Construction Technician - Ellettsville

About the role

Smithville is seeking a Construction Technician to join their team in Ellettsville, Indiana. The ideal candidate will safely operate various equipment and tools to install, maintain, and repair services for customers. This role offers a steady 40-hour workweek, year-round employment, and opportunities for pay increases.

Responsibilities

• Safely operate equipment such as trucks, tractors, mini-excavators, boring machines, trenchers, sneakers (vibratory plows), fiber blowers, forklifts, lawnmowers, and other equipment
• Climb utility poles and lift equipment weighing up to 45 lbs. (Pole Climbing training will be provided)
• Use a variety of hand tools and machinery including shovels, picks, and various power tools, to complete assignments in a safe and controlled manner
• Manually locate buried utility lines
• Place and maintain cable/fiber within underground conduit system
• Use testing equipment to check for gas in utility access holes and clean water and debris from utility access holes
• Submit time reporting tasks using a laptop computer on a daily basis
• Demonstrate excellent customer service skills in each interaction with internal customers, external customers, and vendors
• Participate in rotating on-call schedule

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Class A CDL license with a safe driving record
• Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English
• Construction experience, including working knowledge of heavy equipment and safety requirements for operating machinery
• Competence with hand and power tools required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail and surroundings
• Close, distance, color, and depth vision required
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen, background check and DOT physical

Qualifications

• Must have high school diploma or equivalent
• Must have Class A CDL license with a safe driving record
• Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English
• Must have construction experience, including working knowledge of heavy equipment and safety requirements for operating machinery
• Must have competence with hand and power tools
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must have attention to detail and surroundings
• Must have close, distance, color, and depth vision
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen, background check and DOT physical

Skills

• Safe operation of various equipment and tools
• Manual labor and heavy lifting
• Customer service skills
• Time management and reliability
• Attention to detail

Benefits

• Company-paid dental coverage
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Group Life Insurance
• Medical, Prescription Drug, and Vision plans available
• Health Savings Account with generous annual company contributions to HSA
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match
• Paid sick leave and vacation
• Paid holidays
• Paid training
• Discounted company products and services

Pay

Steady 40 hours per week, year-round employment with opportunities for pay increases.

Schedule

Steady 40 hours per week; may work overtime, evenings, and/or weekends as needed to meet critical deadlines, respond to problems, and ensure customer needs are met.

Work Environment

• Steady 40 hours per week
• May work overtime, evenings, and/or weekends as needed
• Exposure to vibration, improperly illuminated or awkward and confining workspaces, and working above ground level when the possibility of falling exists
• Specific vision abilities required include: close vision, distance vision, and color vision
• Often handling, feeling, walking, standing, bending, squatting, kneeling, twisting, reaching at, below, or above shoulder level, pulling, talking
• Sometimes climbing and lifting up to 45 pounds

Who We Are

For more than 100 years, Smithville has been and is a locally grown, family-owned, cutting-edge, live-where-we-work, stand-by-our-products, part-of-the-neighborhood, wildly-Hoosier technology company in the heart of Southern Indiana. We provide the best technology services without sending you across the globe for support. We love our services and Indiana.

Contact Information

Review of employment applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Smithville is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.