Turner Construction Company

Laborer Journeyman

Turner Construction Company

Austin Texas

Salary: Neg Per Hour




Essential Duties and Responsibilities


  • Pick up, collect, sort, and dispose of (or recycle) jobsite construction debris.
  • Perform general construction cleaning activities including sweeping, mopping, or vacuuming floors, wiping down horizontal and vertical surfaces, and moving and organizing jobsite construction materials, tools, and equipment.
  • Mop, brush, or spread paints, cleaning solutions or other compounds over surfaces to clean them or to provide protection.
  • Operate jackhammers and drills to break up concrete or pavement.
  • Place, consolidate, and protect case-in-place concrete or masonry structures.
  • Position, join, align, and seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections and pipes.
  • Shovel cement and other materials into portable cement mixers; and mix, pour, and spread concrete.
  • Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials.
  • Smooth and finish freshly poured cement or concrete, using floats, trowels, screeds, or powered cement finishing tools.
  • Spray materials through hoses to clean, coat, or seal surfaces.
  • Tend machines that pump materials through spray-guns for application to ceilings and walls.
  • Tend pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment.
  • Lubricate, clean and repair machinery, equipment, and tools.
  • Apply caulking compounds by hand or using caulking guns.
  • Build and position forms for pouring concrete, and dismantle forms after use, using saws, hammers, nails, or bolts.
  • Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
  • Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, and compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes.
  • Erect and disassemble scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, and other temporary structures.
  • Load, unload, and identify building materials, machinery, and tools, and distribute them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans and specifications.
  • Mix ingredients to create compounds for covering or cleaning surfaces.
  • Provide assistance to craft workers, such as carpenters and concrete finishers.
  • Demolish structures and salvage useful materials.
  • May perform other duties as necessary or required.

Required Knowledge


  • Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of buildings and other structures.
  • Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
  • OSHA knowledge and understanding of safety requirements.

Skills Required


  • Safe use of power tools such as saws, drills, planes, sanders, routers and grinders.
  • Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Physical Demands


  • The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
  • The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
  • The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
  • The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Job Overview

Posted Date: 30 Dec 2023

Location: Austin Texas

Salary: Neg Per Hour

Company Information

The Turner Construction Company is an American construction company with presence in 20 countries. It is a subsidiary of the German company Hochtief. It is the largest domestic contractor in the United States as of 2020, with a revenue of $14.41 billion in 2020.

Name: Turner Construction Company

Web: https://www.turnerconstruction.com/

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