Laborer

Laborer Position at Granite Construction

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General Summary

The Laborer is responsible for safely supporting concrete crews with preparing and maintaining construction projects at demolition, building, highway, and heavy construction sites. This Project offers On the Job Training Program (OJT).

At Granite we have people development at heart – when you grow as a person, we develop as a company.

From complex infrastructure to minor construction, Granite Construction offers a unique set of opportunities to gain experience and build your career. As one of the largest diversified construction companies in the nation, you will have the opportunity to learn and work with some of the best experts in the field.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Measures distances from grade stakes, drives stakes, and stretches tight line
• Bolts, nails, a-lines, and blocks up under forms
• Signals operators of construction equipment to facilitate alinement, movement, and adjustment of machinery to conform to grade specifications
• Levels earth to fine grade specifications, using pick and shovel.
• Mixes, concrete, using portable mixer
• Smooths and finishes freshly poured cement or concrete, using float, trowel, or screed
• Positions, joins, a-lines, and seals pipe sections.
• Erects scaffolding, shoring, and braces
• Performs variety of tasks involving dexterous use of hands and tools, such as sawing lumber, dismantling forms, and removing projects from concrete

Work Experience

• Must have construction experience / heavy construction preferred
• Minimum of 1 year experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Workers should be able to:

• Follow specific directions
• Perform a variety of duties which may often change
• Work within standards of accuracy
• Repeat tasks of short duration according to a set procedure
• Evaluate information using measurable standards
• Work Safely by Choice
• Work outdoors in all types of weather conditions

Physically, workers must be able to:

• Stand or walk for long periods
• Use arms and hands to reach for, handle, and manipulate objects
• Frequently lift and carry materials weighing 50 to 100 pounds
• Climb up and down ladders, scaffolds, and other objects and carry tools and equipment
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, and see (naturally or with correction)

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.