Grade Checker (PHX)

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General Summary

The Grade Checker is responsible for safely measuring and setting grade stakes to guide earth moving equipment in sloping highway, excavation and fill embankment operations.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Reads and understands survey stakes, blueprints, sketches, and drawings to determine grade specifications required for fill, sloping or excavation operations.
• Reads, measures, and sets grade stakes, along highway right-of-way to determine grade specifications in sloping highways and fill embankments utilizing survey and/or measuring instruments and hand tools. 
• Measures horizontally and vertically, in specified ratio, from survey stake to juncture of embankment and initial excavation, utilizing survey and/or measuring instruments, GPS equipment, hand tools, and eye level.
• Observe excavating activities to verify conformance to stake references and notify equipment operators and supervision of deviations.
• Inspect, clean, and maintain tools, equipment, and machinery.
• Perform job site clean-up and maintain job site free of hazards. 
• May perform traffic control, including flagging. 
• May perform a variety of physical tasks including but not limited to operating equipment and machinery.
• Perform other duties as required.

Education

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience, preferred.

Work Experience

• (2) years+ of grade checking experience, required.
• Grade or pave experience with understanding of grading, drainage, survey staking.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to work, day, swing, and nights shifts (occasionally extended hours).
• Ability to work in constant exposure to outside elements, in all weather conditions.
• Ability to work in safety sensitive construction setting, including exposure to moving machinery and heavy equipment.
• Ability to work collaborative with a team in a fast-paced and complex environment.
• Ability to squat, crawl, and work in awkward positions/confined spaces. 

Physical Demands

• Physical dexterity, stamina, and excellent hand-eye coordination with ability to grasp, assemble and lift objects, stand, sit, and walk for extended periods over uneven surfaces, squat, bank, climb ladders onto equipment or other objects.
• Lifting, pushing, pulling of heavy items weighing up to 50 lbs. or more. 

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer.  Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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Notice to Staffing Agencies

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