12N Horizontal Construction Engineers

About the role

Before a road, airfield, or a building can be constructed, all obstacles must be removed from the site. As a Horizontal Construction Engineer in the Army National Guard, you’ll handle the heavy lifting to help your crew succeed. You’ll operate bulldozers, roadgraders, and other massive equipment to clear the way for construction. Your responsibilities will include leveling earth for runways and roadbeds, clearing, excavating, and digging areas of construction sites, spreading fill material, transporting heavy construction equipment with a tractor‑trailer, moving heavy building materials with cranes, and assisting in performance of combat engineer missions.

Responsibilities

• Level earth for runways and roadbeds
• Clear, excavate, and dig areas of construction sites
• Spread fill material
• Transport heavy construction equipment with a tractor‑trailer
• Move heavy building materials with cranes
• Assist in performance of combat engineer missions
• Analyze the information on grade stakes and place them
• Cut and spread fill material with a scraper

Skills

• Maintenance and repair of equipment
• Identification of soil types and placement of grade stakes
• Preference for working outdoors

Benefits

• Paid training