Concrete Construction Worker

Koan Builders, Salt Lake City

Concrete Construction Worker

We are hiring!  Do you want to work on creative projects in a team environment?  Have experience in the concrete trade? Don’t have experience but want to learn?  Please talk with us.

Who we are:

Koan Builders is a growing concrete construction company in Salt Lake Valley.  We specialize in footings/foundations, retaining walls, board formed walls, stairs, flat work, driveways, patios, porches, and walkways.  We support both residential and commercial projects.  We are a close knit team who takes care of each other and works well together.  Feel free to review our website or Instagram account to get an idea of the projects we work on:

koanbuilders.com

instagram.com/koanbuilders

We are looking for the following qualities in potential employees:

• No experience required but experience preferred

• Excitement about working in the concrete trade. Come learn the steps involved in turning raw materials into functional products enjoyed for decades.

• Punctuality; concrete requires employees to show up on time.  The concrete chemical reaction does not wait!

• Ability to follow directions but also can see needs on a project and want to solve them

• Attention to detail

• Ability to work for 8 hours a day, outside, on your feet while lifting objects and placing materials

• Positive attitude and desire to work

Daily job duties include:

• Raking and shoveling ground to prepare site for concrete area

• Measuring and setting chalk lines and setting level to define area for concrete

• Moving concrete forms and wood in place for forming concrete pour area

• For concrete flat work: securing lumber forms in place and together using stakes, nails, screws

• For concrete footings and foundations: securing concrete forms in place and together using wedge bolts, brackets, whalers, turnbuckles, nails, and stakes.  This may involve working off the ground with a harness

• Placing rebar and tying it together using wire

• Listening and assisting the team with functions related to the pouring of concrete footings and foundations

• Assisting in the pouring of concrete flat work

• If you have experience finishing flat work: assisting with screeding, floating, troweling, edging, joining, finishing and brooming the pad while working closely with the team

• Cleaning up the tools jobsite area

• Supporting a safe working environment by wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and by following safe building practices to minimize job site accidents and injuries

Call us today and let’s see if there is a fit!

Dave Greenwell: 801-300-5454