Yard Worker

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Yard Worker

Job Description

Supervises: N/A

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

We are a Dynamic and Flexible Construction Company that strives to exceed our clients' needs. Action Traffic Maintenance, Inc. is a family-owned business with over 40 years of expertise and three generations working side by side.

We have grown to over 100 employees specializing in road signs, guardrails, high-tension cable barriers, and fencing. We construct the most cost-effective and desirable products by working directly with owners' architects, designers, and representatives. We aim to provide premium workmanship at a great value while maintaining a safety-first environment.

Position Summary:

The duties of a yard worker can vary and can include, but are not limited to:

• Loading and unloading materials, tools, and equipment. Must be able to receive multiple orders and organize them when loading them onto trucks or within the yard.
• Assisting in maintaining our MOT devices onsite as well as various equipment.
• Assisting in building cages
• Keep the yard/warehouse clean and organized.
• Must be a safe worker who can lift 90 pounds without assistance, occasionally up to 160 pounds, with assistance. This position also requires you to frequently stand, walk, kneel, crouch, and bend.
• Welding on occasion
• Must be willing to work outdoors.
• Occasionally operate various equipment to move materials around the yard.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Minimum Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and minimum qualifications necessary to perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job.

Requirements include the following:

• Problem-solving skills
• Valid Driver's License, CDL A or B (preferred but not required)
• Works well in a team environment where situations and demands change daily.
• Reliable source of transportation
• Effective Communication Skills
• Action Traffic Maintenance, Inc. has the discretion to consider an alternative combination of formal training/education and work experience for the Foreman and Superintendent positions. Furthermore, Action Traffic Maintenance, Inc. also reserves the right to alter or change compensation at any time with the approval of the company's Owners.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience operating construction equipment
• Experience as a material handler
• Experience operating yard equipment
• Ability to use hand tools.
• Welding
• Ability to accurately read a level and a tape measure.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the job's essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, sit, walk, climb, use hands and fingers, talk, hear, view, and create written documents. The employee uses hand strength to grasp tools and climb ladders or uneven terrain. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, such as operating and repairing vibrating machinery, using wrenches, hand tools, etc., and operating motorized equipment and vehicles. The employee must lift or push/pull objects up to 90 lbs., occasionally without assistance up to 160 lbs. with assistance.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.