Construction Laborer

About the role

Perform tasks involving physical labor at heavy construction projects. Ability to operate a variety of hand and power tools and small equipment. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, clean up rubble and debris and remove waste materials. May assist other craft workers as directed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate jackhammers, drills, and various power tools
• Position, join, align, and seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections and pipes
• Shovel cement and other materials into portable cement mixers; and mix, pour, and spread concrete
• Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials
• Smoother and finish freshly poured cement or concrete, using floats, trowels, screeds, or powered cement finishing tools
• Tend to pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment
• Lubricate, clean, and repair machinery, equipment, and tools
• Operate, read, and maintain air monitoring and other sampling devices in confined and/or hazardous environments
• Install sewer, water, and storm drain pipes, using pipe-laying machinery and laser guidance equipment
• Load, unload, and identify building materials, machinery, and tools, and distribute them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans and specifications
• Measure, mark, and record openings and distances to lay out areas where construction work will be performed
• Provide assistance to craft workers, such as pipe fitters and operators
• Read and interpret plans, instructions, and specifications to determine work activities
• Load and unload equipment from trucks
• Operate forklifts and other equipment to transport materials and equipment from one place to another on a construction site
• Aid in excavation work by hand digging ditches or trenches, backfilling excavations, breaking out concrete or asphalt, compacting and leveling earth to grade specifications, and shoring and bracing underground excavation
• Aid the crafts by hauling materials to job sites and cleaning debris from work sites
• Signals equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials
• Control traffic around work zones as directed
• Responsible for observing and complying with all safety and project rules, including wearing required personal safety equipment
• Perform other duties as required

Skills / Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to read and interpret maps, sketches, drawings, specifications, and technical manuals
• Understands and follows oral and written instructions
• Works independently in the absence of supervision

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job with or without reasonable accommodation, the employee must have the ability to stand; walk; sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl for long periods.
• Must be able to handle and manipulate objects on a repetitive basis.
• The ability to work 55 – 60 hours a week including Saturdays

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job with or without reasonable accommodations, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and vibrations.
• The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions as well as heat.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.