General Laborer

About the role

MILVETS Systems Technology, Inc. is seeking a motivated General Laborer to join our team and support the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) Infrastructure Upgrades project at the Brooklyn VA Medical Center. If hired, you’ll be an integral part of our crew, helping support telecommunications installers on renovation projects. Must be physically fit and able to perform repetitive tasks for long periods of time.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the work area is clean after each task.
• Assist telecom technicians and electricians with installation of conduit and hardware.
• Maintain inventory of parts to facilitate work.
• Pickup, move, and deliver materials.
• Helping to install fiber, copper, and hardware installation for large scale cabling and infrastructure projects from start to finish.
• Reading and interpreting project drawings, help ensuring quality work, and documenting daily work.
• Aid foreman and technicians implementing projects by deadlines to ensure on time completion.

Requirements

• Must be able to lift and walk with heavy loads.
• Load or unload building materials to be used in construction.
• Care for and properly maintain tools and test equipment.
• Ensure daily clean up.
• Take steps to reduce or eliminate site hazards for the team and by standers.
• Operate in a safe manner at all times and wear all PPE required.
• Color vision: Laborers must be able to distinguish color clearly to perform their duties, such as knowing which colors of wire an electrician needs.
• Mathematics: Laborers have to perform calculations every day. Math skills that are vital to laborers include algebra and trigonometry, among others.
• Stamina and endurance: To perform their very physical job, laborers have to conduct strenuous and physically demanding tasks for long hours and in extreme environmental conditions.
• Strength: The lifting duties involved in the job of a laborer often require lifting and carrying weights in excess of 50 pounds.
• OSS 10 Certificate or card.
• TB blood tests results, (also called interferon-gamma release assays or IGRAs).

Qualifications

• High School Education or GED.

Skills

• Physical fitness for long-term, physically demanding tasks.
• Ability to read and interpret project drawings.
• Knowledge of mathematics and basic algebra/trigonometry.
• Safe working practices and wearing personal protective equipment.
• Ability to distinguish colors for safety and efficiency.

Benefits

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Pay

Competitive

Schedule

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Benefits

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Company Information

Since its founding in 1986, MILVETS Systems Technology, Inc. has been a reliable provider of quality services in the information and technology fields. As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, certified by the Small Business Administration as a Small Disadvantaged Business, the company was founded to offer efficient, cost-effective information technology services to commercial and government clients.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Legal Compliance

Applicants for U.S. based positions with MILVETS Systems Technology, Inc. must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.