Heavy Equipment Operator

Heavy Equipment Operator 

Vaulted Deep 

Location: Hutchinson, Kansas  

Overview of the Role 

As a Heavy Equipment Operator at Vaulted, you will be responsible for traveling to waste supplier sites to screen and load organic waste material suitable for Vaulted’s operations. You will operate, monitor, and maintain screening and loading equipment to facilitate the adequate processing of organic waste. You will safely load the organic waste into trucks at waste supplier sites which will then travel to Vaulted’s Great Plains facility. You will strictly comply with the facility’s safety protocol and determine the safety of incoming material.  

Ultimately, your work as a Vaulted Heavy Equipment Operator will help to slow climate change by sequestering organic waste that removes harmful Green House Gases (GHGs) from the atmosphere that would otherwise pollute the environment and local communities. 

This role pays $23 per hour with pay raises after a 90-day probationary period and ample opportunities for bonuses.

Why This Job is Great 

• Steady income and job stability. Pending success after a 90-day probationary period, this role provides consistent working hours and a regular paycheck with substantial opportunities for pay raises and bonuses. 
• Endless learning opportunities to operate complex machinery and processes. This can enhance your technical and problem-solving skills for future growth at Vaulted and in your career.  
• Work in an outdoor environment where you’re on your feet every day and are solving critical problems to ensure Vaulted’s operations run smoothly. 

About Vaulted 

Vaulted is an emerging leader in permanent carbon removal. Vaulted takes organic waste sources (biosolids, manure, agricultural waste, paper sludge, etc.) that today are sent to a landfill, dumped into an ocean/river, land applied, or otherwise left to decompose, releasing Green House Gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. Then, Vaulted uses a slurry sequestration technology that injects and traps the carbon-filled waste underground for 10,000+ years. Our carbon removal goes beyond vaulting carbon - it improves local environmental and human health. Our operations seek to correct historically unjust waste management practices and advance environmental justice. 

About the Role 

As a Heavy Equipment Operator at Vaulted, you will travel to waste supplier sites to screen, collect, and load organic waste into trucks that will travel to Vaulted’s facility. Your work will help to slow climate change and safeguard your community. By operating machinery that takes organic waste polluting the surrounding environment (i.e., excess manure from farms), your work will help to clean up and protect your community. Responsibilities of this role are as follows (and others that may not be listed):  

• Direct and assist truck drivers into proper position/location for screening and loading at waste supplier sites. 
• Operate feedstock screening equipment that sorts and cleans organic waste. 
• Determine whether the screened waste can be transported to Vaulted’s Great Plains facility for processing and injection. Ensure it does not contain inappropriate material that may harm machinery. 
• Load screened organic waste into trucks that will be safely transported to Vaulted’s Great Plains facility for injection. 
• Assist with maintenance and quality control of equipment including the front-end loader, pumps, tanks, and processing equipment.  
• Maintain facility grounds by cleaning loose trash and debris.  
• Attend company-sponsored training and meetings as directed.  
• Comply with safety, health, and environmental guidelines of the facility.   

This role pays a base compensation of $21 per hour. Operators are eligible to receive extra compensation for overtime work. While the baseline hourly requirement for this role sits at 40 hours/week, most of our operators work an average of 50 hours per week, earning substantial overtime pay. This role also has other benefits: medical, dental, and life insurance, Paid Time Off, 401k with competitive employer match, disability and incentive pay. All benefits will become available to you after a 90-day probationary period. 

This position requires roughly 40 hours of work per week with flexibility across all 7 days of the week. Candidates must be able to work evenings, weekends, and holiday hours as needed.  

What You Will Bring 

To succeed in this role, and to help the company to succeed in our mission, the Heavy Equipment Operator should:  

• Have a high school diploma or G.E.D. 
• Be a team player. Collaborate with fellow operators and supervisors. Be open to joining a team that holds one another accountable and offers help when needed with a strong commitment to safety protocol.  
• Reliability. This role requires someone to follow instructions and manage processes without direct supervision at waste supplier sites.  
• Follow instructions with close attention to detail while being able to work under minimal supervision at times. Be able to perform repetitive (yet important) tasks without losing focus. 
• Quickly communicate with foreman and/or facility managers as issues with machinery and operations arise and problem solve to minimize downtime/maintain efficiency of the site. 
• Exert physical effort in operating machinery and handling objects up to 50 pounds while being on one’s feet (and outside) throughout the day.  
• Use motor coordination with one’s hands throughout the day (keyboarding, machine operation, etc.).  
• Accept exposure to physical environments that involve dirt, odors, and noise during the workday and occasional weather extremes.  
• Accept exposure to (rare) occupational risks (cuts, burns, exposure to fumes & airborne particles).  
• A valid Kansas Driver’s License without major moving violations for insurability requirements. 
• Candidates must pass pre-employment drug screens and submit to random drug screening while employed.