Laborer - Rapid City, SD

About the role

The construction laborer performs tasks involving physical labor at highway and heavy construction projects. Duties include preparing surfaces for paving, shoveling asphalt, assisting in patching asphalt, excavating and filling trenches, maintaining a clean job site, handling and storing materials, loading and unloading trucks, and ensuring safety and incident reporting procedures are followed.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of tasks involving strenuous manual labor in heavy/highway construction projects.
• Prepares surfaces for paving.
• Shovels asphalt into construction areas.
• Assists in patching asphalt with hot and cold mix.
• Excavates and fills trenches and ditches.
• Maintains a clean job site: picks up all tools and equipment and secures job site each day to eliminate potential hazards.
• Handles and stores materials.
• Loads and unloads trucks and hauls/hoists materials.
• Ensures that proper safety and incident reporting procedures are followed.
• Bridges problems to the attention of the foreman, Safety Director, or HR Manager.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or general education degree (GED) is preferred.
• Must be able to understand work directions and communicate effectively with job site supervisors and fellow employees.
• Safety support and planning work with Health and Safety Personnel.
• Assist in plan & specification writing and interpretation.
• Maintain a valid driver's license.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical requirements

• Constant physical effort, including standing, is required during a regular work shift of at least eight hours per day.
• Employee must be able to stand for extended periods of time, and to stoop, bend, and crouch as required to perform Key Duties.
• Frequent work with hands extended overhead, sometimes in conjunction with the operation of hand power tools.
• Able to lift and carry, on a frequent basis, at least 50 pounds personally, and up to 100 pounds with assistance.
• Manual dexterity to hand-carry generators, lumber and other construction materials, forms, power tools, and hand tools.
• Maintain constant alertness to the multiple concurrent activities of the construction site, including the activities of other employees and contractors, the operation of stationary equipment, and the movement of mobile equipment.
• Frequently walk on uneven surfaces, including natural ground in varying weather conditions.
• Capable of being certified to enter confined spaces, including climbing into and out of excavations, using ladders.
• Sufficient skill and visual acuity, under varying degrees of light, darkness, and weather conditions, to provide direction and flagging for operators of cranes with rated capacities of up to 500 tons.
• Able to safely and productively operate a man-lift.
• Able to maintain balance while working on water craft or other surfaces.