Laborer

Granite Construction Company; Mission (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Granite Construction Incorporated in Mission, TX is seeking a skilled laborer to erect, repair, and dismantle structures on heavy civil projects. You will read grade stakes, set forms, align equipment, and help pour and finish concrete to exact specifications, supporting multiple crews across site operations.

Physical work is demanding: standing for long periods, lifting 50–100 pounds, climbing ladders, and handling hand tools.

Qualifications

• Follow specific directions.
• Perform a variety of duties which may often change.
• Work within standards of accuracy.
• Repeat tasks of short duration according to a set procedure.

Responsibilities

• Measures distances from grade stakes, drives stakes, and stretches tight line.
• Bolts, nails, alines, and blocks up under forms.
• Signals operators of construction equipment to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery to conform to grade specifications.
• Levels earth to fine grade specifications, using pick and shovel.
• Mixes concrete using portable mixer.
• Smooths and finishes freshly poured cement or concrete, using float, trowel, or screed.
• Positions, joins, alines, and seals pipe sections.
• Erects scaffolding, shoring, and braces.
• Performs variety of tasks involving dextrous use of hands and tools, such as sawing lumber, dismantling forms, and removing projects from concrete.

Skills

Follow directions

Teamwork

Attention to safety

Manual dexterity

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

General Summary

• Erecting
• Repairing
• Wrecking
• Installing waterworks, locks and dams
• Grading

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Measures distances from grade stakes, drives stakes, and stretches tight line.
• Bolts, nails, alines, and blocks up under forms.
• Signals operators of construction equipment to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery to conform to grade specifications.
• Levels earth to fine grade specifications, using pick and shovel.
• Mixes, concrete, using portable mixer.
• Smooths and finishes freshly poured cement or concrete, using float, trowel, or screed.
• Positions, joins, alines, and seals pipe sections.
• Erects scaffolding, shoring, and braces.
• Performs variety of tasks involving dextrous use of hands and tools, such as sawing lumber, dismantling forms, and removing projects from concrete.

Education

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience

Work Experience

Appropriate training and experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Follow specific directions
• Perform a variety of duties which may often change
• Work within standards of accuracy
• Repeat tasks of short duration according to a set procedure
• Evaluate information using measurable standards

Physically, workers must be able to:

• Stand or walk for long periods
• Use arms and hands to reach for, handle, and manipulate objects
• Frequently lift and carry materials weighing 50 to 100 pounds
• Climb up and down ladders, scaffolds, and other objects and carry tools and equipment
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, and see (naturally or with correction).

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers.

Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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Notice to Staffing Agencies

Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.