Laborer

About Hensel Phelps

At Hensel Phelps, we don’t just build projects—we build careers, communities, and a culture of excellence. As an employee-owned company, every person here plays a vital role in shaping our success and future. Guided by our core values of Ownership, Integrity, Builder mindset, Diversity, and Community, we combine cutting-edge technology with hands-on expertise to deliver landmark projects across the nation. When you join Hensel Phelps, you join a team that values your growth, empowers your ideas, and invests in your journey. Together, we create an environment where innovation thrives, safety is paramount, and every individual has the opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare areas for concrete placement by excavating dirt and rock and performing fine grading for floor slabs, often involving extended shoveling.
• Assemble and place concrete forms, including lifting prefabricated metal form panels and assisting with their positioning.
• Handle concrete buckets suspended from cranes to transfer concrete from trucks to placement areas, then muck and spread concrete evenly in slabs.
• After concrete cures, assist in stripping forms and transporting them for storage.
• Support concrete finishers by moving power trowels and power screeds used to finish concrete surfaces.
• Assist block masons by handling and transporting bags of cement, lime, sand, and grout, and stocking blocks and bricks.
• Support carpenters by handling and setting door frames, transporting them from storage to work areas, and stacking as needed.
• Load, unload, identify, and distribute building materials, machinery, and tools to appropriate locations per project plans and specifications.
• Maintain site cleanliness and organization, ensuring materials are properly stored and the site is swept.
• Promote a safe work environment, communicate jobsite hazards, secure the site at the close of each day, and verify proper storage of materials.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Follow safe work practices in accordance with the Hensel Phelps safety and health program.
• Ability to take initiative and ask questions.
• Keen attention to detail and ability to follow instructions.
• Provide own safety footwear.
• Effective and professional communication with co-workers and stakeholders.
• Strong mathematical reasoning and quantitative skills.
• Reliable and punctual, including reliable transportation and consistent work attendance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in construction layout, blueprint reading, and shop drawing reading.
• OSHA 10 Certification.
• CPR & First Aid Certification.

Physical Requirements

Heavy Work. Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The individual in this position will periodically walk, kneel, sit, crouch, reach, stoop, read/see, speak, push, pull, lift, stand, and finger/type. The frequency of each action varies by workflow and field activity.

• Walking: Frequently move about the jobsite.
• Climbing: Ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, and ramps at various heights.
• Working from heights: Comfortable working from heights for extended periods.
• Balancing: Maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Stooping: Bend the body downward and forward at the waist.
• Reaching: Extend hands and arms in any direction for various lengths of time.
• Grasping: Apply pressure to objects with fingers and palm regularly.
• Visual acuity and vehicle operation: Read written communications, blueprints, load charts, and take/verify field measurements; operate vehicles as certified and appropriate.
• Environmental exposure: Occasionally exposed to high and low temperatures; frequently exposed to noisy environments and outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind.
• Tool use: Use of hands and wrists with various tools; prolonged use of jackhammers and pavement breakers; use of wheelbarrows and brooms.
• Repetitive motion: Prolonged use of power, rotational, and vibration tools including jackhammers and pavement breakers.
• Respiratory tolerance: Tolerate legally permissible exposure to dusts and chemicals such as cement dust, solvents, and curing compounds; able to safely wear a respirator and pass applicable medical and fit testing examinations.
• Hearing: Able to hear commands from supervisors and back-up safety alarms on equipment.