Job Description

DELTA | Terminal Operator -Heartland Asphalt Materials

Company: DELTA LIQUID REGION

Location: New Madrid

Country: USA

Type of Contract: Regular / Permanent

Publication Date: Jan 16, 2026

Delta Companies Inc. is a division of Reeves Construction Company, the Colas USA subsidiary that operates throughout the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Missouri and Arkansas. Delta is a highway and site development contractor specializing in asphalt paving and road construction materials. Delta is vertically integrated, with numerous aggregate locations, asphalt plants, a liquid asphalt terminal, and local construction offices, to serve multiple transportation infrastructure needs. Delta continuously strives to be a model of excellence by working with our customers to provide safe, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions. To learn more about Delta Companies Inc. visit

The Colas USA Family of Companies provides competitive pay, outstanding benefits, career advancement opportunities, professional education, and extensive training for every employee. We pride ourselves on upholding the highest standards of safety, environmental conservation, and ethical conduct as we strive to grow our infrastructure products and services through empowering and developing our people, fostering innovation, utilizing new technology, and maximizing vertical integration at all levels of the company's value chain. To learn more about the Colas USA Family of Companies, please visit

Main Responsibilities

Qualified candidates will be responsible for unloading barges, loading, and unloading bulk liquid trailers, basic maintenance activities, certain manufacturing activities, upkeep of operational documents, and promoting a safe work environment by adhering to Delta Companies safe work practices and watching out for fellow employees. Training and guidance will be provided.

Required Skills, Qualifications and Competencies

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Mechanical experience: welding, pipe fitting, and other mechanical experience (preferred)

• Commitment to being on time

• Basic computer skills

• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals

• Ability to take direction and follow instructions

• Basic knowledge of general hand tools and their uses

• Ability to work independently, self-start, and manage tasks with minimal supervision

Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

• Ability to write simple correspondence.

• Ability to communicate effectively with others in the terminal.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to stand for periods of time; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and crouch. The employee must be able to move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision acuity, distance vision, color vision and normal depth perception.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• The noise in the work environment is sometimes loud.

• The employee must regularly work with hazardous materials (hot liquid asphalt) and chemicals.

• The employee is periodically exposed to outside weather condition, and fumes or airborne particles.

*This job sometimes requires overtime including working weekends and holidays, and rotating work shifts to provide continuous Coverage for customer delivery/pickup. The employee's daily starting and quitting times may need to be changed in order to meet changing business requirements.

Benefits

Competitive pay & comprehensive benefits include paid holidays, vacation, life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, group health plan options (incl. medical, dental & vision, HSA, FSA), short term disability benefits & 401(k)/401(k) Roth w/company match.

Colas Inc. and its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For details on the specifics of this commitment, please click here to view the EEO document ( . If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to:

• to meet the requirements of the role in which you are applying

• complete any part of the application process

• access or use the online application process and need an alternative method for applying

Please contact Colas Inc. at 973-290-9082 or send an email to ColasRecruiter@colasinc.com.

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