General Laborers

Austin TX

Description

Apply now to express your interest and take the next step to complete your application in our office. Please include a full resume and work history. Labor Finders is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Your Job Are you a quick learner who’s good at performing a variety of tasks? Can you be ready to work at a different worksite from one day to the next? Do you prioritize the safety of your co-workers and yourself? Well, if you have any of these skills, interests, and abilities in you, then we’d love to talk to you about a great opportunity as a General Laborer. Your Day The job responsibilities may include the following: • Manually moving freight, stock, or other materials. • Cleaning and preparing a job site as well as loading and delivering materials. • Using a variety of tools and equipment such as blowtorches, forklifts, levels, lifts, power drills, grinders, saws, pressure washers, and water spraying equipment. • Setting up and taking down ladders, scaffolding, and other temporary structures. • Helping carpenters, masons, and other specialized contractors. • Controlling traffic at road construction sites, setting up markers, cones and barricades as well as flagging vehicles to control traffic flow. • Working outdoors in all kinds of weather or indoors without heating or air conditioning. • Safety training and certification for handling dangerous substances, like lead, asbestos, and other chemicals. • Completing on-the-job training programs, working with a mentor, and learning basic job and safety principles. • Adhering to safety standards and maintaining safe storage areas. • Ensuring the machines, equipment, and components receive proper cleaning and maintenance. • Obtaining required technical knowledge to use various tools or computerized machines. • Carrying or lifting heavy objects as well as squatting, kneeling, bending, or crawling in awkward positions. You will also need to: • Have physical strength, hand-eye coordination, endurance, depth perception, and the ability to concentrate on job responsibilities. • Be continually attentive and mindful of your surroundings to keep yourself and co-workers safe. • Be able to understand and communicate information. English language is also essential. • Wear protective equipment/gear as necessary (glove, eye-wear, hard-hat, steel-toes, etc.)