General Laborer

Build More with Your Career at Christman Southeast Constructors

With projects throughout the mid-Atlantic, Christman Southeast Constructors (CSEC) is a great place to begin, continue or grow your career. We're searching for the next generation of innovative minds who want to shape the world and live to build. CSEC is looking for a General Laborer in our Knoxville, Tennessee region.

What You Will Do:

As a General Laborer, your primary daily responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Must be able to lift, carry, pull or push objects weighing 50-85 lbs.
• Must understand safety rules and tool/equipment instructions.
• Must maintain jobsite cleanliness, removing any safety hazards and following material disposal protocol.
• Identify safety hazards for you or other employees may be subject to and take all necessary corrective action to eliminate or minimize hazards.
• Must be able to kneel, stoop, crouch, balance, climb or crawl.
• Able to tolerate heights without fear.
• Must be able to stand or walk for long periods of time, reach for, handle or manipulate items for work in extreme weather conditions (heat, cold, wet).
• Must maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Must pass any skills tests as required by the jobsite.
• Must be able to read and understand safety rules, instructions in the use and maintenance of tolls and equipment.
• Due to varied conditions, must know the hazards and understand the safety requirements of each job, and must wear the appropriate personal protective equipment as required by the company's safety policies for every situations
• Must be able to consistently display positive and cooperative attitude while being given direction.
• Must perform additional related duties, as directed.

What You Will Bring to the Team:

Preferred experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum one (1) year of experience in a field or laborer commercial construction position.

Work Environment and Physical Demands: The majority of work is completed outside at the construction site and in an office trailer where the project is monitored, and daily decisions are made about construction activities. The position is often exposed to sounds and loud noises, such as construction equipment. The job requires the wearing of protective equipment when on the construction site (hardhats, safety glasses, and highly visible clothing). Temperatures and conditions may vary depending on the weather and seasons. As part of our focus on being a Great Place to Work, we want to make sure we are clear on a few more basics we expect:

• Ability to occasionally stand, walk, sit, reach (with hands and arms), climb, balance stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must be able to talk, hear, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, be able to use a telephone and operate a keyboard.
• Be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.

The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Why Christman?

At Christman, everyone is an owner. Through our employee stock ownership plan, each employee-owner shares in the collective success and wealth of our nationally recognized company and is eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program, including health insurance, 401K contribution, professional development and tuition reimbursement, and more.

CSEC is a premier full-service construction contractor with a tradition of excellence spanning more than a century and more than 75 years of regional experience. We are passionate about constructing facilities that drive our economy, improve our public infrastructure, and create the spaces that enable our clients to do what they do best.

With offices in Knoxville, Tennessee and Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina, CSEC specializes in:

• Carpentry & General Trades
• Concrete & Civil
• Mass Timber
• General Contracting

Learn more about how you can grow as a Christman Expert, Leader and Partner and build more with us.

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The Christman family of companies is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.