We have an immediate need for Skilled Laborers!

Are you looking for a rewarding construction career you can take pride in, have opportunities to advance your skills and feel valued? You’ll find it all at Yoe Construction as a Skilled Laborers!

The Skilled Laborers will serve as a key participant in building long-lasting relationships with Yoe team members, clients, and contractors.

• Classification: Hourly
• Pay: Weekly
• Reports to: General Superintendent & Foreman
• Location: Varies

Why Yoe?

Yoe Construction is a team-oriented company that invests in your growth to help you meet your career goals. Yoe fosters a fun, engaging company culture that rewards hard work and prioritizes safety and quality.

• Competitive Pay
• Generous Travel Benefits & Flexible Scheduling
• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• SIMPLE IRA with 3% Company Match
• Vacation Time
• Friendly, Safety-Focused Culture

Most importantly, work with Yoe because of our values:

INTEGRITY | QUALITY | SAFETY | TEAMWORK

Skilled Laborer Responsibilities

Essential Responsibilities:

• Erects and dismantles scaffolding.
• Demolishes buildings and dismantle forms, along with setting up pumps and hoses.
• Removes projections from concrete using a variety of mechanized and hand tools and equipment.
• Signals operators of construction equipment (such as cranes and diggers) facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery.
• Digs trenches using spades and other equipment by ensuring that they conform to length and width specifications.
• Levels earth to fine grade specifications and ensures that extra soil / earth is stored or piled in designated areas.
• Mixes, grades, and pours concrete in appropriate quantities into existing frameworks by following provided instructions.
• Clears work sites by removing debris and hazardous materials to make them ready for construction work.
• Transports tools and equipment to and from storage areas or delivery trucks before and after each shift.
• Installs and removes barricades to provide assistance in ensuring worksite safety.
• Cleans hand tools on a regular basis and performs preventative and general maintenance on construction equipment and machinery.
• Ascertains the safety of all tools and machinery by ensuring that they are kept under lock and key and issued to authorized personnel only.
• Assists other craft workers as needed or assigned.
• Takes personal responsibility for fostering a safe workplace by following safety policies and procedures.

Other Responsibilities:

• A willingness to further education by attending apprenticeship training or other job skills training offered by the company.
• Basic first aid training
• May perform a variety of duties including those of other positions.
• Industrial machine licenses (such as a forklift license) preferred.
• Current OSHA 10 or MSHA Certification preferred.

Experience/Requirements

Education/ Experience:

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Three or more years of Laborer related experience preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of buildings, or other industrial structures.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and construction industrial equipment.
• Skill in the standard use of tools and equipment of the profession.
• Ability to work successfully as a team and independently with moderate supervision.
• Ability to understand and follow directions.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to visualize a layout by looking at plans and prints.
• Ability to comprehend and trouble-shoot mechanical systems.

Physical Requirements:

• Performs strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions. Must have excellent stamina.
• Coordinate eye-hand movements with control and precision.
• Use hands and fingers fully; reach for, manipulate, and feel objects; stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
• Climb and maintain body balance on ladders, scaffolding, or high structures; and see and hear well (either naturally or with correction).
• Lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Stoop, lay, bend or squat for long periods of time.

Working Conditions:

• May be exposed to fumes, dust, or other airborne particles.
• May be exposed to loud noises.
• Position regularly works near moving mechanical parts and vibrating machinery.
• May be exposed to extreme outside conditions that include inclement weather, heat and humidity or cold and wet conditions.
• May be exposed to hazardous chemicals or waste.

Other:

• Overtime will be required.
• Shiftwork may be required.
• Weekend work may be required.
• Basic tools required (details available at interview)

Must be able to pass pre-employment screening including a drug test.

Join Team Yoe!