Construction Technician

Essential Functions

• Operate gasoline powered hand tools
• Use various hand tools such as concrete rakes, hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers, shovels, etc.
• Affix to the layout and construction of various construction components including concrete formwork, concrete finishing, piping systems, grading, excavations, and paving
• Determine the locations of gas, telephone, power, television, water, and sewer lines from the sources prior to excavations
• Ensure the proper maintenance of equipment and tools by cleaning and checking tools and equipment after use
• Maintain a variety of records relating to inspections, maintenance activity
• Perform all required labor involved in new construction and maintenance projects as part of a crew, including pavement/concrete cutting, ditch digging, as well as the laying/backfilling of pipes
• Operate trucks and construction or power equipment, such as utility trucks, tamper, dump truck, plate compactor, jetter/inductor truck, compressors, generators, trenchers, common hand and power tools, jackhammers, saws, and other small equipment used to construct new streets and drainage systems, as well as maintain or repair facilities already in place
• Affix to the operation and maintenance of haul truck and low boy trailer
• Perform routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment and refer defects or needed repairs to construction manager; clean equipment
• Perform manual tasks, such as setting bases and forms to pour concrete
• Signal workers engaged in pouring concrete when forms are filled to specified depths
• Operate concrete saw to cut expansion and contraction joints in concrete; fill “cuts” with tar to allow concrete to breathe
• Finish surfaces of freshly poured concrete streets, walkways, and curbs to specified grade and contour, using hand tools, such as floats, trowels, and screeds
• Perform all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards
• Coordinate traffic control at work sites
• Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills

• Some knowledge of equipment, facilities, materials, methods and procedures used in maintenance, construction and repair activities
• Come to work on time, follow directions, be honest and dependable, maintain safe work environment, be cooperative, have a positive attitude, be courteous and considerate team member, manage time effectively, concentrate on work, recognize problems and find solutions
• Ability to perform heavy manual tasks for extended periods of time; work safely; communicate effectively verbally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other departments and the public; and to understand and carry out written and oral instructions
• Skill in operation of some of the listed tools and equipment

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid Oklahoma State Drivers License Class “D” and the ability to obtain Class “A” CDL within 6 months
• Graduation from high school or GED equivalent
• Tools and Equipment: Motorized vehicles and equipment, including dump truck, pickup truck, utility truck, tamper, plate compactor, saws, pumps, serial propane kettle, compressors, sanders, generators, common hand and power tools, shovels, wrenches, detection devices, mobile radio, phone, ditch witch

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions
• The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration
• The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud
• Powdered with power