General Laborer
About The Position
Blythe Development is seeking a General Laborer to support highway and heavy construction projects. This hands-on role involves strenuous physical labor, using hand and power tools, preparing and maintaining jobsites, digging trenches, setting excavation braces, and removing rubble, debris, and waste materials. The General Laborer helps keep jobsites clean, organized, and secure, follows safety and incident-reporting procedures, and promptly reports problems to a supervisor. The role requires working cooperatively with a construction crew and adapting to changing project locations, schedules, weather conditions, and shift times.
Requirements
- Ability to lift, push, pull, and/or carry 50+ pounds.
- Ability to perform strenuous physical labor on highway and heavy construction projects.
- Ability to use hand and power tools safely.
- Ability to work safely and effectively in a team-oriented construction environment.
- Ability to follow supervisor instructions, safety procedures, and incident-reporting requirements.
- Flexibility to work varying schedules, shifts, and project locations.
Responsibilities
- Perform physical labor on highway and heavy construction jobsites, including lifting, carrying, loading, and unloading tools and materials.
- Prepare jobsites by clearing work areas, setting up materials, and assisting with traffic-control devices and work-zone protection as directed.
- Dig and backfill trenches, set excavation braces, and assist crews with grading, drainage, utility, concrete, and paving activities.
- Safely use hand and power tools, including shovels, rakes, brooms, compactors, saws, and other construction equipment appropriate to the task.
- Guide equipment operators from the ground, remain alert to moving vehicles and machinery, and maintain safe clearance within active work zones.
- Remove rubble, debris, and waste materials and keep the jobsite, tools, and equipment clean, organized, and secure.
- Follow the foreman's instructions, company safety policies, traffic-control procedures, and incident-reporting requirements.
- Promptly report unsafe conditions, damaged tools, equipment concerns, and other jobsite problems to a supervisor.
- Work cooperatively with the crew to complete assigned tasks safely, efficiently, and on schedule.
- Adapt to changing project locations, work schedules, weather conditions, and shift times.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
