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Portsmouth CorTech LLC

Job Ref:  347135
Employer:  CorTech LLC
Job Type:  Contract
Salary and Benefits:  15.00-15.00/Per Hour
Remote:  No

Location

City:  Portsmouth
Post Code:  23704
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Description

JobRUs is currently seeking General Laborers in Portsmouth, VA.

Monday-Friday 6:30 am -3 pm
Paying $15.00 per hour
Assignment Length: contract to perm with City of Portsmouth


The purpose of this position is to perform and complete unskilled and semi-skilled municipal building, water, sewer, road, drainage, and other maintenance and construction work.
Included are assignments such as snow and ice control operations, street cleaning, seasonal clearing, and cleaning operations; water, sewer, road, and drainage systems and facilities maintenance, repair, and construction; trench hand grading and pipe laying; curb laying, street repairs and paving; improving traffic and pedestrian access and sight distances; grounds maintenance, vegetation trimming, cutting, and removal; backfilling, loading, and transporting, and implementing job site and work safety procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Mows grass, weeds, and brush.
Rakes and picks up leaves and other debris.
Clears culverts, drains, roads, ditches, and hydrants.
Paints and puts antifreeze in hydrants.
Performs other manual and machine-assisted maintenance, repair, and construction work.
2. Shovels snow and spreads sand and salt on sidewalks, parking lots, steps, etc.
Spreads sand, gravel, and asphalt.
Digs and moves materials with hand tools, wheelbarrows, and hand trucks.
3. Loads and unloads heavy materials from vehicles.
Assists with stocking operations.
Mixes and pours cement.
Lays asphalt and patches streets.
Installs and repairs water and sewer facilities and lines.
Assists in the installation, maintenance, and repair of water and sewer facilities.
Assists with meter installations and program meter boxes.
Maintains parks and other grounds.
4. Performs other heavy laboring and various unskilled and semi-skilled tasks essential to municipal building, public works, and utility operations using a wide variety of power, pneumatic and hand tools.
Operates a snow plow truck and/or serves as the operator's helper.
Uses sidewalk tractors and trucks rated 1.5 tons or less.
5. Assists with preparing, maintaining, and performing job site and work safety
practices.


Qualifications
Education and Experience - Applicants for this position must have graduated from high school or have earned a graduate equivalent diploma (GED), have a working knowledge of how to care for, operate, and use tools and equipment effectively and efficiently
Preferred to have at least (2) two years experience in construction or maintenance work.
ref: (347135)
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