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General Summary

From complex infrastructure to minor construction, Granite Construction offers a unique set of opportunities to gain experience and build your career. As one of the largest diversified construction companies in the nation, you will have the opportunity to learn and work with some of the best experts in the field.

Why Choose Granite?

Granite’s Benefits and Well-Being program consistently ranks at near the top level for all companies in our industry (and outside out industry as well).  A few of the benefits we offer to our employees :

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401K Program with Employer Match up to 6%
• Company Paid Basic Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Optional Allstate Benefits Voluntary Plans
• 7 Paid Holidays

Build your career with Granite Construction Company!

Pay Range : $19.00-$26.00 DOE

Constructs, erects, installs, and repairs structures and fixtures of wood structures, using hand tools and power tools, and conforming to industry standards.

Essential Job Accountabilities

Selects specified type of lumber or other materials

Prepares layout, using rule, framing square, and calipers

Marks cutting and assembly lines on materials, using pencil, chalk, and marking gage

Shapes materials to prescribed measurements, using saws, chisels, and planes

Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue

Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete

Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level

Work Experience

Minimum of 1 year experience required

Dam or other heavy structure experience highly preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Workers should be able to :

Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy

Apply shop mathematics to solve problems

Plan work and select proper tools

Compare and see differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects

Picture solid objects from drawings or diagrams

Perform a variety of duties which may change often; and rate information using standards that can be measured or checked

Work outdoors in all weather conditions

Work Safely by Choice

Physically, workers must be able to :

Climb and maintain balance on scaffolds and ladders

Reach for, handle, and manipulate objects and materials

Lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds

Stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, and see well (either naturally or with correction).