Grade Checker; PHX

Grade Checker (PHX)

The Grade Checker is responsible for safely measuring and setting grade stakes to guide earth moving equipment in sloping highway, excavation and fill embankment operations.

• Seniority Level: Entry level
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Job Function: Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology, Construction

• Read and understand survey stakes, blueprints, sketches, and drawings to determine grade specifications required for fill, sloping or excavation operations.
• Read, measure, and set grade stakes along highway right-of-way to determine grade specifications in sloping highways and fill embankments using survey and/or measuring instruments and hand tools.
• Measure horizontally and vertically, in specified ratio, from survey stake to junction of embankment and initial excavation, utilizing survey and/or measuring instruments, GPS equipment, hand tools, and eye level.
• Observe excavating activities to verify conformance to stake references and notify equipment operators and supervision of deviations.
• Inspect, clean, and maintain tools, equipment, and machinery.
• Perform job site clean‑up and maintain job site free of hazards.
• May perform traffic control, including flagging.
• May perform a variety of physical tasks including but not limited to operating equipment and machinery.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Education: High School Diploma, GED or equivalent; years of experience preferred.
• Experience: At least 2 years of grade checking experience; required.
• Experience: Experience in grading, drainage, survey staking.
• Skills: Ability to communicate effectively; work day, swing, and night shifts (occasionally extended hours); work in constant exposure to outside elements, in all weather conditions; work in safety-sensitive construction setting, including exposure to moving machinery and heavy equipment; work collaboratively with a team in a fast‑paced and complex environment; squat, crawl, and work in awkward positions/confined spaces.

• Physical dexterity, stamina, and excellent hand‑eye coordination; ability to grasp, assemble and lift objects, stand, sit, and walk for extended periods over uneven surfaces, squat, bank, climb ladders onto equipment or other objects.
• Lifting, pushing, pulling of heavy items weighing up to 50 lbs. or more.

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and the parent company of one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug‑Free Workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.