentation for MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) quarterly or incident reports
• Maintain cleanliness of the scalehouse office, customer entryways, and immediate surrounding area.
Job Qualifications & Requirements
- • Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- • Experience: 1+ years of experience in a scalehouse, weight station, logistics, administrative support, or retail customer service environment preferred.
- • Technical Skills: Basic computer proficiency, strong numerical skills, and comfort learning industrial ticketing/billing programs.
- • Core Competencies: Excellent attention to detail, ability to multitask under pressure during peak haul windows, and strong communication skills.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
- • Setting: Small office setting stationed directly at the quarry entrance.
- • Conditions: Frequent exposure to industrial noise levels, dust, mud, and outdoor weather variations when greeting drivers or checking loads.
- • Physical Tasks: Occasional standing, walking across uneven terrain, and lifting up to 25 lbs.
- • Schedule: Standard daytime operational shifts Monday through Friday 6:30am-3:30pm.
New River Valley, VA
2542
3225 North Franklin Street
Suite 10
Christiansburg, VA 24073
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