Pusher

Job Description: Pusher

FLSA Status: Hourly Non-exempt position
Benefits eligibility: 60 days after hire date
Full Time
Reports to: Foreman

Job Purpose: Work alongside, lead and motivate labor crew to ensure timely completion and accomplishment of target objectives

Job Duties:

• Motivate labor crew to ensure continuous work and accomplishment of objectives
• Ensure labor crew’s safety at all times
• Maintain and repair equipment as needed to ensure tools are functional at all times
• Coordinate labor crew’s activities with foreman and superintendent
• Perform same duties as labor crew including all manual labor required
• Conduct training of pushers to ensure quality work at all times
• Work with crew to perform cleanup duties around work area
• Other duties as assigned

Skills/Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent knowledge and experience required. Field experience and knowledge of pipeline construction. Good leadership skills required. Attention to detail, initiative, and reliability. Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to stand for long periods of time, perform repetitive physical and mental activities, have face-to-face and telephone contact with individuals or teams, have telephone conversations, meet strict deadlines and work with others in a group or team. Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to extreme weather conditions. The work is performed outdoors on the jobsite where the employee will be exposed to extreme heat and cold. The noise level in the work environment can be extreme on the jobsite.

Work Hours: Work hours are generally a regular work week of 40 hours; however, exact hours to work each day may vary as required.