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Skilled Laborer

Balfour Beatty
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 3/7/2026 CLOSED ON 4/6/2026

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As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 
  • Health Savings Account
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
  • Vacation Time
  • Sick Time
  • Holidays
  • Paid Volunteer time
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Employee Referral Bonus

 

Summary

Balfour Beatty Construction in Washington, DC is seeking a Skilled Laborer to join our team. The Skilled Laborer activities are coordinated with the Carpenter Foreman, Project Manager and/or the Superintendent to maintain productivity on the job-site.

 

Essential Functions

  • Performs a variety of tasks to maintain productivity of the job-site.
  • Manual labor including but not limited to job site cleaning and maintenance.
  • Demolition, stocking and moving of job site material.
  • Hand digging.
  • Works daily with brooms, wheelbarrows and small hand tools.
  • Performs other miscellaneous duties as assigned.

 

Minimum Requirements  

  • High school diploma preferred and on-the-job training required.
  • Minimum 1 year or more of field or labor experience on a commercial construction site. 
  • Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or schedule form.
  • Must be able to read safety rules, instructions in the use and maintenance of truck, tools and equipment, and methods and procedures.
  • Understands safety rules and tool / equipment instructions.

 

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors, by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.
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