Laborer II

About the role

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for performing or supervising a variety of unskilled to semi-skilled manual labor and general repair duties or assisting craft personnel in any one of the several mechanics, grounds maintenance or building trades. This primarily involves performing routine tasks which consist of manual labor or providing assistance to skilled trades and crafts workers in completing skilled tasks or projects.

Responsibilities

• Cuts grass, weeds, trees and brush; cleans culverts, drains and ditches.
• Loads and unloads materials, supplies and equipment; hauls or carries sand, lumber, asphalt and cement or other materials; occasionally operates forklift or tractor.
• Assists skilled craft workers, including machinists, carpenters, plumbers, masons, electricians or welders by carrying materials and tools.
• Picks up materials from suppliers or performs unskilled tasks such as mixing concrete or mortar, digging holes and tearing out walls; moves furniture, oxygen tanks and other heavy equipment at an institution, building or site.
• Digs post holes and ditches; mows lawns, trims shrubs, rakes grass and trash, sweeps walks and cleans rest rooms; chips, scales, cleans and scrapes ironwork.
• Assists in setting up or moving scaffolds; sweeps, mops and buffers floors; picks up trash and performs general clean-up and custodial duties.
• Provides general housekeeping services to various facilities and public areas, including waxing and stripping floors, cleaning latrines and various fixtures within them, stocking paper products and hand soap in latrines and public areas.

Requirements

• Six months of experience in general construction work in the building trades, lawn care or gardening.
• Ability to lift/carry a minimum of 60 pounds.
• Ability to work in extreme environmental conditions (over 100°F and below 20°F).
• Ability to work from various building heights.
• Serves a 12‑month trial period.
• Contingent on a favorable NCIC/OSBI background check.
• Contingent on passing a pre‑employment drug & alcohol screening.
• Eligibility for T1 security clearance (national security positions only for U.S. citizens).
• Contingent on continuous federal funding.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license.
• Non‑exempt FLSA status.
• Tobacco‑ and vape‑free facility.

Skills

• Knowledge of the tools, equipment, methods and practices of the general building and mechanical trades.
• Ability to follow simple oral instructions.
• Skill to use hand tools and high speed power tools.
• Ability to perform the less skilled aspects of the mechanical and building trades.
• Ability to physically perform heavy manual labor.

Benefits