Grade Setter / Skilled Construction Laborer

About the role

We are seeking a reliable, detail-oriented, and hardworking Grade Setter / Skilled Construction Laborer to join our civil construction field operations.

Responsibilities

• Site Layout & Grade Verification: Set elevation stakes, stringlines, and grade markers to guide excavators, dozers, and skid steer operators during site cuts, fills, and fine grading.
• Equipment Utilization: Set up, calibrate, and utilize optical transits, rotating lasers, auto-levels, and handheld smart levels to measure and monitor correct slopes and drainage angles.
• Blueprint & Plan Interpretation: Review civil site plans, cross-sections, and cut sheets to accurately calculate offsets, slopes, and necessary adjustments in the field.
• Quality Control & Inspections: Continually check subgrades, base aggregate layers, and drainage flows against exact project tolerances prior to paving or concrete placement to prevent material overruns or water pooling.

Qualifications & Skills Needed

• Experience: 1–2 years of experience in civil construction, earthwork, road building, or general landscaping construction is preferred, but not required.
• Mathematical Competency: Solid basic math skills (addition, subtraction, fractions, decimals) with the ability to accurately read a standard tape measure and engineering rule.
• Dependability: Punctual, self-motivated, and safety-conscious. This role dictates the workflow of expensive machinery; showing up on time every day is a non-negotiable requirement.
• Transportation: Must possess a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Physical Requirements: (Each to have one of the following based on the position: Never, Rarely, Occasionally, Constantly)

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods: Rarely
• Moving about to accomplish tasks at a worksite or moving from one worksite to another: Constantly
• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments, such as stooping, kneeling, or crouching: Constantly
• Adjusting, moving and lifting objects in all directions: Constantly
• Talking and hearing to communicate with others: Constantly
• Sight to perform job duties at close range, such as monitors or screens: Rarely
• Sight to perform job duties at a distance, such as driving or operating equipment: Occasionally
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers: Occasionally
• Operating machinery and/or power tools: Constantly
• Operating motor vehicles or heavy equipment: Rarely
• The ability to travel regionally or nationally: Rarely
• Physical Demands: Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing: Never
• Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds: Occasionally
• Medium work that includes moving objects up to 50 pounds: Constantly
• Heavy work that includes moving objects up to 100 pounds or more: Rarely
• Working Conditions: Low temperatures: Constantly
• High temperatures: Constantly
• Outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind: Constantly
• Noisy environments: Constantly
• Hazardous conditions: Constantly
• Shift work, to include overnight work: Constantly
• Frequent overtime, including weekends: Constantly
• Office environment: Never

Benefits

Pave America and its companies offer a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support your total well-being.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.