Concrete Finisher - Huntsville

Job family: Trades Non-Union

Job title: Concrete Finisher

Reports to: Concrete Foreman, Superintendent, and Trades Manager

Position Description:

Place and finish concrete and repair materials.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:

• Understand and perform concrete patching and repair.
• Maintain positive working relationships with customers, contractors, suppliers and other employees
• Set and check forms that hold concrete to visually confirm proper construct for concrete placement and finishing.
• Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills, and other fixtures and embed in freshly poured concrete.
• Use levels and laser levels to ensure proper grade, placement, and finish of concrete.
• Place, spread, level, consolidate, and smooth concrete, use concrete pump, bucket, rake, vibrator, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float to perform work.
• Apply curing, hardening, and sealing compounds and materials to concrete surface.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.
• Inspect tools and power tools prior to use to ensure safe and working condition.
• Assist with jobsite safety and quality programs as required (including daily participation in Pre-Task Plans). Comply with safety protocols and communicate effectively in emergency situations. Ensure Trade employees/subcontractors comply with Turner standards and applicable safety codes, regulations, and jobsite security.
• Must be able to comprehend verbal instructions, signage, and written safety instructions from tool and equipment manufacturers
• Operate equipment including forklifts and powered finishing tools as needed and with focus on safety.
• Mix bagged concrete, grout, and repair materials per manufacturer instructions.
• Prepare existing surfaces to accept repair materials.
• Display high level of teamwork, integrity, commitment, and leadership in daily operations.
• Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools
• Understand and perform finish of concrete.
• Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction, along with the following:

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and risk of electric shock. The noise in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Minorities/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

VEVRAA Federal Contractor

• Reliable transportation required
• Clear communication skills
• Minimum of 3 years of concrete experience
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
• Ability to apply active listening skills, ask clarifying questions, and follow through on assignments
• Ability to travel and accommodate night and weekend work as needed
• Ability to accurately measure lengths with ruler or tape
• Knowledge of materials, methods, and tools involved in construction or repair of buildings or other structures, foundations, and framing
• Knowledge of basic arithmetic, basic geometry, and application to gereral carpentry