Laborer, Construction, Construction Labor ​/ Trades

Blooming Glen Contractors, a partner with the H&K Group, Inc., located in Blooming Glen, PA, is currently seeking experienced and motivated Laborers to become a part of our team. Usually performing their duties in a utility capacity, the Laborer position entails working on construction projects, often transferring from one task to another whenever the situation requires.

Why work for Blooming Glen Contractors, Inc.?

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
• Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
• Additional training programs including on the job, online through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs all work adhering to OSHA and H&K Safety policies.
• Acquires tools needed for daily operations
• Measures distances from grade stakes, drives stakes, and stretches tight line.
• Bolts, nails, aligns, 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.
• Mixes concrete.
• Smooths and finishes freshly poured cement or concrete.
• Positions, joins, aligns, and seals pipe sections.
• Erects scaffolding, shoring, and braces.
• Paving Duties:
  • Assists with pre-run markings
  • Uses a paving lute to fine grade before roller man compacts
  • Operates vibratory plate as needed
  • Shovels asphalt as required
  • Direct traffic around work area as required
• Pipe Duties:
  • Gets tools needed for daily operations
  • Gets job set up for daily function such as setting up a pipe laser
  • Operates a Wacker and jumping jack to perform back filling duties
  • Uses cut saws to make pipe proper length
  • Preps pipe for connection before pipe gets lowered
  • Shoots grades and checks grades using laser or conventional methods
  • Performs connection of pipe work
  • Responsible for checking for proper pipe slope
  • Preps structures for installation
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• One month of related experience and/or training
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Mathematical skills including ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• Problem solving
• Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
• Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

• Experience working in heavy civil construction, road construction, or quarries
• OSHA or other relevant safety certifications

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to:
  • Use hands and arms to finger, handle, reach, and feel
  • Talk and hear
  • Stand, walk, and climb
  • Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, balance, crouch, or crawl
• Specific vision requirements include
  • Distance
  • Depth perception
  • Ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles
• Noise level is usually moderate