Construction Laborer

Take the next step in your career with an innovative organization that values, develops and empowers its employees to enhance their potential. At Portland Utilities Construction Co., LLC, an Azuria Water Solutions company, our employees are our number one asset. Our team has been committed to excellence by being a water and wastewater pipeline rehabilitation specialist for over 30 years. Join our team to help keep infrastructure working better, safer and longer for customers throughout the world.

We are currently looking for experienced Construction Laborers to perform tasks related to sewer and water pipe repair and rehabilitation operations in the Knoxville, TN area and/or southeastern region of the United States. The company seeks talented candidates with a high learning ability to move up the construction ladder. Candidates with basic construction experience are encouraged to apply. At PUCC when you get dirty water gets clean!

We are currently offering a limited sign-on bonus of $2,000 for new hires without a CDL license if they meet the criteria outlined in our sign-on bonus program. Starting pay is $23.00 - $25.00 per hour depending on experience. We offer 100% paid on-the-job training!

Why You Will Love Working for Us:

• Competitive Salary
• Daily per diem while traveling
• 100% covered individual hotel room stays while traveling
• Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• 401K matching
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off and overtime pay
• On-the-job training with full pay
• Company paid PPE and safety gear
• Career Growth Opportunities
• Work for a forward thinking and innovative company
• Ecological footprint-we are rehabbing the world's infrastructure one pipe at a time with minimal disruption to people's daily routines with little waste

What You Will Do:

• Perform construction tasks related to sewer pipe repair operations.
• Support the foreman and skilled production workers to ensure project goals are met.
• Install pipes safely and correctly.
• Unloading tools, and materials and assisting in setting up equipment.
• Directing traffic safely around the construction or road maintenance site.
• Use certified chains and roll hoses around pipes and manholes.
• Ensure construction equipment and tools are cleaned and stored properly.
• Ensure safety practices and policies are followed.
• Digging, leveling, etc. using shovel, rake and other small power tools.
• Assist with the loading and unloading of equipment from our vocational vehicles and trailers.
• Set up and/or monitor bypass pumping systems.
• Enter confined spaces and exit into manholes and/or underground structures.

What We Need from You:

• Someone Who is Dependable/Honest
• Someone Who is Willing to Learn/Follow Directions
• Someone who has Team Ability
• Valid Drivers's License Required

• Ability to travel extensively 100% of the time each week, which could have you away from home for 2-3 weeks at a time.

• Ability to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, crouch, bend, reach, kneel, crawl, stretch, use hands to handle objects, tools or controls; talk and hear without visual cues, lift push, and pull up to 75 pounds with or without reasonable accommodations.

• Preferred Education/Experience
• Completion of Heavy Equipment Operator School, or similar trade school or vocational program
• Enrollment in an Accredited Construction Labor or Heavy Equipment Operator Apprenticeship Program
• 6+ months underground utility construction, commercial building experience, farm, landscaping, or other basic construction experience, specifically using rakes, shovels and other small power tools required.
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification a Plus

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The physical demands, work environmental characteristics, and requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


Azuria Water Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Azuria Water Solutions is bound. Azuria Water Solutions will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with Azuria Water Solutions on the basis of race, color religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

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