Asphalt Laborer

Evans Construction, a CRH company, is a member of the CRH West Division;
Our purpose, commitment to the future, and formula for growth is to champion the safety, empowerment, and development of our employees. We strive to be the preferred source of quality sand, rock, landscape products, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt, paving and construction services. We succeed as a team by embracing integrity, mutual respect, innovation, service, sustainability, and financial strength.

Position Overview

The general laborer is responsible for safely performing a variety of construction duties to assist the highway, utility, grade crews or at various on-site plant locations. This position involves various manual tasks. Work will be performed per the supervisor’s instruction, free from direct supervision except for more complicated jobs.

Key Responsibilities (Essential duties and functions)

• Prepares ground surfaces for the road building process. Removes debris out of the construction path.
• Operates ground compactors, levels out and racks dirt, sets string markers, and removes items within the area to be paved.
• Sets up fencing, barricades, and/or safety cones to block off the work area as needed.
• Prepares manhole covers, openings and water lines. May insert risers as needed.
• Walks behind paver machine to shovel and rake asphalt as it is applied to the ground. Levels out asphalt with rake and uses shovel to dig out manhole covers and water valve boxes that are buries by the asphalt.
• Cleans asphalt off tools and equipment after each workday.
• May assist with operating equipment as needed and if trained, including paver, roller, backhoe, water truck, etc.
• Performs other laborer tasks as needed to include cutting concrete or asphalt with saw, sweeping, etc.
• Participates in daily THINK/TRACK meetings plus weekly safety meetings.
• Assists in plant production of materials and ensures for the efficient working conditions of the plant.
• Stockpiles materials and feeds hot plant from the stockpiles in an efficient and productive manner.
• Ensures that all assigned equipment is properly maintained, clean, in safe working order and operated properly.
• Prepares plant for operations at the beginning of the season and performs shut down procedures at the end of the season.
• Operates front end loader, skid steer, end dump truck and other heavy equipment as needed.
• Performs plant maintenance and repairs, including welding tasks.
• Performs set up and take down of traveling plants at different job site locations as required.

Other Duties
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• Uses various equipment, hand and power tools.
• Picks up and/or delivers construction materials at job site locations.
• Performs job site clean-up.
• Assists with flagging and traffic control as needed.
• Maintains all tools and equipment in a safe and clean condition.
• Other duties as assigned per supervisor.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience
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• High School diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.
• Previous related experience in the construction field is a plus.

Work Requirements
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• Ability to read, write and comprehend instruction, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to work well with others in a group or one on one setting
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of inventory and order processing systems; uses job specific computer system for ticketing and two-way radio for communications.
• May be subject to drug testing and physical agilities testing.

Knowledge/Skill Requirements:

• Must have a current and valid driver’s license
• Customer Service – Manages difficult or emotional employee situations; responds promptly to employee needs;
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