Construction Laborer- Landscape- Union

Description

McGuire and Hester is a comprehensive sitework construction company with 100-year history of building many of Northern California's most recognizable landmark and infrastructure projects. We offer a full range of services, including pipeline, grading, paving, concrete, landscape and mechanical work, utilizing both conventional and alternative project delivery methods. Our team adage “Together We Build Things Right” sums up our culture and explains what makes McGuire and Hester both an excellent partner and a great place to work.

Job Summary-

This is a union position. Candidates must be a member of the applicable union or be willing and eligible to join the union as a condition of employment.

Perform tasks involving physical labor at building, highway, and heavy construction projects, tunnel and shaft excavations, and demolition sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types; air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instructions. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavation, erect scaffolding, clean up rubble, and debris, and remove asbestos, lead, and other hazardous waste materials

Reports to

Foremen, Project Superintendent and General Superintendent

Key Communication Partners

Foremen and Superintendent

Typical Duties

• Ability to work in a quick-paced, safety-oriented team environment
• Willingness to follow detailed instructions from leadership
• Experience working with hand and/or power tools to perform a range of landscape or irrigation duties
• Digging and cleaning trenches for irrigation and drainage systems
• Installing pipe, valves, control wire, sprinklers, and drip irrigation systems
• Place and prepare soil with amendments and fertilizers
• Raking and fine grading of prepared planting soil
• Tree and shrub planting including tree staking and/or gu...