FLSA Status: Non-Exempt EEO-1: Craft Worker Location: Boston, MA
Prepared By/Date: Human Resources June 2012
Summary: Next Step Living, Inc., a rapidly growing home performance contractor, seeks Technicians to perform air sealing and insulation jobs at homes throughout eastern Massachusetts. For someone with residential construction experience eager to learn a new field and with pride in doing high quality work, this is an excellent opportunity not only for reliable, year round work or to work on jobs that directly help people and the environment, but also to step forward on a career path that can rapidly lead to greater responsibility and pay.
To Apply: Click here to apply http://tbe.taleo.net/NA6/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=NEXTSTEPLIVING&cws=1&rid=11
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
Under the daily supervision of a Weatherization and Insulation Crew Lead, the Technician works as part of a 2 to 3 person crew performing air sealing and insulation jobs at homes throughout Eastern Massachusetts. The Technician's daily responsibilities include:
Arriving by 7 AM each day at our Boston office/warehouse, loading equipment and materials onto a company truck, and driving to that day's job site
Preparation of the job site, including lead safe
Performing air sealing and insulation work as directed in attics, basements, and interior and exterior walls of houses
o If working on a wall job must be able to stand on ladder while: prying away siding, drilling holes, holding hoses while blowing insulation
o If working on an attic job must be able to spend long hours crawling and kneeling while holding a foam gun or insulation hose
Cleaning the job site and re-loading the truck
Taking proper care of all equipment, tools and inventory used to complete jobs
Serving as a positive contributing member of the team
The position requires leaving early each morning in a company truck from our Boston office/warehouse, performing both interior and exterior work in all types of weather at residences throughout eastern Massachusetts, and unloading the truck at the end of the day. While a typical work week will not exceed five days, Technicians should be available to work weekends (on a rotating schedule).
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will demonstrate most of the following skills and experience:
Residential Construction or Carpentry experience, with hands-on weatherization work including air sealing and blown-in cellulose preferred
A High School Diploma, with some additional education or experience related to building science or construction trades preferred
Ability and desire to learn quickly, take direction well, take initiative, and contribute to a team
Proficiency in working with hand and power tools and equipment
Comfort with working in tight spaces or on ladders, as well as in working in adverse weather conditions
Ability to take initiative and responsibility
Must pass extensive pre-employment national criminal background check and drug screening
Valid driver's license with at least three (3) year's clean driving record preferred
Competencies:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed below satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Operates service vehicles (light to medium trucks)
Operates a variety of hand and power tools
Regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds
Frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear
Regularly exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outdoor weather conditions; extreme cold (non-weather) and extreme heat (non-weather)
Frequently exposed to work in high, precarious places; risk of electrical shock, vibration, and work near moving mechanical parts
The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus
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