Laborer - Skilled (#Stone)

About the role

Stine Construction is a South-East Louisiana-based heavy civil contractor seeking experienced full-time Laborers to assist with heavy civil construction projects in and around the Gulf Coast's chemical and industrial facilities. The Skilled Laborer performs tasks involving physical (manual) labor at civil construction projects. They will have general knowledge of civil construction projects and labor work due to experience on civil construction projects. They will have some experience operating or moving heavy and light equipment. They have the capacity to plan and coordinate labor tasks.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of tasks involving strenuous manual labor in heavy construction projects
• Excavates and fills trenches and ditches with hand tools
• Uses a variety of hand, pneumatic, and electrical power tools
• Maintains a clean job site; picks up all tools and equipment and secures job site each day to eliminate potential hazards
• Performs materials handling and storage
• Loads and unloads trucks and hauls and hoists materials
• Ensures that proper safety and incident reporting procedures are followed; brings problems to the attention of the foreman, safety director or HR manager
• May operate a variety of hand and power tools
• May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, clean up rubble and debris, and remove waste materials
• May assist other craft workers

Requirements

• Some experience moving and operating heavy and light duty equipment
• Ability to plan and coordinate labor activities
• Demonstrates ability to comprehend supervisor's instructions and lead team members in executing appropriate tasks
• Completion of Job Application
• Completion of Skills Assessment
• Medical Clearance
• Drug Screening
• Background Checks (No felony)
• E-Verify Employment Authorization
• TWIC required for some Industrial client sites
• REAL ID or State ID along with Passport

Skills

• Communication Proficiency
• Customer/Client Focus
• Inclusive/Supportive of all team members
• Results Driven
• Stress Management/Composure
• Teamwork Orientation
• Good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands) and multi-limb coordination
• Ability to quickly move arms and legs
• Excellent stamina

Work Environment

• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration
• Occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction job sites including extreme weather conditions: high heat and humidity, cold, ice, snow, and rain
• Noise level can be loud
• Regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside conditions including inclement weather, heat and humidity, and exposure to dust and asphalt

Physical Demands

• Lifts heavy objects
• Walks and stands for long periods of time
• Performs strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions
• Lifts, pushes, pulls, or carries objects
• Uses abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue
• Effectively jumps, sprints or throws objects
• Works from platforms at height
• Walks and works on unlevel, steep, slippery, wet, muddy, and inconsistent ground

Benefits

• This position is eligible for overtime
• This position is eligible to participate in Brown's medical insurance plans and retirement plan upon eligibility