Skilled Laborer

Job Description

Job Description

At Total Civil Construction & Engineering, we don't just build roads and infrastructure—we build lasting impact. As we continue expanding across the Mid-Atlantic region, we're looking for hardworking and experienced Skilled Laborers to join our field teams and help deliver high-quality civil construction projects.  

Job Summary  

The construction skilled laborer helps the pipe layer by performing duties requiring technical experience. Duties include assisting with laying pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, and water mains. S/he may assist in the performance of any combination of the following tasks: grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints.  In addition to assisting pipelayers, the skilled laborer also works digging trenches for/around existing utilities, manually help with ensuring appropriate grading, and move materials/tools. The skilled laborer plays a major day to day role to keep work sites clean and compliant.

Duties & Responsibilities  

1. Clean or prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards and prepare for placement of aggregates, road/substrate, or utilities.  
2. Signal equipment operators to align, move or adjust machinery, equipment, or materials 
3. Load, unload, and/or identify materials and tools  
4. Dig ditches or trenches for/around existing utilities, back-fill excavations, grade and level trenches; may use tamping machine and/or hand tools. NOTE:  May be trained to operate some heavier equipment. 
5. Performs general construction work (using hand tools, lifting materials on average up to 50 pounds) under direction of Pipe Layer, Crew Leader, Foreman or Supervisor. 
6. May perform flagging duties to control and maintain flow of traffic in work zone. 
7. Perform other duties, as and when assigned. 
8. Under supervision of pipelayers or supervision, may use tools to verify grading/level surface. 
9. Assist in aligning pipes manually during pipeline construction (generally for wet utilities [water/sewer]). 
10. Assist to connect pipes and seal joints using glue, cement, gaskets and/or flanges. 
    

Qualifications  

• 5 years of hands-on experience in heavy civil construction and earthwork (utilities required: storm drain, sewer lines)
• Must have physical ability to stand strenuous and dangerous work environment. Must be comfortable working in 15ft -20ft trenches and other confined spaces. 

• Has physical strength dig and perform general labor with laborer crews, including digging by hand and  lifting/pushing/pulling materials. 

• Able to communicate effectively with others and work cooperatively in teams (including resolving basic conflicts with or without the assistance of management). 

• Handle emergency situations, work pressure and stress. 

• Able to solve basic, common-sense problems using experience and construction knowledge. 

• Must have a flexible schedule (make work irregular or odd hours in outdoor work sites, depending upon project needs or weather), including nights and weekends. 

• Must have access to own transportation to reach non-standard work sites during non-standard hours. 

Physical Demands  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential job functions.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable performance of essential job functions.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is…  

• Required to continuously use vision abilities, including close, distance, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. 

• Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms; use fine motor coordination and eye-hand coordination to push/pull/lift items. 

• Frequently required to stand, talk and hear; lift or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds (with or without assistance). 

• Occasionally required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, lift. 

Work Environment  

While performing the duties of this job, the employee…  

• Regularly works in outside weather conditions.  

• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts; is exposed to vibration, wet or humid conditions, heat, and other forms of inclement weather; and is exposed to loud noise. 

• Occasionally works in high, precarious places or in excavations (including confined spaces), and is exposed to fumes or particulates, chemicals, electrical energy and machinery. 

Perks & Culture  

• Competitive hourly pay with overtime eligibility 

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance 

• Opportunities for professional training and certification (including OSHA) 

• Long-term, stable work with multiple active projects 

• Growth path: Skilled Laborer → Pipe Layer → Lead Pipe Layer → Foreman → Superintendent 

• A team that works together, respects each other, and builds real infrastructure 

PLEASE NOTE:  TCCE hires field construction staff to work at jobs in the region (primarily Maryland, DC, Virginia).  This means job locations will change as needed. 

Total Civil Construction & Engineering, LLC, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minorities, Females, Disabled, Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

Total Civil Construction is proud to be an E-Verify Employer and Drug-Free Workplace