Chicago Department of Aviation- Construction Laborer

Airport Minority Advisory Council • Chicago, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Under immediate supervision, performs physically demanding labor and assists skilled trades workers at construction, maintenance, and repair project sites of public facilities or in the public way including streets, roadways, runways, taxiways and airport service roads; water distribution structures, sewer/drainage structures, bridges, and viaducts, and performs related duties as required.

Requirements

• Applicants who successfully apply for the position, meet the minimum qualifications, and possess the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position will be hired in a lottery/random order.
• Qualified bidders will be hired in seniority order according to the collective bargaining agreement.

Responsibilities

• Prepares work sites, digging and backfilling trenches and tunnel and shaft excavations
• Removes dirt and clears obstructions from around work areas (e.g., sewer mains, catch basins, valve basins, water and electrical vaults, manholes)
• Sets and removes braces and shoring equipment and drives sheeting to support the sides of excavations and prevent cave-ins
• Installs, repairs, and/or removes concrete and masonry retaining and bearing walls
• Demolishes old pavement, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, sewers, and catch basins as directed
• Repair old pavement, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, sewers, and catch basins as directed.
• Operates small backhoe, bobcat, skid steer, frontend loader, forklift, electric and manual pallet jack, as required
• Excavates and grades ground leveling base and concrete

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed