6 Construction Worker jobs in Zachary

We are seeking a Junior Level Technician. This role offers the opportunity to learn and grow within the construction materials testing industry, focusing on monitoring piles, logging piles, monitoring vibrations, classifying soils, and collecting materials for testing.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and log piles accurately.
• Monitor vibrations and classify soils efficiently.
• Collect materials for testing and ensure proper documentation processes.
• Follow technicians and engineers to gain a better understanding of the company and the construction materials testing industry.

Essential Skills:

• Concrete monitoring and inspection skills.
• Ability to follow documentation processes.
• Construction knowledge with 6+ months of experience.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Dependability and a positive attitude are essential.
• Possession of a truck is a plus.
• Clean DMV record is required.

Why Work Here?

Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is key, and every member contributes to the success of the company. Enjoy a supportive culture that values teamwork and professional growth.

Work Environment:

Work in a smaller office with less than 20 people, fostering close-knit relationships. The position involves a combination of field studies and office engineering work. Dress code includes well-fitting jeans and a clean shirt, along with personal protective equipment such as hard hats, safety glasses, and steel-toed boots. Embrace a work environment where the phrase 'not my job' is not an option.

Pay and Benefits:

The pay range for this position is $17.00 - $25.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type:

This is a fully onsite position in Baton Rouge, LA.

Application Deadline:

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 15, 2025.

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 meet 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.

We are seeking a Junior Level Technician. This role offers the opportunity to learn and grow within the construction materials testing industry, focusing on monitoring piles, logging piles, monitoring vibrations, classifying soils, and collecting materials for testing.

• Monitor and log piles accurately.
• Monitor vibrations and classify soils efficiently.
• Collect materials for testing and ensure proper documentation processes.
• Follow technicians and engineers to gain a better understanding of the company and the construction materials testing industry.

• Concrete monitoring and inspection skills.
• Ability to follow documentation processes.
• Construction knowledge with 6+ months of experience.

• Dependability and a positive attitude are essential.
• Possession of a truck is a plus.
• Clean DMV record is required.

Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is key, and every member contributes to the success of the company. Enjoy a supportive culture that values teamwork and professional growth.

Work in a smaller office with less than 20 people, fostering close-knit relationships. The position involves a combination of field studies and office engineering work. Dress code includes well-fitting jeans and a clean shirt, along with personal protective equipment such as hard hats, safety glasses, and steel-toed boots. Embrace a work environment where the phrase 'not my job' is not an option.

The pay range for this position is $17.00 - $25.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Baton Rouge, LA.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 15, 2025.

• 40-hour HAZWOPER training required
• City and State specific training may be required
• Per diem / living allowance and trips home.
• Subject to a background check & physical/drug screen
• Must be able to wear PPE when needed
• Will require frequent and extended travel to project sites
• Schedule M-F, occasional Saturdays
• Good long-term employment prospects

• Perform tasks involving physical labor at earthmoving, remediation, heavy construction projects, and demolition sites.
• Operate and maintain hand, power tools, and equipment of all types such as high-pressure washers (hot and cold), electric power tools, portable abrasive wheel tools, pneumatic tools, liquid fuel tools or equipment, power actuated tools, hydraulic power tools, skid steers, and a variety of other equipment and instruments.
• Operate and maintain pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment.
• Cleans construction site to eliminate possible hazards.
• Lubricates, cleans, and repairs machinery, equipment, and tools.
• Loads and unloads materials from trucks or trailers.
• Signals equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials.
• Clean and prepare work areas, construct fencing, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, clean up rubble and debris, paint, and various other labor intensive work activities.
• Welding, cutting, or brazing.
• Work in confined spaces including permit required confined spaces.
• Knowledge of materials, machines, and tools, including their hazards, designs, uses, benefits, repair, and maintenance.
• Assist with the preparation and review of Job Safety Analyses, observations, and other reports.
• Promote the use of Stop Work authority.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to meet deadlines and contribute to a positive, safe, high-quality culture in a fast-paced environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Performing physical activities that may require moving one's whole body, such as in climbing, lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, reaching, handling, balancing, walking, stooping, squatting, where the activities often require considerable use of the hands, arms and legs such as in the physical handling of materials or tools or operation of tools and equipment.
• Using one's own hands and arms in handling, positioning, installing, and moving materials, or in manipulating things.
• Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes.
• Standing, walking, riding, sitting, fingering, feeling, talking, hearing, acuity-near, hand to eye coordination.
• Match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
• See objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are focused forward.
• Hear the direction from which a sound originated.
• Detect distance of objects and depth perception.
• The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
• The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs.
• The ability to use one's abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
• The ability to quickly make coordinated movement of one hand, a hand together with its arm, or two hands to grasp, manipulate, operate, or assemble objects.
• The ability to coordinate the movement of the arms, legs, and torso together in activities where the whole body is in motion.
• The ability to quickly and repeatedly make precise adjustments in moving the controls of a machine, equipment, or vehicle to exact positions.
• The ability to coordinate the movement of the arms, legs, and torso together in activities where the whole body is in motion.
• The ability to know one's location in relation to the environment, or to know where other objects are in relation to one's self.
• Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate.

• Most work is performed while standing or walking.
• Must be capable of working under physical stress conditions such as heat stress and cold stress during various weather conditions and potential long workdays.
• Possibility of frequent and prolonged use of respiratory equipment (i.e. half-face, full-face, SCBA, etc.)
• Heat extremes when wearing certain types of PPE. Wear Level C and D PPE including cotton, Tyvek, chemical protective coveralls, eye and face protection, hand protection, etc. Potential for Level A and B PPE exists.
• Working on elevations such as scaffolding, bridges, buildings, etc.
• Expected to lift objects weight 1 to 25 lbs on a regular basis and may be required to lift objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Manual labor including materials handling, digging, and lifting as well as physically moving pumps, hoses and other equipment or materials.
• Working in loud or noisy environments.

• Outside construction site.
• Terrain is rugged and may be difficult to navigate.
• Dusty and windy atmospheres.
• Confined spaces.
• Potential airborne exposures to dusts, mists, fumes, and vapors in concentrations not exceeding OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PELS) or other published occupational exposure limits.