Civil Laborer

Position Summary

Assist skilled craft workers in performing their assigned duties. Performs tasks that require physical labor at construction sites must have the ability to perform a variety of duties.

Experience Level

Skilled

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Perform all required duties with the first focus on safety. 
• Operate, clean and perform daily visuals of equipment, locate and move material by coordinating with numerous personnel. 
• Operate fixed-mast forklifts (Hyster and similar) and extendable-boom forklifts (Lull and similar). 
• Assist in rigging up heavy loads to equipment. 
• Assist craftsmen in setting up work as required.  
• Perform preservation and maintenance duties on assigned equipment. 
• Follow instructions given by superintendents, foreman and other experienced crew. 
• Responsible for keeping work areas clean and in orderly conditions. 
• Read and understand warning signs, operating instructions for equipment, jobsite safety rules and jobsite policies. 
• Observe functioning of installed equipment or systems to determine hazards.

Qualifications

•    Must possess strong working knowledge skills and abilities for position.
•    Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.
•    Proficient in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand tools, power tools and layout tools as well as measurement tools

Requirements

• The person in this position needs to constantly move about a construction/industrial site, 
so should be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl
• Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor 
weather conditions
• Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required
• May be required to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold to access 
required equipment/work areas (may exceed 200 feet), so must be able to climb and 
maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds
• Move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces
• Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment
• May be required/able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across 
construction/industrial site
• Must have required tools
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing, fit for duty medical and background check