Laborer

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : Based on Collective Bargaining Agreement

Landwehr Construction, a fifth-generation family-owned business, has built a reputation for outstanding customer service and commitment to excellence since 1895. As a turn-key site contractor, we provide a wide range of services including crane & rigging, demolition, environmental remediation, highway heavy construction, machinery moving, renewable energy projects, sitework & utilities, and wetland specialty services.

With three locations in the Midwest, including St. Cloud and Chaska, MN, and a division in Sioux Falls, SD, our expansive fleet and skilled team are equipped to tackle any project, regardless of scale or complexity.

Rooted in a rich history with a vision for the future, we continue to push the construction industry forward and meet the challenges of tomorrow. We are built to last; we are Landwehr.

This is a union position, pay and benefits will be based on the collective bargaining agreement.

Essential functions of the job include, but are not limited to :

• Lay out all parts and fittings on job site needed for the day.
• Pipelayer / Laborer topman and bottom (Pipelayer) to include assessing ground conditions, shoveling, digging trenches, assembling pipes, laying pipes following specifications or blueprints, packing dirt around pipe, bolting, communicating with heavy equipment operator when moving loads; jigging equipment; barring; leveling; using packer to pack dirt into place; filling trenches, drilling holes, and running tracer wire.
• Other Laborer responsibilities include guide in sheeting and other materials from Heavy Equipment Operator, shoveling / leveling, handling and setting up / break down of equipment; layout area; communicate between Heavy Equipment Operators / Crane; setting posts; laying rubber membranes; demolition; and clean-up of job site area.
• Assist with set-up of crane (2 hours to set-up). 6-7 crew members assist with set-up. Ensures boom is moved out of dolly (Oiler / Rigger), pins are unlocked from dolly to release boom, dolly is moved off to the side, outriggers are lifted and pads / cookies (4 / crane) are set, crane is roped off, rigging of crane dependent on material, equipment cables are set, and crane is moved into position.
• May operate Heavy Equipment and / or drive construction vehicles and trucks. Travel includes up to a 70-mile radius to job sites.

Qualifications :

Landwehr Construction is an AA / EEO / M / F / Vet / Disabled employer. Women, minorities and disabled persons are encouraged to apply.