Grade Roller Operator ( Road Crew )

Regularly works in outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and humidity. Frequently works near moving mechanical parts, and is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions and vibration. Handles various toxic products such as epoxies, grouts, sealers, paints and cleaners, with exposure to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risks of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Performs a variety of manual construction tasks involving roads, highways and heavy construction projects under the direction of a crew foreman.

• Sawing lumber, dismantling forms, removing projections from concrete, and mounting pipe hangers.
• Regularly use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls; reach and grasp.
• Regularly twist, bend, stoop, kneel and crouch to perform duties
• Perform daily maintenance and safety checks of equipment.
• Performs a variety of tasks involving strenuous manual labor in heavy/highway construction projects
• Signal operators of construction equipment to facilitate alignment and movement of materials
• Hands on – efficiently operate heavy equipment that applies to grading.
• Coordinate with others including subcontractors, trucking and plant managers.
• Measuring and finishing grade stakes, pipe laying, drives stakes, and stretches tight line.
• Tends pumps, compressors, or generators
• Climb intermittently
• Supervise and train crew members
• Load, unload, or distribute materials, machinery, or tools to and from designated locations
• Maintain clean work area by disposing of trash and debris properly.
• Assist craft workers, such as carpenters, ironworkers, plasterers and masons
• Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, or compact and level earth
• May be called upon to operate a variety of power and hand tools: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, mechanical hoists, surveying, measuring and other equipment
• Promote and adhere to the company’s safety program.
• Measure, mark, or record openings or distances as part of site preparation
• Use picks, shovels, and rakes to level earth or asphalt to rough and fine grade specifications/elevations
• Regularly push/pull objects
• Mixes concrete apply caulking, as needed.

• Must have reliable transportation, and ability to travel to assigned worksites
• Display a professional and courteous attitude to co-workers, supervisors, and the general public
• Good vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
• Regularly reach above shoulder level
• Ability to work nights and weekends when necessary
• Able to communicate effectively with jobsite supervisor and co-workers
• Ability to listen, follow directions, and have a willingness to continue to enhance skills
• Knowledge of utilizing power tools: Bolts, nails, aligns, and block up under forms.
• Ability to operate a variety of tools and equipment such as hand tools, power tools and motorized equipment.
• Constant physical effort, including extended standing for at least 8 hour shift
• Active Driver’s license
• Two (2) years’ experience working as a Grade Laborer, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent hand, eye and foot coordination.
• Able to hear and respond to oral instructions in a noisy environment.
• Repetitively lift and carry at least 75 pounds on a regular basis, and sometimes heavier weight.
• Two (2) years’ experience grading experience
• High School diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Able to multi-task and working under short time constraints
• Intermittent sitting; continuous walking on construction site.
• General knowledge of road construction processes.
• Agility, balance, and manual dexterity, as well as arm-hand steadiness