Job Description
Apply now for an exciting opportunity to join Shears Construction, a multi-million dollar heavy highway contractor established in 1874. Shears Construction has multiple asphalt plants, ready mix plants, rock quarries, and sand operations in Kansas. The company is diversified with public, private, and commercial work, including paving, utility, dirt-grading, and concrete flat work.
Our valued employees produce quality work and products in a competitive market with safety first at all times. If you are seeking a rewarding career with challenging work, a variety of responsibilities, potential for advancement, and looking for benefits of a large corporation with a small company feel, come join our team.
Seeking Motivated Crew Members for a Dynamic Safety-Focused Team
Are you ready to launch your career with a company that champions your growth, values your expertise, and puts safety first every single day? Do you thrive in environments where teamwork, professionalism, and community matter as much as the quality of work you deliver? If youre searching for a role that blends the resources and stability of a large corporation with the supportive, tight-knit atmosphere of a small business, your next chapter starts here.
Why Youll Love Working with Us
- Competitive Pay: $20/hour
- Comprehensive Benefits: Access to quality health, dental, and vision insurance, a robust 401(k) plan for your future, and generous paid time off to rest and recharge.
- Safety Always Comes First: We maintain the highest safety standards, ensuring every employee returns home safely every day.
- Career Advancement: We offer extensive training, mentorship, and clear career paths so you can keep growing with us.
- Inclusive Culture: We champion a workplace where every perspective matters, and every voice is respected.
- Competitive Benefits: Enjoy health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off with additional perks for personal and professional wellbeing.
- Team Spirit: Our crews work hard and celebrate achievements together. Youll join a community that supports, motivates, and recognizes your talents.
Your Impact and Responsibilities
As an Asphalt Crew Member, you are at the heart of our operations. Youll work alongside skilled professionals to create safe, high-quality roads that keep people and commerce moving. Your responsibilities include:
- Championing Safety: Consistently adhere to all safety protocols and company policies. Use the correct tools, equipment, and protective gear to ensure a secure workplace for yourself and your crew.
- Supporting Your Team: Collaborate with managers and co-workers in a fast-paced, high-impact environment. Communicate clearly, solve problems, and help maintain a positive team dynamic.
- Executing Project Tasks: Assist with shoveling, raking, and wheelbarrow operation. Youll help signal operators, facilitate the movement of materials, and follow directions for each unique project or job site.
- Operating Tools & Equipment: You may be called upon to run small power tools, such as a jackhammer, and handle traffic control devices like signs, cones, and barricades.
- Material Handling: Lift, carry, and position construction materials, tools, and supplies for maximum efficiency and safety.
- Site Preparation: Dig, spread, and level construction materials to prepare and maintain job sites.
- Problem Reporting: Proactively communicate any concerns or issues to your manager to keep projects running smoothly.
- Adaptability: Take on other duties as assigned, embracing new tasks and challenges with a can-do attitude.
What Were Looking For
The ideal candidate is someone who brings energy, reliability, and a commitment to excellence every single day. If youre ready for a role thats both physically and mentally rewarding, we want to meet you.
- Safety-Focused: Must thrive in safety-sensitive environments and strictly follow all protective procedures.
- Team Player: Willingness to collaborate, assist, and support co-workers and supervisors in various duties.
- Travel & Flexibility: Willing and able to travel for work, sometimes staying away from home. Ready to tackle night shifts, weekends, overtime, and outdoor work in all weather conditions.
- Professional Attitude: Always display courtesy, respect, and professionalism to colleagues and the public.
- Punctual & Reliable: Arrive at work on time, prepared to take on the days challenges.
- Physical Readiness: Successfully pass a pre-employment "Fit for Work" physical, drug screening, and criminal background check. Demonstrate endurance in lifting, carrying, and manual labor tasks.
- Documentation: Able to provide valid I-9 documentation for employment eligibility.
- Driver Requirements: Complete safe driver training and maintain a valid drivers license (CDL preferred with a good driving record that meets company standards).
- PPE Compliance: Wear all required personal protective equipment (PPE) as outlined by OSHA, MSHA, and company policies.
- Age Requirement: Must be at least 18 years old due to the nature of the work environment.
Preferred Experience & Education
- High school diploma or GED preferred but not required.
- Prior experience in the construction or paving field is a plus, but we welcome applications from motivated individuals eager to learn and grow.
What Success Looks Like
When you join our team, your success will be measured by your commitment to safety, your teamwork, and your willingness to take on new responsibilities. The most successful crew members are those who show initiative, adaptability, and a strong work ethic-qualities we recognize and reward.
Physical & Work Environment Requirements
- Frequently required to climb, balance, and perform tasks involving physical agility.
- Regularly sit, climb, and use hand signals or equipment; occasionally stand, walk, crawl, kneel, bend, stoop, or reach above shoulder height.
- Lift and move objects weighing up to 25-50 lbs as needed.
- Work primarily outdoors, often in extreme weather and environmental conditions.
- Comfortable working in all weather conditions, exposed to job site hazards such as moving machinery, high places, airborne particles, and loud environments.
- Must have specific vision abilities, including close distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, to operate equipment safely.
- Reasonable accommodations provided as necessary to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
What CRH Offers You
- Highly competitive base pay
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and disability benefits programs
- Group retirement savings program
- Health and wellness programs
- An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion
About CRH
CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies, and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.
If youre up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today. Once you click "Apply now," you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile, and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day.
Thank you for your interest.
APAC-Kansas Inc. Shears Construction, a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
EOE/Vet/Disability
CRH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.