General Laborer

Salary: Starting at $20/hr.

Watts Electric Company has been a trusted electrical contractor in Nebraska and surrounding states for over 40 years. We specialize in diverse electrical projects including airports, roadway lighting, signing, and underground utility construction. Our people are our greatest asset and were committed to attracting, developing, and retaining top talent. Join us and build a career where you can grow, thrive, and make an impact alongside a team that values your contributions.

Position Summary

As a general laborer you will be responsible for assembling, assisting, and completing various tasks or objects to ensure that results will be the best quality. This role offers a direct path for advancement within the company.

Essential Job Functions

• Assemble signal arms and fixtures on power poles prior to them being set.
• Assist with setting poles, structures, and power foundations.
• Shovel rock, tamp poles, and tamp trenches.
• Glue pipe and pull wire in conduit.
• Tying of steel cages.
• Assist in concrete pours and finishing.
• Load, unload, and haul materials and equipment.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Motivated to expand knowledge and seek ways to do so
• Ability to stay out of town overnight
• Ability to make timely decisions
• Reliable and punctual
• Works well on a team
• Abide by the organization's policies and procedures
• Ability to adapt to changes

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function of the position. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, (to finger, handle, or feel), reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear and taste or smell.

The employee must regularly lift and or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job included 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. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefit Package

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Company paid Life Insurance

Matching 401K

Paid time off

Watts Electric Company is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.