Job Location : Jacksonville,FL, USA
**Job Title: Construction Technician**
**Job Description**
We are looking for two Construction Highway Technicians to assist in duties such as installing roadway guardrails on highways throughout the greater Jacksonville area. Candidates will have daily experience installing guardrails along with signs, handrails, and crash cushions (attenuators) for DOT projects on active highways and roads.
**Responsibilities**
+ Install roadway guardrails, signs, handrails, and crash cushions (attenuators) on highways.
+ Use hand tools for digging and attaching guardrail beams to posts.
+ Handle and install materials, including loading and unloading them from a flat-bed truck or trailer.
+ Dig holes for the installation of guardrails.
+ Operate power tools, such as a 10-inch core bit or larger.
+ Cement guardrail legs into place.
+ Drive larger trucks like Ford F-450s and possibly pull a long trailer with guardrail materials.
**Essential Skills**
+ Minimum 1+ years' experience working on highway construction (Commercial/DOT experience preferred).
+ Ability to use hand tools and power tools effectively.
+ Experience in handling and installing heavy materials.
+ Mechanically inclined, capable of using hand and power tools to install nuts/bolts of guardrails.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Clean driving record.
+ Reliable transportation.
**Why Work Here?**
This is a direct placement opportunity. The role offers a stable and consistent work environment with the chance to work on important DOT projects. Our company values reliability and offers a structured work schedule.
**Work Environment**
The work environment includes highways, roads, and streets in the Jacksonville area. The shifts are Monday to Friday, either from 7 am to 5 pm or 7 pm to 1 am, depending on traffic regulations. Contractors must have availability to work both days and nights.
**Job Type & Location**
This is a Permanent position based out of Jacksonville, Florida.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.