General Laborer

The General Laborer performs a wide variety of manual tasks to assist in the construction and maintenance of

roads, and grading/ maintaining rights of way.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Assists in the construction and maintenance of roads, grading, and maintaining rights of way, and participates in other projects of the department, as assigned.
• Clears rights of way, packs dirt, piles brush and trash, works concrete, cinders, granite, rocks, and other materials using a variety of gas powered or hand tools.
• Digs, spreads, and levels dirt and gravel using pick and shovel.
• Lifts and carries materials, tools, and supplies to the work site and assists with their use, as instructed.
• Loads and unloads trucks of dirt, supplies, and construction materials.
• Mixes, pours, and spreads concrete, asphalt, gravel, and other materials using hand tools.
• Joins, wraps, and seals sections of pipe.
• Removes forms from set concrete, fills expansions joints with asphalt, places culvert sections in trenches, and assembles sections of pipe.
• Cleans tools, equipment, and work area and checks fluid levels on motorized tools.
• Operates Non-CDL equipment as needed.
• Requires regular and prompt attendance plus the ability to work well with others and work well as a team.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.