Asphalt Maintenance Technician

Position Summary:

The Asphalt Maintenance Technician will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance, welding and material handling of either a specific plant or multiple plants. This role is required to work safely and productively in an industrial maintenance environment. The incumbent should be available for any schedule and have the ability to move to our other locations as needed, including overtime and weekends. In this position routine duties are performed with minimal supervision; standard practices or procedures allow the employee to proceed alone at routine work. There is an occasional check of work while in progress and work is reviewed upon completion. The incumbent must be highly motivated, able to complete tasks without supervision, and have the ability to communicate issues to their manager. Good judgment and common sense is required in all duties and any other tasks as assigned and directed by the Manager Asphalt Maintenance.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Complies with all safety policies, practices, and procedures. Reports all unsafe conditions and actions to a supervisor and/or Manager Safety & Health.
• Maintains a clean and orderly work area and meets other housekeeping needs as required by Sunrock, MSHA 30 CFR 56.20003, and OSHA 29 CFR 1910.22.
• Inspects the rolling equipment, and utilizes the skid steer, dump truck, and sweeper.
• Maintains and assists in the reporting of the maintenance completed, parts replaced, and issues on each piece of equipment.
• Listens for unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunctions and discusses machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problems or repairs for machinery.
• Identifies issues on plants through inspections, communicates issues to management, and directs plant supervisors and plant personnel of identified issues.
• Helps assemble, install, and maintain pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and helps repair and replace gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
• Maintains the plants by assisting with, managing, and leading repairs and breakdowns as needed; helps with the clean up of the site.
• Inspects machinery and equipment visually, and reports any malfunctions.
• Performs and assists in the dismantling of defective machines and equipment and installation of new or repaired parts.
• Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment.
• Clears working areas and equipment in and around the facility and office including the use of high pressure hoses, digging and maintaining drainage ditches, and shoveling muck, stone and sand from around employees or fixed equipment.
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Lubricates plant conveyors as well as change gearbox oils.
• Operates front-end loader to receive, load, and fill material in HMA plants as needed.
• Climbs stairways and catwalks to perform duties.
• Loads and unloads incoming and outgoing products and supplies manually.
• Maintains, cleans, and sweeps all areas of the concrete site, HMA site, and areas surrounding the site location.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Ability to use hand tools and all other proper tools required for the job.
• Must have mechanical knowledge and ability.
• Ability to read and comprehend, in English, simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• 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.
• Basic personal computer skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

Education And/Or Experience:

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.
• One (1) – two (2) years of related experience is required.
• Other combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Certificates, Licenses & Registrations:

• Current North Carolina Driver’s License required

Physical Demands:

The physical activity will be heavy while performing strenuous daily activities of a primarily productive/technical nature.

Sunrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, citizen status, or any other legally protected status under local, state, or federal law.

Sunrock Industries is not accepting unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiting firms. If you are an agency or search firm representative, please contact Sunrock Industries Talent Acquisition at

HRteam@thesunrockgroup.com