Laborer

Responsibilities & Duties

• Promote and comply with all Company and safety policies and procedures
• May perform a variety of functions such as digging, spreading, and leveling dirt or aggregate with hand tools
• Lift, carry, and hold building materials, tools, and supplies
• Clean tools, equipment, materials, and work areas
• Mix, pour, and place concrete, gravel, and other materials using hand tools
• Join, wrap, and seal sections of pipe
• Perform a variety of routine, non-machine tasks, such as removing forms from set concrete, filling expansion joints with caulking, and rebar placement
• General cleanup, demolition, use of cutting tools, jackhammers, and placing culverts or pipe sections in trenches
• Worker may spend time on one job or may be transferred from task to task as the project progresses to completion
• Maintain a professional appearance
• Other duties as assigned by Foreman or Superintendent

Required Education

High school diploma or equivalent GED.

Required Experience

None required however one to three months of past experience preferred

Required Skills/Licenses/Certifications

• Valid driver’s license to operate motor vehicles
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s, ability to perform these operations using unit weight measurements and volumes
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form
• Workers should be able to work within precise standards of accuracy and follow set procedures and standards

Supervisory Responsibility

None

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Able to bend, stoop, squat, crawl, climb, kneel, balance, push, pull, and reach overhead for extended periods of time
• Lift and carry at least 50 to 100 pounds
• Climb and descend all types of ladders
• Wear personal protective equipment (e.g., hardhat, eye protection, respiratory protection, fall protection, etc.)

Required Tools

See Tool Requirements

Travel Requirement

May be required to travel to different jobsites on limited notice

Work Environment

• Position requires working in all elements – heat, cold, rain, or snow – depending on job location and time of year
• May require use of personal vehicle for transportation to and from work site
• Must be able to utilize job site sanitary facilities (e.g., Portable Toilets)
• May require work in restricted areas (e.g., excavations, utility tunnels, manholes, tanks, crawl spaces, attics, etc.)
• May require working at various heights, up to 100-feet, from ladders, scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks, or other safe work areas