Blasting Laborer Journeyman

Continental Fire Sprinkler Company; Study Butte (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing accommodations available

Per diem $70/day (>50 miles)

Travel allowance $75/day

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking an experienced Laborer Journeyman to support road construction, grading and earthmoving near Study Butte, Texas. The role involves helping skilled trades, following supervisor instructions, and maintaining safety on site. Shifts include day and night schedules with potential overtime and travel considerations.

Benefits include per diem and travel allowances; housing accommodations may be available. Final offers depend on drug/alcohol screening and successful pre-access testing.

Qualifications

• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing.

Responsibilities

• Assist craftsman in setting up work as required.
• Follow instructions given by superintendents, foreman and other experienced crew.
• Perform all required duties with the first focus on safety.
• Assist with hole layout, ensuring correct drilling angles and material placement, provides spotter support for equipment operations, operates skid steers and other equipment, load blast holes in accordance with project plans and safety requirements.
• Read and understand warning signs, operating instructions for equipment, jobsite safety rules and jobsite policies.
• Observe functioning of installed equipment or systems to determine hazards.
• Estimate sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• Inspect subordinate's work for compliance and/or deficiencies

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Kiewit is seeking experienced Laborer Journeyman to support road construction, grading and earthmoving operations near Study Butte, Texas.

Shift Information

Pay rate up to $30/hr depending on experience.

Shift schedule:10 dayson 4 days off

Must be available to work day and night shift

Additionalovertime and weekends may berequired.

$70/day worked per diem is provided for travel exceeding 50 miles from the project site

$75/day will be provided for travel allowance

Housingaccommodationsavailable

All offers are contingent on your ability to pass a Drug and Alcohol test.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Assist craftsman in setting up work as required.
• Follow instructions given by superintendents, foreman and other experienced crew.
• Perform all required duties with the first focus on safety.
• Assist with hole layout, ensuring correct drilling angles and material placement, provides spotter support for equipment operations, operates skid steers and other equipment, load blast holes in accordance with project plans and safety requirements.
• Read and understand warning signs, operating instructions for equipment, jobsite safety rules and jobsite policies.
• Observe functioning of installed equipment or systems to determine hazards.
• Estimate sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• Inspect subordinate's work for compliance and/or deficiencies

Requirements

• The person in this position needs to constantly move about a construction/industrial site, so should be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl
• Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions
• Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required
• May be required to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold to access required equipment/work areas (may exceed 200 feet), so must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds
• Move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces
• Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment
• May be required/able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across construction/industrial site
• Must have required tools
• May require DL
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing

About kiewit

Kiewit is one of North America’s largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations. With itsroots dating back to 1884, the employee-owned organizationoperatesthrough a network of subsidiaries in theUnited States, Canada, and Mexico. Kiewit offers construction and engineering services in a variety ofmarketsincludingtransportation;oil,gasandchemical;power;building;marine;water/wastewater;industrial;and mining.Kiewit had 2024 revenues of$16.8 billionand employs 31,800 staff and craft employees.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Few contractors can build what Kiewit builds, the way Kiewit builds it. We only hire the best - and our family mentality will drive you to continue to be the best.

There’s no limit to what you’ll work on at Kiewit. With contracts in different markets and geographic areas, Kiewit careers offer opportunities totackle new challenges all the time. Whether you’re building a facility that can turn water into power or a safer transportation network, you’re bound to make an impact in new and exciting ways.