General Labor

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The General Laborer will perform a wide range of physical labor tasks in support of OSP Crew including but not limited to locates cables to ensure construction can occur without disrupting service to customers, plows in cable and drops to provided new and improved service to customers, performs preventative maintenance on company machinery to ensure the machinery remains in good working conditions and is available when needed. Requires heavy labor digging, lifting, working on ladders and teamwork. This position requires the employee to work out in the elements.

• Assists skilled workers as assigned.
• Prepares tools and materials for skilled workers.
• Tracks buried cable.
• Operates a cable plow, a trenching machine, a boring unit, and reads maps.
• Develops preventive vehicle maintenance checklists, performing maintenance work such as oil and filter changes and schedules outside maintenance.
• Maintains right-of-way and restores and cleans all disturbed surfaces when work is completed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Requires working outside in all element types.

• Ability to listen, understand, and follow directions.
• Ability to remain flexible as specific assignments change.
• Ability to complete work accurately under time constraints and deadlines.
• Must be able to sit/stand for long periods of time.
• Must have a clean driving record.
• Must be able to lift/carry at least 50 pounds.
• Must be able to work any shift assigned, which may include overtime, emergency callouts, weekends, and holidays.
• Customer service and customer relations skills.
• Problem solving, analytical and organizational skills.
• Essential functions include but are not limited to long periods of standing, kneeling, crawling, and climbing ladders.
• Knowledge of Company policies, procedures, products, and services.
• Possess a valid Oklahoma/Texas Driver's License in addition to a Safe Driving Record.

• 2-3 years of construction experience preferable.

This position requires a background check be conducted during offer status. Candidates must be willing to submit to a background check as part of a conditional offer.

This factor measures the surroundings or physical conditions under which a job must be done and the extent to which those conditions make the job disagreeable. Consider the presence and relative amount of exposure to dust, dirt, heat, fumes, contaminants, cold, noise, vibration, wetness, etc. Various working conditions with the presence of disagreeable conditions.