Pipe Laborer

About the Role

Performs a variety of manual construction tasks under the direction of a crew foreman.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of tasks involving strenuous manual labor in heavy/highway construction projects
• Work site set up, maintenance, and cleanup, including scaffolding construction and dismantling, barricade locating, and equipment locating
• Load, unload, or distribute materials, machinery, or tools to and from designated locations
• Direct traffic at or near building sites and carry out other traffic management activities
• Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, or compact and level earth
• Use picks, shovels, and rakes to level earth or asphalt to grade specifications
• Position or dismantle forms for pouring concrete, using saws, hammers, nails, or bolts
• Tend pumps, compressors, or generators
• Signal operators of construction equipment to facilitate alignment and movement of materials
• Assist craft workers, such as carpenters, ironworkers, plasterers, and masons
• Measure, mark, or record openings or distances as part of site preparation
• Operate a variety of power and hand tools: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, mechanical hoists, surveying, measuring, and other equipment
• Maintain clean work area by disposing of trash and debris properly
• Perform daily maintenance and safety checks of equipment
• Promote and adhere to the company’s safety program
• Erect or dismantle scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, or other temporary structures

Requirements

• Pipe layer experience
• Underground utility experience
• Heavy equipment operator experience
• Construction laborer experience
• Ability to operate a variety of tools and equipment such as hand tools, power tools, and motorized equipment
• Ability to listen, follow directions, and willingness to enhance skills
• Able to communicate effectively with jobsite supervisor and co-workers
• General knowledge of road construction processes
• Demonstrate a safety-first attitude with strict adherence to safety requirements and procedures
• Display a professional and courteous attitude to co-workers, supervisors, and the general public
• Ability to work nights and weekends when necessary
• Must have reliable transportation and ability to travel to assigned worksites
• Active driver’s license
• High School diploma or general education degree (GED)
• One (1) year experience working as general laborer, or equivalent experience

Physical Demands

• Constant physical effort, including extended standing for at least an 8-hour shift
• Intermittent sitting; continuous walking on construction site
• Climb intermittently
• Regularly twist, bend, stoop, kneel, and crouch to perform duties
• Regularly reach above shoulder level
• Regularly push/pull objects
• Physically able to repetitively lift and carry at least 75 pounds on a regular basis, and sometimes heavier weight
• Agility, balance, and manual dexterity, as well as arm-hand steadiness
• Able to hear and respond to oral instructions in a noisy environment
• Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach and grasp with hands and arms
• Excellent hand, eye, and foot coordination
• Good vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Regularly works in outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and humidity
• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts
• Frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions and vibration
• Handles various toxic products such as epoxies, grouts, sealers, paints, and cleaners, with exposure to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risks of electrical shock
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud