Service Construction Laborer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title :              Laborer

Craft :                      Service

Reports to :          Foreman

Exempt Status :   Non-Exempt (Hourly)

Position Objective / Description :

Performs a variety of manual construction tasks involving roads, highways, and heavy construction projects under the direction of a crew foreman.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Performs a variety of tasks involving strenuous manual labor in heavy / highway construction projects
• Work site set up, maintenance, and cleanup, to include scaffolding construction and dismantling, barricade locating, and equipment locating.
• Load, unload, or distribute materials, machinery, or tools to and from designated locations
• Place, move and dismantle traffic management devices
• Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, or compact and level earth; prepare trench bottom
• Use picks, shovels, and rakes to level earth or asphalt to grade specifications
• Position or dismantle forms for pouring concrete, using saws, hammers, nails or bolts.
• Tends pumps, compressors, or generators
• Signal operators of construction equipment to facilitate alignment and movement of materials
• Measure, mark, or record openings or distances as part of site preparation
• Operate a variety of power and hand tools : air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, mechanical hoists, surveying, measuring and other equipment
• Maintain clean work area by disposing of trash and debris properly.
• Perform daily maintenance and safety checks of equipment.
• Promote and adhere to the company’s safety program.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Physical Demands :

Education / Experience :

Work Environment :

Regularly works in outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and humidity.  Frequently works near heavy equipment and moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions and vibration.  Work may involve exposure to a variety of substances found on construction site such as oil, grease, gasoline, concrete and diesel fuel.  Periodically exposed to fumes, lubricants, airborne particles and dust.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Notes : This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time to meet business needs.  All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.  This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc. is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer and is actively recruiting women and minorities for all open positions.

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