REEVES | Bridge Carpenter - Newberry, SC

About the role

Reeves Construction Company, a Colas USA subsidiary operating in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, and Arkansas, has been a key partner in infrastructure growth across the Southeast and Midwest since 1923. Reeves is a full-service heavy civil highway and site development construction firm serving roadway, airport, bridge, and military markets, with a commitment to safety, ethics, and performance. The company’s mission emphasizes competitive pay, outstanding benefits, career advancement, professional education, extensive training, safety, environmental conservation, ethical conduct, innovation, technology use, and vertical integration.

Responsibilities

• Assist bridge carpenters with construction duties and perform construction tasks as needed to ensure timely, efficient project completion.
• Perform physical labor including shoveling dirt, sand, asphalt, or concrete using shovels.
• Cut or trim trees and vegetation using ditch blades, sling blades, chain saws, or power weed trimmers.
• Drive stakes or break concrete using sledge hammers; operate hand‑driven compaction devices.
• Handle, stack, and move formwork and materials.
• Keep the jobsite clean and orderly by cleaning and stacking materials not in use.
• Perform shoveling, raking, and demolition work as required.
• Assist others during concrete placements, traffic control, and prefabrication tasks.
• Work safely and help others work safely according to company policies.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

• 1‑2 years of experience working in bridge construction or a similar field.
• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Driving license (preferred).
• Physical demands: regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or walk; talk or hear; taste or smell. Frequently stand and walk; occasionally sit. Regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Vision requirements: close, distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus; must have 20/40 vision naturally or with corrective lenses. Hearing should be excellent or corrected by audio device.
• Work environment: regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and vibration; frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles; occasionally exposed to wet/humid conditions, high precarious places, and toxic or caustic chemicals; noise level usually very loud. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Benefits and Compensation

• Competitive pay.
• Comprehensive benefits including paid holidays, vacation, life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Group health plan options (medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA).
• Short‑term disability benefits.
• 401(k)/401(k) Roth with company match.