Laborer - Colorado Springs, CO

Millstone Weber, LLC; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a General Laborer to join their team in Englewood, Colorado. The role demands physical labor, including tasks such as moving materials, shoveling asphalt, and ensuring site safety. Candidates should possess a high school diploma and demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively on-site. Ideal for entry-level applicants, this position offers an hourly rate of up to $31, plus a $2.5K sign-on bonus.

Qualifications

• Must understand directions and communicate effectively.
• Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions.
• Valid driver's license required.

Responsibilities

• Perform various physical labor tasks in construction.
• Maintain a clean and safe job site.
• Assist in excavation, loading, and unloading materials.

Skills

Ability to lift and carry 50-100 pounds

Manual dexterity

Physical stamina

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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Job Purpose

The construction laborer performs tasks involving physical labor at highway and heavy construction projects. The position may operate a variety of hand and power tools and may clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, clean up rubble and debris, and remove waste materials. The position may assist other craft workers.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of tasks involving strenuous manual labor in heavy/highway construction projects.
• Performs manual work in preparing surfaces for paving.
• Shovels asphalt into construction areas.
• Assists in patching asphalt with hot and cold mix. Excavates and fills trenches and ditches.
• Maintains a clean job site: picks up all tools and equipment and secures job site each day to eliminate potential hazards.
• Handles and stores materials.
• Loads and unloads trucks and hauls/hoists materials.
• Ensures that proper safety and incident reporting procedures are followed. Brings problems to the attention of the foreman, Safety Director, or HR Manager.
  
  

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each Key Duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Education and Experience.A high school diploma or general education degree (GED) is preferred. Must be able to understand work directions and communicate effectively with job site supervisors and fellow employees.
  
  

Other Functions

• Safety support and planning work with Health and Safety Personnel.
• Assist in plan & specification writing and interpretation.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Working conditions

• Work is performed outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Work environment periodically exposes the employees to high levels of noise, grease, and dust that is typically associated with a construction project.
• Employee regularly works near heavy equipment and moving machinery.
• Work may involve a variety of substances commonly found on construction sites such as form oil, grease, curing compounds, gasoline, diesel fuel and ready mixed concrete.
  
  

Physical Requirements

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Constant physical effort, including standing, is required during a regular work shift of at least eight hours per day. Employee must be able to stand for extended periods of time, and to stoop, bend, and crouch as required to perform Key Duties.
• Work is often performed at heights up to 80 feet, requiring the employee to climb ladders, scaffolds and stair towers, often with narrow steps and passageways.
• Frequently work with hands extended overhead, sometimes in conjunction with the operation of hand power tools.
• Ability to lift and carry, on a frequent basis, at least 50 pounds personally, and up to 100 pounds with assistance.
• Manual dexterity to hand-carry generators, lumber and other construction materials, forms, power tools, and hand tools.
• Maintain constant alertness to the multiple concurrent activities of the construction site, including the activities of other employees and contractors, the operation of stationary equipment, and the movement of mobile equipment.
• Frequently walk on uneven surfaces, including natural ground in varying weather conditions.
• Capable of being certified to enter confined spaces, including climbing into and out of excavations, using ladders.
• Sufficient skill and visual acuity, under varying degrees of light, darkness, and weather conditions, to provide direction and flagging for operators of cranes with rated capacities of up to 500 tons.
• Capable of safely and productively operating a man-lift.
• Ability to maintain balance while working on water craft or other surfaces.
  
  

Millstone Weber is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has long led the industry in training and hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. To accomplish our goals of quality, innovation and continuous improvement, we are committed to partnering with employees and subcontractors who share our company values and seek to continually exceed the expectations of project owners. We strive to maintain a work environment that provides all employees with an opportunity to be successful without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disabled Veterans and Vietnam Era Veterans, age, or physical/mental condition. As part of that policy, we adopt and support the Equal Opportunity Laws that are designed to promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity through a positive continuing program.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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• Industries

  Construction

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