Laborer

Scott Bridge Co•Rainbow City, AL

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Scott Bridge Company builds structures that serve and sustain life, providing construction and emergency response services for complex highway, railroad, marine, and energy infrastructure. The Laborer provides essential support to infrastructure construction teams, helping build bridges, dams, hydro-structures, bulkhead walls, roadways, and marine structures. The role involves preparing work sites, materials, tools, and equipment; constructing foundations by driving piles; building metal and wooden forms; installing overhang jacks and bridge deck forms; and pouring, vibrating, and finishing concrete. Laborers compact, distribute, align, grade, smooth, and contour concrete, and clean or remove forms to prepare for subsequent construction stages. The work is outdoors and may take place on elevated platforms, concrete forms over water, or floating barges. The company provides listed tools except for a tape measure and crescent wrench, and provides appropriate personal protective equipment and regular job safety training. The typical schedule is Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with an average workweek of 50–60 hours. Weekend work is sometimes necessary and may be staggered or rotated. The company operates year-round without annual layoffs. Work takes place throughout the Southeast, and some projects may involve travel; housing arrangements and per diem pay are offered when field crews are required to travel. Workers typically take a 30-minute lunch break and eat together on-site.

Requirements

Reliable transportation to the job site each day.
Basic reading, writing, and math skills for using tools and building, cutting, measuring, and leveling materials, or the ability to learn these skills.
Ability to perform physically intensive outdoor construction work.
Ability to stand, stoop, kneel, squat, climb up to 30 feet, perform repetitive movements, work in confined spaces and at elevated heights, lift or carry up to 50 pounds, and push or pull up to 75 pounds.
Ability to adapt to extreme temperature changes and outdoor conditions and remain calm during emergencies.

Nice To Haves

General construction labor experience.
Bridge project experience.

Responsibilities

Help construct bridges, dams, hydro-structures, bulkhead walls, roadways, and marine structures.
Guide concrete pours using metal forms and build wooden forms and other wooden bridge elements.
Construct and install overhang jacks and bridge deck forms.
Pour, vibrate, and finish concrete, ensuring it is compacted, distributed, aligned, graded, smoothed, and contoured appropriately.
Prepare worksites and remove or clean concrete forms for subsequent construction stages.
Prepare worksites, materials, tools, and equipment for construction.
Construct foundations by driving piles.
Keep tools, equipment, materials, and work areas clean and free from debris.
Use or learn to use concrete vibrators, screeds, trowels, floats, templates, straight edges, hand tools, measuring instruments, and compressed-air, gas, or electric power tools.
Follow safety practices, participate in job safety training, and contribute to safety and environmental initiatives.

Benefits

In-house chaplain support.
Hands-on training and opportunities to advance skills and position.
Average workweeks of 50–60 hours, compared with the 70–80 hours described for many heavy civil contractors.
Above-average pay.
Annual safety-based bonus and discretionary performance-based bonus.
401(k) plan.
Medical coverage.
Housing arrangements and per diem pay when field crews are required to travel.
Company-provided tools, except for a tape measure and crescent wrench.
Personal protective equipment and regular job safety training.