General Construction Laborer

Job details

• Location: Schomberg, ON
• Salary: $40 hourly (To be negotiated) / 40 hours per week
• Terms of employment: Full time, permanent employment
• Day: Weekdays, weekends
• Start date: as soon as possible
• Vacancies: 1 vacancy

Responsibilities:

• Understand construction health and safety policies
• Participate in on-the-job training when necessary
• Care for and maintain construction equipment and machines following necessary guidelines
• Assist machine operators, and other skilled labour tasks when necessary
• Signal equipment operators to facilitate machinery control, movement, and to ensure safety and accuracy of daily work.
• Set up traffic signs, control the traffic near the construction zones
• Prep construction site at the beginning of the day, keep the site in a safe and clean condition
• Regularly check and maintain site conditions 
• Document supplies, materials imported/exported off site, assist estimating/ordering materials, equipment for urgent work within budget and in a timely manner
• Load/offload construction materials; place/organize materials in a designated area according to drawings/plans and/or direction
• Assemble and disassemble temporary structures, such as trench boxes, ladders, lagging, etc.
• Control/install/uninstall water pumps, generators, and other equipment for construction purposes.
• Cut, fill, level materials to required elevations using hand tools,
• Digging/backfilling trenches and holes; compacting and levelling the earth to designed grade, using rakes, shovels, and other tools
• Elevation checking using laser; setup/verify work layout using GPS, laser, tape measures etc.
• Performing demolition, concrete cutting, breaking,
• Re-verify or re-measure results and define how well the work was achieved
• Track and report work tasks and provide regular status updates
• Identify any work issues that may occur; recommend measures and remediate the problems with permissions and instructions from supervisor to improve productivity/quality
• Suggest methods/procedures to management team to prepare project schedule and task deadlines
• Work with the management team to establish project schedule, and assign task deadlines
• Read and understand construction plan, detailed schedule, drawings, standards; inspect field work to ensure work completed meeting all requirements. 
• Note any discrepancies and report to supervisor
• Prepare individual work progress reports, daily logs, safety reports
• Attend onsite meetings when required
• Self-supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities with other co-workers, and contractors
• Collect site data required for preparation of closeout documentation including as-built

Qualifications and Skills

• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Have High school diploma or higher
• Have at least 2 years’ experience as a general laborer in the construction industry.
• Have basic knowledge in construction tools, heavy equipment including loaders, rollers, excavators, dozers, etc.
• willing to enroll courses to obtain required work certifications including WHIMIS, Working at Heights, Fall Arrest, Confined Space, Work and Safety Awareness 4 Steps
• Be able to do physical labour tasks
• Be able to work in all weather, indoor, outdoor
• Be punctual and reliable, well organized
• Be able to work a flexible schedule, overtime, weekends if required
• Be able to effectively communicate in a professional manner
• Be able to work with minimal supervision.
• Self-motivated, with strong desire to learn and lead others.
• Computer literacy including Word, Excel, Gmail is considered an asset.

Languages

• English