Texas City)

Matrix Service•Texas City, TX

1d•$24 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

The Laborer / Spotter performs manual labor at project sites, usually alongside other workers, assisting other crafts with a variety of tasks. The role includes visually spotting motorized equipment moving materials around the jobsite; digging, grading, cleaning, unloading and handling materials; mixing and transporting cement; installing and maintaining equipment and pipeline components; and performing watch duties such as Fire Watch, Hole Watch or Bottle Watch. The position also involves spraying materials through hoses, using hand tools for demolition and construction tasks, and identifying and correcting or minimizing safety hazards. Work may involve heights, confined spaces, hot or cold temperatures, and extended periods of standing or walking. Physical work includes frequent bending, kneeling, crouching and stooping; occasional climbing; and pushing, pulling, lifting or carrying objects up to 60 pounds, with heavy lifting often required. Applicants must pass labor proficiency testing at or above 70%, complete required safety and site-specific training, and maintain active status in the DISA drug testing program.

Requirements

Pass labor proficiency testing with a score of at least 70%.
Have up to four years of construction or maintenance experience.
Complete Matrix Service Stop Plus Safety training, Process Safety Management training, and client/site-specific training.
Obtain and maintain active status in the DISA drug testing program.
Be able to perform tasks at heights and for extended periods, including inside confined spaces.
Be able to push, pull, lift or carry objects weighing up to 60 pounds; heavy lifting is often required.
Be able to kneel, squat, climb, bend, crouch and stoop, and stand or walk for extended periods of at least 8–10 hours per day.
Be able to perform tasks in hot and cold temperatures.
Be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

Visually spot for motorized equipment moving material throughout the jobsite.
Dig ditches, build dikes and levees, and fill holes using a pick and shovel.
Smooth ground surfaces and roadways using a hand tamper.
Clean refining equipment and remove debris from roadways and work areas; spray and hoe weeds.
Shovel sand and gravel from vehicles and load cement and sand into mixers.
Mix and pour cement and transport it to forms using a wheelbarrow.
Unload, move, and stack materials such as tools, equipment, cement, sand, catalyst, salt, lime and oil barrels.
Uncrate equipment and parts and install bubble caps using hand tools.
Open sacks and dump chemicals and catalysts into mixing, treating or storage tanks.
Apply pipeline doping material to prevent corrosion.
Act as Fire Watch, Hole Watch or Bottle Watch.
Spray materials such as water, sand, steam, vinyl, paint or stucco through a hose to clean, coat or seal surfaces.
Perform manual tasks using hands and tools, including demolition, sawing lumber, dismantling forms, removing concrete projections, mounting pipe hangers, and cutting and attaching insulating material.
Identify safety hazards affecting oneself or other employees and take corrective action to eliminate or minimize them.
Perform other job-related duties as requested by supervision.