GrLaborer; Vehicle Operator - Onsite

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking a LABORER (Vehicle Operator)

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Perform work assignments of an unskilled nature in connection with the movement of furniture, laboratory and office equipment; collection of trash, maintenance of company grounds and similar activities.
• Operate trucks and forklifts in connection with laborer crew activities.
• Exert frequent physical effort of 21 to 60 lbs., exposure to all types of weather and generally disagreeable working conditions.
• Sandia has an Agency Shop Agreement with the Metal Trades Council (MTC). The position being offered to you is a represented position. Therefore, as an employee represented by the MTC, you must either become a union member or pay a monthly agency fee equal to the union dues. You will be contacted by a union steward concerning membership during the first week of your employment.

• Trucks, forklifts, farm type tractor with mower attachment, front-end loaders, skid-steer or similar type loaders, pneumatic tools, masonry saws, portable vehicle lift, steam cleaners, riding and walking tractors, powered posthole diggers, power lawn mowers, and pest and weed control spray equipment.
• Hand tools and equipment such as picks, shovels, rakes, brooms, sledges, posthole diggers, lawn mowers, wrenches, pliers, post drivers, screwdrivers, nail pullers, hammers, chisels, and hand trucks and dollies, wheelbarrows, block and tackle electric drills.
• Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.

• Perform various unskilled manual tasks requiring significant physical effort.
• Move furniture, laboratory equipment, and office items.
• Unpack and assemble prefabricated items as needed.
• Drill holes in walls (cinder block, sheetrock, masonry, sheet metal) and install fastening devices to secure shelving and cabinets.
• Dig post holes and erect, repair, or dismantle fences; install traffic signs.
• Conduct excavating, back-filling, tamping, leveling, and grading for utility lines and other purposes.
• Brace excavations to prevent cave-ins.
• Break up concrete or asphalt; patch paved areas; cut concrete slabs as instructed.
• Mix and pour concrete; remove forms once hardened.
• Collect and dispose of refuse and salvageable materials.
• Steam clean equipment and assist maintenance staff.
• Remove snow from sidewalks and driveways as needed.
• Apply exterminating products for pest control.
• Perform other similar unskilled tasks.
• Operate trucks, forklifts, and tractors as required.
• Complete simple forms and obtain signatures for delivered materials or equipment.
• Applicants will undergo multiple screening levels; all must be passed consecutively for consideration.

• Experience with grounds and landscaping work

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Grounds and Road Services Team provides preventive and corrective maintenance to all landscape areas and roadways. This team maintains asphalt, unimproved roadways, parking lots, pedestrian travel-ways, fences and associated signs, grounds cleanup, grading activity, weed control, maintains fire breaks and water delivery to under round storage tanks.

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working…