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General Construction Laborer

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Are you looking for a rewarding construction career with a company committed to building a workplace where solid teamwork, collaboration and accountability are at the forefront of our interactions with each other, and with our clients? Yoe Construction is currently seeking a General Construction Laborer.

You will work on various industrial, commercial, institutional, and related projects that supply the construction field. The General Construction Laborer will serve as a key participant in building long-lasting relationships with Yoe team members, clients, and contractors.

  • Classification: Hourly
  • Pay: Weekly
  • Reports to: Foreman & General Superintendent
  • Location: Varies

Why Yoe?

Yoe Construction is a team-oriented company that invests in your growth to help you meet your career goals. Yoe fosters a fun, engaging company culture that rewards hard work and prioritizes safety and quality.

What else makes Yoe a great place to work?

  • Competitive Pay
  • Generous Travel Benefits & Flexible Scheduling
  • Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • SIMPLE IRA with 3% Company Match
  • Vacation Time
  • Friendly, Safety-Focused Culture

Most importantly, work with Yoe because of our values:

INTEGRITY  |  QUALITY  |  SAFETY  |  TEAMWORK

General Construction Laborer Responsibilities

  • Participates in “safety toolbox meetings”.
  • Construction Laborers perform tasks involving physical labor at construction projects.
  • May operate a variety of hand and power tools.
  • Ability to read tape measure.
  • May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, clean up rubble and debris and remove waste materials, etc.
  • May assist other craft workers.
  • Performing a variety of tasks involving strenuous manual labor in construction projects.
  • Maintaining a clean job site: picking up all tools and equipment and secure job site each day to eliminate potential hazards.
  • Handling and storing materials.
  • Shoveling, raking, seeding, checking grade, etc.
  • Loading and unloading trucks and hauling and hoisting materials
  • Ensuring that proper safety and incident reporting procedures are followed, bringing problems to the attention of the Foreman, Safety Director, General Superintendent.
  • Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
  • While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen.
  • Other duties as assigned by the General Superintendent.

 Experience/Requirements:

  • A willingness to further education by attending apprenticeship training or other job skills training offered by the company.
  • Skill in the standard use of tools and equipment of the profession.
  • Ability to understand and follow directions.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.

Physical Requirements:

  • Performs strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions. Must have excellent stamina.
  • Coordinate eye-hand movements with control and precision.
  • Use hands and fingers fully; reach for, manipulate, and feel objects; stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
  • Climb and maintain body balance on ladders, scaffolding, or high structures; and see and hear well (either naturally or with correction).
  • Lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
  • Stoop, lay, bend or squat for long periods of time.

Working Conditions:

  • May be exposed to fumes, dust, or other airborne particles.
  • May be exposed to loud noises.
  • Position regularly works near moving mechanical parts and vibrating machinery.
  • May be exposed to extreme outside conditions that include inclement weather, heat and humidity or cold and wet conditions.
  • May be exposed to hazardous chemicals or waste.

Other:

  • Travel will be required. Must be willing to travel and work from project sites.
  • Comfortable working at a customer’s jobsite as required.
  • Comfortable working off hours or OT if needed to complete a project.
  • Shiftwork may be required.
  • Weekend work may be required.
  • High school diploma/GED
  • Basic first aid training
  • 10-Hour OSHA Certification
  • MSHA Part 46 Certification
  • Industrial machine licenses (such as a forklift license) preferred.
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Must live within a 30-mile radius of Dallastown, PA.

Must be able to pass pre-employment screening including a drug test.

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