General Labor

Full Job Description:

Our customer is actively seeking skilled General Laborers for immediate positions in select cities across the US. We prioritize your safety and value your expertise. We also offer flexible interview times and an easy-to-follow application process. Apply now to jumpstart your skilled craft career!

Our customer is looking for laborers for civil road works projects. Some of the roles they are filling:

• Concrete technician

• Grade technician

• Pipe technician

• Tunnel laborer

Markets Hiring: Manchester, NH | Baltimore, MD | Washington, DC | Alexandria, VA | Newport News, VA | Norfolk, VA | Virginia Beach, VA

Salary Range General Labor: $15 - $22 per hour depending on experience

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off

• Medical

• Retirement

Paving Technician

Physical Demands

• Requires extensive and heavy physical activity, dexterity and fine motor skills.

• Must be able to carry very heavy loads of materials sometimes up to 75 pounds.

• Must be able to work in all weather elements.

• Requires the ability to stand, walk, reach, kneel, climb or balance.

• Requires specific types of vision: close, color, peripheral.

Work Environment

• Responsible for safety of self and fellow workers.

• Work conditions vary from site to site and are affected by the weather.

• Rough graded and undeveloped job sites present a threat to safety where carelessness or poor judgment could result in serious of fatal injury to self or others.

• Occasionally may work in tight confined spaces such as manholes and inlets.

• Works around heavy equipment, loud noises and vibrations of equipment and power tools.

• Works adjacent to live traffic on most days.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Performs duties involving shoveling, raking, luting, jack hammering, heavy lifting and the use of multiple small tools involved with asphalt milling and paving.

• Cleans tools, materials and work areas.

• Performs a wide variety of manual tasks involving fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination.

• Performs all tasks in a safe manner with complete respect for individual and crew safety.

• Clearly communicates with other crew members to ensure safety, teamwork and completion of daily goals set by the field manager.

• To completely perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Depending on the laborer's crew specialty may require a variety of diverse skills such as use of hand and power tools, performing grade checks, jack hammering, directing equipment operations, cuts and fills, etc.

Grade Technician

Experience & Education/Certificate:

• 1-2 years of experience on construction sites.

• GED/high school diploma or related work experience.

• Trade school a plus.

• Valid driver's license required.

Required Skills & Knowledge:

• Must be able to work well independently or within a team.

• Ability to work efficiently under deadlines and pressure.

• Ability to keep up in a fast-paced environment.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Digging, spreading and shoving dirt and gravel using pick and or shovel.

• Lifts, carries and holds building materials, tool and supplies.

• Cleans tools, materials and work areas.

• Mixes, pours and spreads concrete, asphalt, gravel, and other material using hand tools.

• Performs a wide variety of manual tasks including pipe assembly, pipe cutting and laying, removal or forms from set concrete, taking layout shots, directing equipment operators on cuts and fills, etc.

Concrete Technician

Required Skills & Knowledge:

• HS Diploma, GED, or Trade School preferred.

• Carpentry Apprentice Program preferred.

• 1-3 years of concrete experience required

• Valid driver’s license required

• Must possess working knowledge of Proper tool usage (hand saw, hammer, hammer holder, tape measure, pliers, tool pouch, chalk box, adjustable wrench, plumb bob, framing square, screw driver, 2-foot level)

• Ability to give or receive written or oral instructions.

• Must be able to work independently.

• Knowledge to perform “carpenter skill set”.

• Ability to maintain composure and professionalism in all situations

Required Skills & Knowledge:

• Ability to maintain an image of excellence with regards to jobsite, job trailer, equipment and vehicle housekeeping and maintenance.

• Reads and interprets blueprints and performs layout according to scale.

• Transfers lines and grades.

• Possesses basic carpentry skills required to build concrete structures.

• Fabricates and erects formwork and bulkheads using wood and proprietary systems, i.e. EFCO, PERRY, SYMONS, DOKA, etc.

• Aligns and plumbs forms, installs ties, water stop and chamfer.

• Lays out, places and ties rebar.

• Places, finishes and cures concrete.

• Erects scaffold and handrail systems.

• Sets and plumbs panels for MSE wall.

• Set sleeves, block outs, anchor bolts and other imbeds

• Familiar with setup and operation of bridge finishing machines.

• Weld.

• Fabricate and install wood and steel forming systems; heavy civil construction projects.

• Perform other job related responsibilities as required or assigned by manager.