Construction Locators and Laborers

Description

Company:

Tjader and Highstrom was founded in 1945 and has evolved into a highly competitive underground utility construction firm with a reputation for doing high quality work in a timely and efficient manner. With our diversified construction crews we have the ability to complete a variety of work including underground utilities, aerial, buried cable, fiber optic, directional boring, and fiber and copper splicer. Based in New Richmond, Wisconsin, Tjader and Highstrom has crews working throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other neighboring Midwest States.

Overview:

Under general supervision, this entry level position assists in performing tasks associated with the construction/upgrade of telecommunications systems.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to follow simple instructions
• Ability to dig pits, trenches and/or indentations manually or mechanically
• Ability to safely identify utilities in the trench/bore path.
• Ability to restore and landscape disturbed areas of the jobsite
• Performs site set-up and clean-up
• Ability to clean vehicles, trailers, tools and equipment
• Ability to demonstrate job skill, procedures and techniques to new hires
• The employee shall follow all safety rules at all times.
• The employee shall not engage in unsafe acts.
• The employee is expected to attend and participate in all safety meetings and training.
• The employee shall use all prescribed safety equipment that is required to safely do the job at hand.
• The employee shall report unsafe acts or conditions to his or her immediate Supervisor or Safety Personnel.
• The employee shall report any and all injuries, accidents and/or incidents immediately their immediate Supervisor.
• The employee shall be a safe worker at all times.
• Might require being on-call. Employee will respond to emergency call between the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. This position may require weekend work, night work and/or overnight travel.

Qualifications:  

• Must have ability to follow directions
• Standard Driver’s License Preferred, Class A CDL Highly preferred
• Must have the ability to operate manual and mechanical equipment necessary to complete jobs
• Must have or able to obtain knowledge of “safety systems” associated with trenching and/or drilling including set-up and emergency procedures
• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, and climb or balance. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds repeatedly and frequently lift or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions and may be subject to adverse conditions such as high humidity, high temperatures, high wind, extreme cold, rain, sleet, and snow. The outside work environment will vary throughout the workday including changes in terrain, traffic, urban settings and/or rural settings. The employee is occasionally exposed to natural gas and to the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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Our Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable state and federal laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. 


When you apply for this job, you will be asked to answer questions regarding your criminal background. Answering “Yes” to the criminal background questions will not automatically bar you from employment. A criminal background check will be conducted following any conditional offer of employment. Only those crimes which are substantially related to the position you are seeking will be considered. Please note that for certain contractors with whom we do business, based on the nature of their operation, the type of offense and related factors may affect your assignment to that contractor. Factors that will be taken into account include: (1) The facts or circumstances surrounding the offense or conduct; (2) the number of offenses for which you were convicted or plea was entered; (3) your age at the time of conviction or plea, or release from prison; (4) any evidence that you performed the same or similar type of work, post conviction/plea, with the same or different employers, with no known incidents of criminal conduct; (5) the length and consistency of employment history before and after the offense or conduct; (6) any rehabilitation efforts, e.g. education/training; (7) any employment or character references and any other information regarding your fitness for the particular position; and/or (8) whether you are bonded under a federal, state, or local bonding program. 


For applicants residing in and/or applying for a position in a state or locality listed below, please review the specific directions below before submitting your application. 


MASSACHUSETTS APPLICANTS: Choose the answer: "I live in and/or am applying for a job in a state that does not require an answer at this time." YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ANSWER THE CRIMINAL HISTORY QUESTIONS WHEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED A CONDITIONAL OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT. You do not have to identify any record relating to prior arrests, criminal court appearances or convictions for which the record has been sealed and is on file with the Commissioner of Probation. You also do not have to identify prior arrests, court appearances and adjudications in cases of delinquency or as a child in need of services which did not result in a complaint transferred to the superior court for criminal prosecution. You also do not have to identify (1) an arrest, detention or disposition regarding any violation of law in which no conviction resulted; (2) first-time misdemeanor convictions for drunkenness, simple assault, speeding, minor traffic violations, affray or disturbance of the peace; and (3) convictions for other misdemeanors where the date of conviction or the end of any period of incarceration was more than 5 years ago, unless there have been subsequent convictions within those 5 years. 

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. 


MICHIGAN APPLICANTS: Do not identify any misdemeanor arrests, detentions or dispositions that did not result in conviction. 


MINNESOTA APPLICANTS: Choose the answer: "I live in and/or am applying for a job in a state that does not require an answer at this time." YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ANSWER THE CRIMINAL HISTORY QUESTIONS WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF SELECTION FOR AN INTERVIEW, OR IF NO INTERVIEW, WHEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED A CONDITIONAL OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT.