Concrete Finisher: Smooth Surfaces & Joints

Orion Marine Group; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Marine Group in Dallas, Texas is seeking a concrete finisher to smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete—floors, sidewalks, roads, and curbs—using hand and power tools. You will align forms for sidewalks, curbs, and gutters, patch voids, and cut expansion joints with saws.

A minimum of one year of experience finishing concrete structures is preferred, and a high school diploma or GED is recommended.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of experience finishing concrete structures, pier foundations, steel forming systems, and pouring concrete.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.

Responsibilities

• Signals concrete truck driver to position vehicle to facilitate pouring concrete.
• Moves discharge chute of truck to direct concrete into forms.
• Spreads concrete into inaccessible sections of forms with rake or shovel.
• Levels concrete to specified depth and workable consistency with handheld screen and floats to bring water to surface and produce soft topping.
• Smooths and shapes surfaces of freshly poured concrete.
• Finishes concrete surfaces, and wets and rubs concrete with abrasive stone to finish.
• Removes rough or defective spots from concrete surfaces and patches holes with fresh concrete or epoxy compound.
• Molds expansion joints and edges.
• Sprinkles colored stone chips, powdered steel, or coloring powder on concrete to produce prescribed finish.
• Produces rough concrete surface with broom.
• Mixes cement with hoe or concrete-mixing machine.
• Directs subgrade work, mixing of concrete, and setting of forms.
• Breaks up and repairs old concrete surfaces.
• Operates all equipment and tools required to do each job which may include cement mixing machines, power trowels, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and other instruments.
• Maintains equipment and tools to ensure long lasting use.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Orion Marine Group in Dallas, Texas is seeking a concrete finisher to smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete—floors, sidewalks, roads, and curbs—using hand and power tools. You will align forms for sidewalks, curbs, and gutters, patch voids, and cut expansion joints with saws.

A minimum of one year of experience finishing concrete structures is preferred, and a high school diploma or GED is recommended.