12N Horizontal Construction Engineers

National Guard; Buckhannon (WV); On-site; USD 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

As a Horizontal Construction Engineer in the Army National Guard, you will play a vital role in preparing sites for construction. This position involves operating heavy machinery like bulldozers and graders while gaining skills for a civilian career, all while earning a paycheck and training.

Benefits

Paid training

Tuition assistance

Specialized certifications

Qualifications

• Analyze information on grade stakes and place them.
• Cut and spread fill material with scraper.
• Maintenance and repair of construction equipment.

Responsibilities

• Operate bulldozers and road graders for site preparation.
• Clear and excavate areas for construction.
• Transport heavy equipment and assist in missions.

Skills

Equipment Maintenance

Soil Identification

Heavy Equipment Operation

Education

Basic Soldiering Skills

Advanced Individual Training

Job description

Before a road, airfield, or a building can be constructed, all obstacles must be removed from the site. As a Horizontal Construction Engineer in the Army National Guard, you’ll handle the heavy lifting to help your crew succeed. You’ll operate bulldozers, roadgraders, and other massive equipment to clear the way for construction.

Your responsibilities will include leveling earth for runways and roadbeds, clearing, excavating, and digging areas of construction sites, spreading fill material, transporting heavy construction equipment with a tractor-trailer, moving heavy building materials with cranes, and assisting in performance of combat engineer missions.

Job Duties
• Analyze the information on grade stakes and placing them
• Cut and spread fill material with scraper

Some of the Skills You’ll Learn
• Maintenance and repair of equipment
• Identification of soil types and placement of grade stakes

Helpful Skills
• Preference for working outdoors

Through your training, you will develop the skills and experience to enjoy a civilian career in basic construction methods and engineering principles, particularly as they pertain to operating heavy construction equipment. Plus, you may earn specialized certifications that enable you to step right into a civilian construction career.

Earn While You Learn
Instead of paying to learn these skills, get paid to train. In the Army National Guard, you will learn these valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance.

Job training for Horizontal Construction Engineers consists of nine weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and nine weeks of Advanced Individual Training. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field.