Brick Mason - Shelby County School District : Job Details

Purpose and Scope

OVERVIEW

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is seeking dynamic educational champions ready to position our district as a national exemplar of education transformation. We need leaders with a fierce commitment to actualizing a bold vision that yields ambitious outcomes for more than 110,000 students and families across the Memphis-Shelby County area. The reality is that we can do better for kids, and we will with the right leaders in place. The most successful candidates believe that more is possible for Memphis and are:

* Courageous Thinkers & Doers: Prepared to navigate and thrive in a complex and ambiguous environment on day one, present innovative ideas to address systemwide issues, and execute sustainable plans toward transformation.

* Solutions-Oriented: See the possibilities, demonstrate the capacity to synthesize information and adjust short and long-term goals, and consistently find a window when doors close to deliver measurable results for kids and families.

* High-Performing Gamechangers: Leader of leaders with the capacity to mobilize and empower an outstanding team, make people-centered data-informed decisions, and operate with a relentless hyperfocus on removing stubborn barriers that destroy the hopes and dreams of too many of our students.

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

The essential function of the position within the organization is performs journeyman level work in the repair of mason structures or the erection of new mason structures requiring the use of materials, such as stone, brick, concrete, artificial stone, or related masonry materials.

Essential Job Functions

1.Lays building materials, such as bricks, structural tile, concrete cinder, and other materials, to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures.2.Mixes mortar to proper consistency for jointing brick and other materials together.3.Applies mortar to brick and other materials.4.Break bricks and other material to proper size for fitting.5.Repairs and finishes mortar joints between stones or bricks of masonry wall.6.Removes old mortar from joints and trowels new mortar into joints7.Works in precarious or unusual positions, such as block and tackle scaffolding and ladders.8.Uses specialized and common tools.9.Cleans work area.10.May be required to assist in the training of an apprentice.11.Responds to emergency situations when requested.12.Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED. Must have 4 years? experience as a commercial bricklayer.