Construction Laborers
United States Postal Service · Ames, IA · 2 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
Period of Intended Employment
4/7/2026 - 10/7/2026
52 hrs/wk Mon - Fri 7:30 a.m. - 6:00p.m.
Responsibilities
- Measure and complete layout of livestock building and or poultry building.
- Mix, pour, or spread concrete, using portable cement mixer.
- Tend pumps, compressors, or generators to provide power for tools, machinery or equipment.
- Position and dismantle forms for pouring concrete, using saws, hammers, nails, or bolts.
- Smoother and finish freshly poured cement or concrete, using floats, trowels, screeds, or powered cement finishing tools.
- Operate jackhammers or drills to break up concrete or pavement.
- Position, join, align, or seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections or pipes.
- Tie rebar, position aluminum wall-forms, and place all concrete.
- Maintain and repair equipment.
- Clean job site.
Requirements
- Must be able to lift and carry 75lbs/75yds.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures
- Extensive pushing or pulling
- Extensive sitting or walking
- Frequent stooping or bending over
- Repetitive movements
Qualifications
- One Month Of Aluminum Wall-form Setting Experience Required.
- Read plans, instructions, or specifications.
- Load and unload building materials and tools, distributing them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans or specifications.
- Bend and position rebar to specifications.
- Measure, mark, or record distances to lay out areas of work.
- Dig ditches or trenches, backfill, compact and level earth to grade specifications.
- Position, join, align, or seal structural components to form concrete wall sections.
- Provide signals to facilitate alignment, movement, or adjustment of materials, including pumped concrete.
- Erect or dismantle scaffolding, shoring, braces.
- Grind or scrape concrete as needed using abrasive tools.
- Spray materials, such as water, sand, through hoses to clean, or coat, surfaces as needed.
- Apply compounds to protect against entry of water or air as needed.
- Use skid-steer as needed to facilitate related work on farm.
Skills
- None specified
Benefits
- 8 bedrooms (each with 2 beds), 1 bathroom, and kitchen facilities furnished.
- The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals.
- Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries.
Pay
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Schedule
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