Construction Labourer

This position may be placed in one or all of our divisions depending on specialization, contextual demand, and/or preference. The construction labourer position is physically demanding and involves being outdoors for the majority of the day in all types of weather. Construction labourers benefit from natural job rotation, physical activity, and partake in a wide variety of on-site assignments which are essential to project completion.

Construction labourers benefit from natural job rotation, physical activity, and partake in a wide variety of on-site assignments which are essential to project completion. The hours of work will consistently range from 40 to 50 hours per week, (7 am–5 pm) depending on the contract and timeline - overtime, weekends and/or evenings also may be required with regards to the aforementioned.

Construction labourers at MGI will come across and engage with tasks such as:

• Using equipment, placing materials accurately and according to drawings and/or direction
• Operating skid steers, mini excavators and occasionally heavy equipment
• Digging ditches or trenches, backfilling excavations, or compacting and levelling the earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, and other tools
• Performing demolition, excavation, and compaction activities
• Removing rubble and other debris at job sites
• Physical demolition and/or abatement
• Performing site preparation and clean-up duties
• Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, or adjustment of machinery, equipment, or materials
• Control traffic that passes through, near, or around the work zones
• Working at Heights
• Worker Health and Safety Awareness in 4 Steps
• Workplace Violence and Harassment for Workers
• Accesibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
  
  

We offer competitive salaries on experience, knowledge, and education. MGI also provides attractive benefits that extend to health, dental, vision insurance, retirement planning, pension plans, professional development, training credits, wellness programs, travel/vacation days, discounts on company products and services, commuter benefits, and team bonding events to maintain a healthy and inviting company culture.

Our mission is very clear: we are dedicated to providing our clients with cost-effective and timely service; our employees with a safe and rewarding workplace; and our planet with environmentally sound business strategies and operating procedures. We look to situate development projects not as a ‘one-off’ but contextualize them within the broader community and actively look to redefine construction as a lifestyle, not just a ‘job.’

We realize that some seek employment where others are driven by a greater civic-duty. It is this latter segment, those who are self-motivated, passionate, entrepreneurial in spirit while egoless in nature, that we believe are best suited for our collective role in #ConstructingHistory.

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