What are the responsibilities and job description for the Concrete Finisher position at Kelchner?
Concrete Finisher Job Description
Summary: Performs skilled cement finishing and concrete construction work as part of a crew engaged in the removal, construction and repair of curbs, gutters, walks, sidewalks, driveway aprons, ramps, waterways, and other concrete structures; organizes work sites and ensures job site safety; transports and safely operates a variety of vehicles, tools, and equipment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs journeyman level concrete finishing, structural construction, carpentry, and maintenance work on curbs, gutters, waterways, sidewalks, and flatwork
- Maintains integrity of work area with traffic control equipment, safety equipment and adherence to the OSHA and internal safety policies
- Performs installation and repair of storm drain lines, catch basins and cleanout boxes
- Performs general repairs on as needed
- Prepare, align, and set vertical and horizontal concrete forms
- Mix concrete and cement as required for specified concrete pour
- Smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walls, foundations, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools.
- Point and patch voids in vertical and horizontal surfaces
- Use saws to cut expansion joints
- Other duties outside of their normal responsibilities, as assigned, as needed
Skills/Qualifications:
- Ability to read and interpret maps, sketches, drawings, specifications and technical manuals
- Understands and follows oral and written instructions
- Works independently in the absence of supervision
- The ability to work 55 – 60 hours a week including Saturdays.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job with or without reasonable accommodation, the employee must have the ability to stand; walk; sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl for long periods. Must be able to handle and manipulate objects on a repetitive basis. Ability to talk and see well to distinguish between back up alarms, voices, and other normal sounds consistent with construction job sites. The employee is occasionally required to taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job with or without reasonable accommodations, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and vibrations. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions as well as heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.