What are the responsibilities and job description for the Concrete Mason/General Laborer position at Oliver Construction Co.?
A general laborer will perform a plethora of tasks including, but not limited to, operating hand and power tools, maintaining a clean job site, assist superintendents and other team members as necessary, and transport materials. Heavy lifting and physical endurance capabilities are imperative.
- Ready to learn from on-the-job training when necessary
- Help equipment operators, carpenters, and other skilled labor when necessary
- Prep construction sites by cleaning obstacles and hazards
- Load or unload construction materials
- Put together and take apart temporary structures, such as scaffolding
- Remove, fill, or compact earth
- Assist craft workers/ skilled tradespeople in their duties
- Perform site clean-up
- Dig trenches, compacting earth, and backfilling holes
- Lay building materials such as concrete and brick and construct and repair surfaces or structures
- Carry out some masonry duties such as preparing surfaces before beginning a work, laying blocks or bricks in accordance with blueprints, plans, or drawings
- Lay out work with the use of relevant materials such as chalk lines, tapes, squares, plumb bobs, and levels; and mixing cement with the use of hoes, cement-mixing equipment or any other relevant hand tools
- Assisting with the preparation of concrete and mortar
- Mixing grout or cement and moving it to the work area
- Assist with setting the forms, arrange and align them
- Spread, level, and smooth concrete
- Clean tools and make sure all equipment is in good working condition
- Pour, smooth, and level concrete footings, walls, and flatwork
- Use of trowel, floats, and screeds
- MUST BE ABLE TO LIFT 50 LBS