REEVES | Skilled Laborer (Bridge Division) - Charlotte, NC

Reeves Construction Company, a Colas USA subsidiary operating throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, and Arkansas, has been a key partner in the infrastructure growth of the Southeast and Midwest since 1923. Reeves is a complete heavy civil highway and site development construction company dedicated to meeting the specific needs of the roadway, airport, bridge, and military markets. The company prides itself on high standards of safety, ethics, and performance.

About the role

The Skilled Laborer (Bridge Crew) position is based in Charlotte, NC. The successful candidate will have an uncompromising focus on safety excellence and must be flexible to perform various labor activities.

Responsibilities

• Shoveling dirt, sand, asphalt, or concrete using short or long handle shovels
• Cutting or trimming trees and vegetation using axes, ditch blades, sling blades, chain saws, or power weed trimmers
• Driving stakes or breaking pavement using sledge hammers
• Digging holes using hand-operated post hole diggers
• Operating hand-driven compaction devices
• Brooming dirt and debris using hand brooms
• Working safely and following company policies and procedures

These activities may take place at asphalt plants, existing roads or streets under traffic, new roads and streets without traffic, various building sites, and office or shop facilities.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Previous experience (preferred)
• Driving License (preferred); must have reliable transportation to and from job sites
• Ability to use hand tools and power tools
• Excellent safety awareness and willingness to comply with company policies and safety standards
• Periodic evenings, nights, weekends, and overtime hours are expected
• Must wear proper attire at all times, including safety vests, safety glasses, long pants, and above-the-ankle/safety-toed shoes
• Must provide proper documentation of legal right to work in the United States

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or walk; talk or hear; and taste or smell
• Frequently required to stand and walk
• Occasionally required to sit
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Must have 20/40 vision, either 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 and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; and toxic or caustic chemicals
• Noise level in the work environment is usually very loud

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Group health plan options (including medical, dental, and vision)
• HSA and FSA options
• Short-term disability benefits
• 401(k)/401(k) Roth with company match