Laborer

General Purpose: Assist skilled craft workers in performing their assigned duties, usually under close supervision.

Work Schedule: Days and hours vary depending on the assigned project.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Promote and comply with all Company and safety policies and procedures
• May perform a variety of functions such as digging, spread and level dirt or aggregate with hand tools
• Lift, carry and hold building materials, tools and supplies
• Clean tools, equipment, materials and work areas
• Mix, pour and place concrete, gravel and other materials using hand tools
• Join, wrap and seal sections of pipe
• Perform a variety of routine, non-machine tasks, such as removing forms from set concrete, fill expansion joints with caulking and rebar placement
• General cleanup, demolition, use of cutting touch, jackhammers and placing culvers or pipe sections in trenches
• Worker may spend time on one job or may be transferred from task to task as the project progresses to completion
• Maintain a professional appearance
• Other duties as assigned by Foreman or Superintendent

Required Education

• High school diploma or equivalent GED.

Required Experience

• None required however one to three months of past experience preferred

Required Skills/Licenses/Certifications

• Valid driver’s license to operate motor vehicles.
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
• Add and subtract two digit numbers and multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s, ability to perform these operations using unit weight measurements and volumes.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form
• Workers should be able to work within precise standards of accuracy and follow set procedures and standards

Supervisory Responsibility

• None

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Able to bend, stoop, squat, crawl, climb, kneel, balance, push, pull, and reach overhead for extended periods of time.
• Lift and carry at least 50 to 100 pounds.
• Climb and descend all types of ladders.
• Wear personal protective equipment (e., hardhat, eye protection, respiratory protection, fall protection, etc.)

Required Tools

• See Tool Requirements

Travel Requirement

• May be required to travel to different jobsites on limited notice

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Position requires working in all elements – heat, cold, rain, or snow – depending on job location and time of year.
• May require use of personal vehicle for transportation to and from work site.
• Must be able to utilize job site sanitary facilities (e., Portable Toilets).
• May require work in restricted areas (e., excavations, utility tunnels, manholes, tanks, crawl spaces, attics, etc.).
• May require working at various heights, up to 100-feet, from ladders, scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks, or other safe work areas.