Concrete Laborer Jobs

Description:

CF&T provides full-service high-grade turn-key installation of structural, site, and decorative concrete as well as full-service assistance with pump, place and finish throughout the greater Northern California area. CF&T is under the umbrella of Harbor Linx, a premier 100% employee-owned merger and acquisition company in the Bay Area. As part of the family of Harbor Linx companies, we are a growing company with diverse career opportunities, and we work in both the public and private market sectors. CF&T has a terrific team environment where we work hard and give our best every day for each other, for our clients, and for the communities we work and live in.

Job Summary:
The Concrete Laborer will perform tasks involving physical labor at building, highway, and heavy civil construction projects. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, saws, drills, material pumps, small mechanical hoists, material handlers, surveying and measuring equipment and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May carry and transport materials and supplies. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, erect/dismantle scaffolding and shoring. May rake and rod concrete, consolidate and tamp concrete, and may clean up rubble and debris.

Reports to:
Foreman, Superintendent, and General Superintendent

Typical Duties:
Operate saws, jackhammers, and drills to break up concrete and pavement.
Place, rod, consolidate and protect concrete.
Clean and seal components such as concrete joints, walls, and flat work.
Shovel, spread and rake concrete and other materials.
Mix by hand or with portable cement mixers concrete and other materials.
Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials
Spray materials such as water, cure, release, stain, paint or ither through spray guns.
Ten pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment.
Lubricate, clean and repair machinery, equipment, and tools.
Operate, read, and maintain air monitoring and other sampling devices in confined and/or hazardous environments.
Apply caulking compounds by hand or using caulking guns
Assist with building and positioning forms for placing concrete followed by stripping and dismantle of forms after use with incorporation of saws, hammers, nails and/or bolts
Clean or prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
Control traffic passing near, in and around work zones.
Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations and compact and level earth to grade specifications using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes.
Erect and dismantle scaffolding, shoring braces, traffic barricades, ramps, and other temporary structures.
Grind, scrape, or polish surfaces such as concrete.
Load, unload and identify building materials, machinery and tools and distribute them to appropriate locations, according to project plans and specifications.
Measure, mark and record openings and distances to lay out areas where construction work will be performed.
Mix ingredients to create compounds for covering or cleaning surfaces.
Provide assistance to other craft workers, such as carpenters, masons, and operators.
Identify and pack materials

Activities:

1) Perform General Physical Activities: perform general physical activities that require considerable use of your arms, legs and moving whole body such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, kneeling, bending, and handling materials. This job requires standing, kneeling and bending for long periods of time.
2) Handling and Moving Objects: using hands and arms in handling, installing positioning materials and manipulating things.
3) Controlling Machines and Processes: use either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes
4) Monitor Progress, Materials or Surroundings: monitoring and reviewing information from materials events or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
5) Using and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment: adjust and test machines, devices, moving parts and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electrical principles). Determine when tools are not functioning properly and are in need of replacement or repair.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies:

1) Interpersonal: individual focuses on solving conflict, not blaming, listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control.
2) Teamwork: individual balances teamwork and individual responsibilities, exhibits objectively to openness to other views, contributes to building a positive team spirit and is able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives.
3) Planning/Organizing: the individual prioritizes and plans work activities and uses time efficiently.
4) Quality: the individual demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, looks for ways to improve and promote quality, applies feedback to improve performance and monitors their own work to ensure equality.
5) Quantity: the individual meet productivity standards and completes work in a timely manner.
6) Safety and Security: the individual observes safety and security procedures and uses equipment and materials properly.
7) Dependability: the individual in consistently at work on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction, commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals and completes tasks on time or proposes an alternative plan to appropriate person.

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 accommodation may be made to enable to individuals with disabilities to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions:
1) Education and Experience: Currently registered in a union apprenticeship program or have completed a union apprenticeship program.
2) Language Skills: Must have an understanding of English as associated with jobsite safety and the typical duties required of the position
3) Mathematical Skills: Basic understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
4) Reasoning Ability: apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions. Deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables
5) Computer Skills: No skills required
6) Certificates, Licenses, Registration: None required for this job

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described 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 essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to:
1) Static Strength: the ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull and carry objects. Frequently lifts, pushes, pulls, or carries 50lbs of weight during workday.
2) Trunk Strength: the ability to use your abdominal or lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without giving out or fatiguing.
3) Explosive Strength: the ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting) or to throw an object.
4) Manual Dexterity: the ability to quickly move your hand, your hands together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate or assemble objects.
5) Multi-limb Coordination: the ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. Works regularly on uneven surfaces good balance is necessary.
6) Flexibility: must have full range of mobility in upper and lower body and should be able to reach overhead and work in other positions including but not limited to stooping, bending over, sitting, kneeling, and squatting for extended periods of time.

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Compensation:
$23.56 - $37.20, based on skills, experience, and knowledge