Excavation Laborer

Responsibilities

• Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of equipment and materials.
• Auxiliary in excavation by manual digging of ditches using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes.
• Operate various hand tools.
• Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate potential hazards.
• Measure, mark, or record openings or distances to lay out areas where construction work will be performed.
• Maintain pumps, compressors, or generators to provide power for tools, machinery, or equipment or to heat or move materials.
• Assist with the loading and unloading of equipment and materials.
• Operate assigned equipment in compliance with the company's operating safety policies and procedures.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Essential Requirements

• Ability to understand verbal orders.
• Knowledge of construction knowledge as well as safety standards.
• Compliance with municipality requirements, specifications, safety standards, and company policies.
• Keen attention to detail and awareness to maintain the safety of the work environment.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Reliable transportation.
• Pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Salary/Hourly Exemption

• Full-Time, Non-Exempt Position.
• Salary based on knowledge and experience.

Working Conditions

• Regular exposure to outside weather conditions that can include extreme cold, heat, and muddy conditions.
• Periodic exposure to high levels of noise, grease, and dust that are typically associated with a construction project.
• Use of Personal Protection Equipment is required.

Working Hours/Expectations

• Ability to work more than 40 hours in any given week, including weekend assignments as required.

Physical and Mental Demands

• Regularly stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, bend, kneel, or crouch on all different types of terrain.
• Frequent bending, twisting, and standing.
• Regularly talk, hear, or smell as well as use hands to finger, handle or feel.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds on occasions.
• Must be able to sit for prolonged amounts of time.

Education

• High school or equivalent is preferred.

Licenses, Certifications

• Valid Driver License preferred.

Experience

• Minimum of 1-year of construction experience preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive wages.
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance, Life, Short Disability and Accident Insurance.
• PTO (Paid Time Off).
• 401K with Employer match.
• Paid Holidays.

EOE Statement

• M.T. Laney Co., Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.