Duties/Responsibilities: 

General duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Operate asphalt screed to efficiently meet production goals and project specifications 
• Communicate actions with crew members using hand or audio signals
• Ensure that safety standards are met
• Create level surfaces, grade slopes to specifications, remove material and thoroughly fill voids using plans and/or a surveyor as guidance
• Maintain equipment in proper operating condition by performing simple preventive maintenance tasks and/or making minor repairs 
• Inspects equipment prior to use to ensure that it is in proper operating condition
• Mentor and teach colleagues with less experience
• Perform general labor and other construction related duties as required
• Attend trainings and safety meetings
• Observe construction sites for obstacles that may compromise job safety and/or production
• Follow site grading and operations plans, read grade stakes and operate in a fine grade environment.
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
• Store and clean machinery at its designated location and note any deficiencies

Required Skills & Abilities: 

• In-depth knowledge of construction procedures, OSHA guidelines, and construction equipment, including safe operating practices and signs of maintenance issues
• Able to read drawings, plans and blueprints
• Familiar with staking and checking grade

• Possesses strong math and analytical skills
• Detail-oriented with the ability to process information quickly and accurately
• Takes initiative and prioritizes tasks: organizational, problem-prevention and problem-solving skills
• Dependable and able to work independently with little supervision as well as with a team of individuals
• Basic mechanical skills
• Must know the consistency of material and understand compaction techniques
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must have reliable transportation with the ability to travel
• Must have the ability to work extended hours as required by the workload
• Must have a valid driver's license with a clean driving record

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Able to work outdoors in all weather conditions and in all types of terrain
• Able to meet all physical requirements 
• Able to work around loud noises and can tolerate being exposed to odors, gasses, dust, etc.
• Able to work in extreme temperatures, in confined spaces, high places, and in excavated areas