General Laborer

Brown & Root; Garyville (LA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown & Root is seeking a skilled construction worker to prepare sites for daily activities and perform housekeeping and essential duties on a busy job site.

Responsibilities include operating jackhammers and drills, handling concrete mixing and placement, tending to pumps and power tools, and reading plans to determine work tasks while maintaining safety standards and tool integrity.

Qualifications

• Read and interpret plans, instructions, and specifications to determine work activities
• Observe safety rules and wear required PPE
• Operate, read, and maintain monitoring devices in hazardous environments

Responsibilities

• Prepare site for daily work and perform housekeeping duties
• Operate jackhammers and drills to break up concrete or pavement
• Position, join, align and seal structural components
• Mix, pour, and spread concrete
• Tend to pumps, compressors, and generators for power
• Lubricate and repair machinery and tools
• Read and interpret plans to determine work activities
• Ensure safety and project rules are followed

Job description

SUMMARY

Prepares site for daily work, performs all housekeeping and duties necessary for daily activities.

• Operate jackhammers and drills to break up concrete or pavement
• Position, join, align and seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections and pipes
• Shovel cement and other materials into portable cement mixers: and mix, pour, and spread concrete
• Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials
• Smooth and finish freshly poured cement or concrete, using floats, trowels, screeds, or powered cement finishing tools
• Tend to machines that pump concrete, grout, and sand
• Tend to pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment, or to heat and move materials such as asphalt
• Lubricate, clean and repair machinery, equipment, and tools
• Operate, read, and maintain air monitoring and other sampling devices in confined and/or hazardous environments
• Assisting build and positioning forms for pouring concrete, and dismantle forms after use, using saws, hammers, nails, or bolts
• Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards, while following all waste handling guidelines
• Control traffic passing near, in, and around work zones
• Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, and compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes
• Erect and disassemble scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps and other temporary structures
• Load, unload, and identify building materials, machinery, and tools, and distribute them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans and specifications
• Act as a watch when welding or metal cutting is performed by craft workers
• Read and interpret plans, instructions, and specifications to determine work activities
• Expedites materials and equipment to work locations and sets up work sites
• Completes records, maintains tools and equipment, and performs various janitorial activities
• Responsible for observing and complying with all safety and project rules, including wearing required personal safety equipment
• Performs other duties as required