Job Description

As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You’ll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success—take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future!

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for the safe operation of a variety of heavy equipment used in surface mining: End dumps, Track Dozers, Track Excavators, Front End Loaders, Motor Graders and Water Trucks. This position is also responsible for ensuring safe and efficient equipment operations that conform to all applicable Federal and State requirements. Some employees will be responsible for Dragline and Shovel operations.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Boarding and deboarding equipment, accessing inspection points to perform machine inspections, checking equipment fluid levels and assisting in fueling.
• Observe and comply with all company safety requirements.
• Must navigate busy mine traffic.
• Physical skill and ability to operate heavy equipment used in surface mining.
• Ability to work in team environment.
• Possess communication skills.
• Safety awareness.
• Perform related work as required.

Working Conditions:

• Normal mine environment
• Work will be completed in varying extremes of environmental conditions with exposure to dust, noise and adverse weather.
• Assignments may include rotating shift work with scheduled weekend work and work weeks in excess of 40 hours.

Minimum Requirements:  

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum 5 years of related work experience.
• Any combination of training, education and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge and abilities.
• Valid driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience at Jewett Mine.

Physical Requirements (Demand and Frequency):

• Duties require repetitive and sustained physical effort: walking, climbing or standing on uneven terrain, lifting and carrying materials up to 50 lbs.

Please Note: Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful candidate’s education and/or experience and consistent with the job location’s market pay rate.

We support the use of AI tools to help you prepare for your interview (e.g., practicing responses, researching the role, or refining your resume). However, during interviews and assessments, we expect responses to reflect your own thinking, experience, and communication. Use of AI to generate or read answers in real time, complete assessments, or misrepresent your qualifications is not permitted and may impact your candidacy.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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