Construction - Entry Level

$18 - $23 per Hour

Construction - Entry Level

A construction assistant is responsible for assisting with a variety of tasks such as tidying up work areas, unloading materials, preparing worksites, cleaning debris, and executing other tasks as assigned.

A construction assistant serves important roles on a construction site by expediting the completion of construction projects.

For Lothorian’s job sites, some plumbing will be performed, along with a multitude of other trade work. Duties would include:

• Assisting with plumbing, digging trenches, installations, laying out of tools, and performing several other masonry work.
• Ensuring that construction sites are well-managed and kept clean.
• Tidying up and preparing construction sites, while also ensuring that safety rules and regulations are strictly adhered to.
• Carrying out a variety of assigned tasks on construction sites which may include assisting construction site engineers and supervisors.
  
• Getting rid of the trash, debris, and other potentially dangerous materials from construction sites
• Assisting construction project manager in the process of surveying to determine what materials are being kept or removed for an upgrade.
• Loading, unloading, and identifying building materials and ensuring that they are distributed to the appropriate locations.
• Servicing and operating compressors, generators, power/hand tools, and several other construction equipment
• Construction assistant Requirements – Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities for Career Success
• Good mechanical skills, since a construction assistant must be able to operate light construction equipment such as trenchers, forklifts, and several other tools that are used on construction sites
• Physical stamina and/or strength, since a construction assistant must be able to lift at least 100 pounds of weight and also carry heavy tools in all kinds of weather daily.
• Good listening skills, since he or she must be able to follow instructions and ensure that they are executed efficiently and effectively.
• Good organizational skills which enable him or her to set up various tools and materials and also manage and monitor them
• Excellent time management skills, since building projects are on schedule in most cases and a construction assistant must complete assigned tasks promptly.
• Decent math skills, as this is required to ensure precision and/or accuracy in tasks like pouring concrete, cutting lumbers, and so on chemicals.

Lothorian Pools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy and related conditions, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran’s status, genetic information, or other protected group status.