12N Horizontal Construction Engineers

National Guard; Rock Springs (WY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Part time

Job summary

National Guard seeks Horizontal Construction Engineers to operate bulldozers, roadgraders, and other heavy equipment to clear sites for roads, airfields, and buildings.

You will level earth, clear, excavate, and move materials, transport heavy gear, and assist in combat engineer missions. Training includes Basic and Advanced Individual Training with hands-on classroom and field.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn maintenance and repair of equipment used on construction sites.
• Ability to identify soil types and placement of grade stakes.

Responsibilities

• Level earth for runways and roadbeds; clear, excavate, and dig areas of construction sites.
• Spread fill material and transport heavy construction equipment with a tractor-trailer.
• Move heavy building materials with cranes; assist in combat engineer missions.

Skills

Outdoor work

Equipment maintenance

Soil type identification

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

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.