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Job Type
Full-time
Description
The General Laborer performs a wide variety of manual tasks to assist in the construction and maintenance of roads, and grading/ maintaining rights of way.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Assists in the construction and maintenance of roads, grading, and maintaining rights of way, and participates in other projects of the department, as assigned.
- Clears rights of way, packs dirt, piles brush and trash, works concrete, cinders, granite, rocks, and other materials using a variety of gas powered or hand tools.
- Digs, spreads, and levels dirt and gravel using pick and shovel.
- Lifts and carries materials, tools, and supplies to the work site and assists with their use, as instructed.
- Loads and unloads trucks of dirt, supplies, and construction materials.
- Mixes, pours, and spreads concrete, asphalt, gravel, and other materials using hand tools.
- Joins, wraps, and seals sections of pipe.
- Removes forms from set concrete, fills expansions joints with asphalt, places culvert sections in trenches, and assembles sections of pipe.
- Cleans tools, equipment, and work area and checks fluid levels on motorized tools.
- Operates Non-CDL equipment as needed.
- Requires regular and prompt attendance plus the ability to work well with others and work well as a team.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Construction experience preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Licenses or Certifications:
- Must possess a valid driver’s license and must have a driving record suitable for insurability.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of safety rules and practices.
- Ability to understand and follow oral instructions.
- Ability to use hand and motorized tools.
- Ability to perform strenuous manual labor
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The work is heavy work which requires exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force to move objects. Additionally, the following additional physical abilities are required: balancing, climbing, crawling, crouching, feeling, manual dexterity, grasping, handling, hearing at a level to discriminate sounds, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, standing, stooping, talking at a level to exchange ideas, talking to be heard above ambient noise. Visual acuity at a level to include color, depth perception and field vision, visual acuity at a level to determine accuracy and thoroughness of work assigned, visual acuity at a level to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment, and walking.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Work is performed in an environment with heavy equipment and machinery that could result in bodily harm to self or others. Work is performed outside and in a hazardous work environment in which the employee is subject to potential personal danger. Work requires traveling between locations. This position is considered a safety sensitive position. The Job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change. EEO/AA/Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)