BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Construction Laborer

Department of Aviation

Skilled Trade Section

Number of Positions: 2

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $50.15 per hour

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City’s collective bargaining agreement with LABORERS INTNL UNION OF N.A. LOC 1092 BARGAINING UNIT #53 (BU 53). Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

BID INSTRUCTIONS: Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

1. Check the box on your profile titled “Currently employed by the City of Chicago”

2. Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled ‘payee/employee number’)

3. Select your correct bargaining unit

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59pm CDT on 03/15/2025

Under immediate supervision, performs physically demanding labor and assists skilled trades workers at construction, maintenance, and repair project sites of public facilities or in the public way including streets, roadways, runways, taxiways and airport service roads; water distribution structures, sewer/drainage structures, bridges, and viaducts, and performs related duties as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

· Prepares work sites, digging and backfilling trenches and tunnel and shaft excavations

· Removes dirt and clears obstructions from around work areas (e.g., sewer mains, catch basins, valve basins, water and electrical vaults, manholes)

· Sets and removes braces and shoring equipment and drives sheeting to support the sides of excavations and prevent cave-ins

· Installs, repairs, and/or removes concrete and masonry retaining and bearing walls

· Demolishes old pavement, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, sewers, and catch basins as directed

Repair old pavement, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, sewers, and catch basins as directed.

· Operates bobcat, skid steer, frontend loader, forklift, electric and manual pallet jack, as required

· Excavates and grades ground leveling base and concrete

· Assists skilled trades workers in the construction of scaffolding from ground level to approximately 200 feet above ground

· Operates and maintains pneumatic tools (e.g., jack hammers, concrete/pavement breakers, sandblasters, clay spades)

· Uses hand tools (e.g., shovels, picks, sledgehammers)

· Mixes and pours concrete in specified amounts as directed

· Loads and unloads materials and equipment from trucks and ensures proper tools and equipment are on work site and in working order

· Helps lift and place materials (e.g., pipes, valves, hydrants, castings) into trenches using pipe sticks, ropes, dollies and/or other appropriate means as needed and directed

· Removes materials from worksites and from below-grade areas by hand or use of power tools as directed

· Assists skilled trades workers by readying and supplying needed tools, equipment, and materials

· Sets up barricades, safety cones, and steel street plates around work sites

· Removes rock in underground tunnels

· Marks work sites and identifies area of underground utilities with paint

· Directs vehicular/pedestrian traffic around work sites

· Notifies customers of interruptions in water service

NOTE: The list of essential duties is not intended to be inclusive; there may be other duties that are essential to particular positions within the class.

Location: AMB Building-Building 891

11601 W. Touhy Ave

Days: Mon-Fri

Days off: Sat/Sun

Shifts: 1stor 2nd Shift

Hours: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM OR 11:00 PM – 7:30 AM

NOTE: Location of assignment and shift hours to be determined by seniority/operational needs

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE