Job Summary:
A Civil Helper will assist the journeyman to complete tasks. They may lay out, assemble, and assist in complex tasks. Helpers learn mathematical functions and know their applications per their designated craft. They are also able to properly identify and receive instruction on the proper and safe use of, hand tools, power tools, equipment, and their procedures.
•Level IV: Competent to complete Journeyman level Civil Craft tasks with minimal supervision.
Overview of Primary Duties:
•Ability and assist with selecting scaffold component sizes and types and related materials, such as supports, hangers, and hydraulic cylinders, according to specifications.
•Ability to select gear, such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weight and size, facilities, and work schedule.
•Assist with assembling and installing supporting structures, rigging, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools.
•Assist with bolt or screw sections together.
•Assist with erecting and dismantling scaffolding; inspect and sort scaffolding as required.
· Assist with erecting, handrails, walkways, and gangways in conjunction with formwork.
•Using hand and power tools, assist with fabricating and caring for rigging, such as slings, tackle, and ladders.
•Assist with operating a transit/level to set the grade for paving forms, establish the sub-grade, and set the grade pens for the finished concrete grade.
•Assist with placing and finishing concrete to the correct grade to ensure proper drainage and smooth ride quality that adheres to all City, State, and Federal Standards.
•Assist with pouring smoothing and leveling concrete using a rake, trowel, float, and screed.
•Assist with preparing the layout of the form or fixture to be fabricated using lines or grades.
•Assist with setting up hoisting equipment for raising and placing scaffold components.
•Assist with setting forms for alleys, streets, driveways, sidewalks, ADA ramps, inlets, curbs, and concrete structure improvements.
•Assist with polishing the surface using a power surfacing machine
· Assist with tie rebar.
•Assists in determining the number, size, shape, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, and oral instructions.
•Loads, transport, and unloads material, tools, equipment, and supplies.
•Maintaining and up-keep scaffolding materials, in proper order
•May assist in lifting, positioning, and securing material and work pieces during installation.
•May assist in welding reinforcing bars together, using arc-welding equipment.
•May build or reinforce forms or bracing before pours.
•May load and unload scaffold components and equipment.
· May mix cement or epoxy grouts using a concrete mixing machine or hoe.
•May perform minor maintenance or cleaning activities of tools and equipment.
· May signal the concrete deliverer to position the truck to facilitate pouring.
•Nails cleats (braces) across boards to construct concrete-supporting forms.
· Observe flat drawings or diagrams and understand how they would look like solid objects.
· Operation of electric and pneumatic tools.
•Positions and secures steel bars in concrete forms to reinforce concrete.
•Safely operates power vibrators to ensure the concrete is compacted.
•Uses carpentry hand tools such as hammers, levels, squares, screwdrivers, adjustable, wrenches, hand and power saws, drill motors, and pry bars.
•Verifies accuracy of structure with transit, plumb bob, square, and level.
•Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of scaffold components using plumb bob, level, or other instruments.
•Demonstrate Yates Core Values and Principles
•Follow Yates Code of Conduct
•Safety Responsibilities and Expectations
•Responsible for refusing unsafe work and for carrying out all work by the established Yates Safety Procedures and Work Practices
•Report all incidents, near hits, and hazards to management.
•Required to wear and maintain personal PPE.
•Advise fellow employees of hazardous situations.
•Participate in workplace inspections.
•Comply with statutory requirements, including duty of care.
•Participate in required and assigned training.
•Provide suggestions to improve Safety.
•Present a mature approach to working safely.
•Attend prestart and Safety meetings and contribute.
•Other related duties as needed and assigned by Field Supervision.
•This is not an all-inclusive list of tasks an employee may be asked to do. Employees are expected to complete any tasks they are assigned.
Qualifications:
Level IV:
•Thirty-six (36) + months of heavy industrial-related civil experience
•Other verified experiences or certifications with civil craft experience
Level III:
•Twenty-four (24) to thirty-five (35) months of heavy industrial-related civil experience
Level II:
•Twelve (12) to twenty-three (23) months of heavy industrial-related civil experience
Level I:
•Zero (0) to eleven (11) months of heavy industrial-related civil experience
•One (1) year of industrial experience
Requirements:
•Must have the ability to read and interpret instructions and documentation
•Personal hand tools required for craft as established on the Yates Industrial Minimum Tool List
•Apply basic mathematical skills.
· Work within precise standards of accuracy.
•Compare and see differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects.
•Successful completion of required Safety training to include, but not limited to, Confined Space, LOTO, and Working at Heights
Physical Demands/Essential Job Functions:
This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This is not an all-inclusive list of functions that an employee may be asked to do. Employees are expected to complete any tasks they are assigned.
Physical requirements for this role may include but are not limited to:
•All weather conditions at varying temperatures
•Work at varying elevations
•Will work in windy and dusty environments
•Moderate to high noise levels
•The project site will contain light to heavy equipment vehicles, small to large equipment, materials, communication equipment, and tools
•Ability to hear bells, whistles, and alarms
•Required to wear safety-approved body harnesses when working at 4’ or above
•Required to adhere to large amounts of standing, walking, bending, squatting, climbing, and lifting
•Ability to talk and hear to communicate
•Will use arms and hands to signal, grab, hold, turn, push, and pull objects, materials, controls, and tools
•Must be able to lift, carry, and move heavy objects up to 25 lbs.
•Will use vision abilities to focus, see short and long distances, colors, depth perception, and peripheral vision
About Yates Construction
Ranked among the top commercial and industrial construction companies in the country by Engineering News-Record, Yates Construction is family-owned. It provides a wide range of construction and building services. Incorporated in 1964 by William G. Yates Jr., we have steadily grown to become one of the nation's top commercial and industrial construction companies. We are financially sound, with a significant bonding capacity and vast personnel and equipment resources.
Our portfolio includes commercial and industrial projects from various sectors, including arts and culture, civil, commercial, education, entertainment and gaming, federal, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, municipal, retail, and technology. We work hard to understand our client's business needs and continually look for opportunities to add value to them and their projects.
Our client relationships are the foundation of our success, and our primary goal is to help each client achieve their vision. We do this by carefully managing the details and complexities of each project and communicating constantly with all team members.
Yates Construction is a military-friendly employer and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics, in addition to federal and state law requirements.
Yates complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities.