Laborer - Grading - Hampton Roads

Branscome; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team in a leading construction firm that has been shaping Virginia's infrastructure for over 60 years. As a Laborer, you will engage in vital tasks that support heavy highway construction, ensuring safety and teamwork in every project. You will be responsible for using various tools and performing physical tasks, contributing to large-scale projects that connect communities. This role offers the chance to work in a collaborative environment where your efforts directly impact the quality of infrastructure and the satisfaction of clients. If you are ready to take pride in your work and grow with an innovative team, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Retirement Savings

Professional Development

Qualifications

• Preferred high school diploma and previous construction experience.
• Ability to perform various physical tasks and use multiple tools.

Responsibilities

• Perform unskilled tasks associated with heavy highway construction.
• Ensure safety compliance and proper tool usage on site.

Skills

Manual Labor

Safety Compliance

Construction Tools Usage

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Shovel

Pneumatic Hammer/Drill

Concrete Saw

Sledgehammer

Job description

Job Title: Laborer - Hampton Roads

Department: Grading

Reports to: Grading Foreman

Major Role and Purpose:

• Performs various unskilled tasks that are associated with heavy highway construction.

Description of Duties:

• Ensure a safe work environment in compliance with all federal, state, local, and company safety policies and procedures using the appropriate tools and equipment for the task.
• Shovel dirt, stone, and asphalt.
• Use various tools such as shovel, brooms, pick, mattock, ax, brush hook, rake, hammer, saw, pneumatic hammer/drill, tamps (both manual and power driven), concrete saw, sledgehammer and other tools associated with manual labor.
• Perform all other duties deemed necessary or assigned.

Education:

• High School Diploma preferred.

Work Experience:

• Previous construction experience preferred.

Physical Demands:

• Job requires the following motions: stretching, bending, lifting, pushing, pulling, twisting, throwing, walking, standing, reaching and squatting.
• Walking or standing may occupy the entire day.
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Potential exposure to extremes of hot or cold weather.
• Overtime work is required.
• Valid Driver's License with transportation to and from job sites.

Equal Opportunity Employer

EOE/M/F/Disability/Vet

About Branscome:

OUR COMPANY

For more than 60 years in Virginia, our crews have been safely delivering the infrastructure that our communities are built on. We take immense pride in building the things that you can see, but also those you can’t. Camaraderie in the field, with our clients, and out in the community is the spirit that drives our dedication and commitment to excellence.

Branscome’s vertically integrated services provide a streamlined end-to-end scalable solution for our customers. It’s the satisfaction of a job well done recognition of team effort and the delight of our customers that keep us creating infrastructure and connecting people.

OUR TEAM

When you work for Branscome, you join our innovative team in completing the area’s most important large-scale, fast-track projects. You help us provide excavation, site work, underground utilities, asphalt paving, ready-mix concrete, and more to a slew of satisfied clients, including VDOT, Norfolk International Terminal, numerous local governments, private developers, and corporate entities. At Branscome, workers take pride in their work and inspire each other with their teamwork, innovation, and enthusiasm. This attitude of excellence generates the superior customer service that Branscome is known for.

Branscome benefits include health, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, retirement savings and professional development.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

When you work for Branscome, you join our diverse, innovative team. Our differences breed the ideas which fuel our success. Every aspect of our relationship with current and potential employees is free from discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other category protected by applicable law. This pertains not only to initial employment and working conditions but also to all actions affecting hiring, promotions and transfers, training (including apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship when required), compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. Adherence to this policy and compliance with the law is expected of all employees.

If you need assistance completing the online application process, please contact the Human Resources department at [phone].

Branscome EEO Statement
Branscome is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of this Company to assure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, religion, sex, color, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and any other characteristic protected by law. Such action shall include: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and/or on-the-job training.
Branscome is in compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations and ensure equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. Branscome will provide reasonable accommodation to all applicants who require assistance completing the online application process. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please email [e-mail] for assistance.
We are committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: EEO is the Law and EEOC is the Law Supplement.