HillMan/Laborer (Heavy Civil Construction)

About the Role

Performs a variety of tasks related to construction, including erecting, repairing, and wrecking structures; installing waterworks, locks, and dams; grading; and pipe installation. Pipe experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Measures distances from grade stakes, drives stakes, and stretches tight line.
• Bolts, nails, aligns, and blocks up under forms.
• Signals operators of construction equipment to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery to conform to grade specifications.
• Levels earth to fine grade specifications, using pick and shovel.
• Mixes concrete, using portable mixer.
• Smooths and finishes freshly poured cement or concrete, using float, trowel, or screed.
• Positions, joins, aligns, and seals pipe sections.
• Erects scaffolding, shoring, and braces.
• Performs a variety of tasks involving dexterous use of hands and tools, such as sawing lumber, dismantling forms, and removing projects from concrete.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent years of experience.
• Appropriate training and experience required.

Skills and Abilities

• Follow specific directions.
• Perform a variety of duties which may often change.
• Work within standards of accuracy.
• Repeat tasks of short duration according to a set procedure.
• Evaluate information using measurable standards.

Physical Requirements

• Stand or walk for long periods.
• Use arms and hands to reach for, handle, and manipulate objects.
• Frequently lift and carry materials weighing 50 to 100 pounds.
• Climb up and down ladders, scaffolds, and other objects while carrying tools and equipment.
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• See naturally or with correction.

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace.