Laborer

NIKA is hiring for a Laborer for a Coast Guard base operations support services contract in Kodiak, AK!

Named a Top Workplace by the Washington Post, NIKA is a well-established company that is focused on growth within an entrepreneurial environment. We work with governments to operate and manage their real property. Our operations management, engineering, and project management services provide our customers with the value and expertise to ensure operational readiness for complex and mission-critical facilities. NIKA benefits include PTO, holidays, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401k matching, and an understanding of work/life balance.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Laborer performs tasks that require mainly physical abilities and effort involving little or no specialized skill or prior work experience.
• Loads and unloads trucks, and other conveyances
• Moves supplies and materials to proper location by wheelbarrow or hand truck
• Stacks materials for storage or binning
• Collects refuse and salvageable materials
• Digs, fills, and tamps earth excavations.
• Levels ground using pick, shovel, and rake
• Shovels materials such as concrete or snow
• Cleans culverts, ditches, sidewalks, streets, and buildings
• Cuts and trims grass, trees, shrubs and brush
• Operates power lawnmowers, equipment, and vacuums
• Moves and arranges pieces of heavy office and household furniture, equipment and appliances.
• Moves and arranges pieces of automotive, medical, engineering and other types of machinery and equipment.
• Spread materials such as sand or salt on icy walkways and roads
• Picks up leaves and trash
• Cleans moss debris from roofs and rain gutters
• All other relevant duties assigned

Required Qualifications:

• High school education or GED preferred
• They shall be trained and certified on the equipment and software on which they are working from an industry-recognized trainer.
• Valid Alaska driver’s license
• Must remain in good stand with the local Teamster 959 Union
• Must hold experience from similar project or scope of contract
• Must be able to communicate verbally and orally in English
• Capability to understand Maintenance trade practices and follow safety and health
• standards
• Previous experience using extension ladders (Must Complete Company Provided fall protection training prior to using extension ladders)
• Attention to detail, ability to follow directions
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

NIKA provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, NIKA takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.