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Overview

At Maine Drilling & Blasting, we offer a unique blend of family unity and business determination, providing generous benefits and opportunities for growth in the drilling and blasting industry. This role as a Laborer in Construction allows for hands-on learning and skill development while adhering to safety procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Adhere to Company Safety procedures and policies
  • Submit accurate and signed time cards to Blaster/Foreman weekly
  • Quickly learn safety aspects of working construction sites and around explosives
  • Take direction and perform construction laboring activities
  • Occasionally work unsupervised
  • Pump blast holes dry with a water pump
  • Load and unload explosives from the truck
  • Carry buckets of stemming stone to stem blast holes
  • Maintain a clean and organized job site
  • Participate in monthly Foreman and periodic safety and job meetings as needed
  • Participate in daily heads up safety meetings
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Valid Drivers License with a good driving record and own transportation
  • Must be able to pass a pre-employment physical and drug screen
  • Must successfully pass a criminal background check for ATF
  • Must be willing to travel to northern divisions for 6-8 weeks for training
  • Experience with construction laborer helpful, but not necessary
  • Ability to learn and develop skills for higher level tasks

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Out of town travel and overtime may be required

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Marietta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 34% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs in Marietta, GA, where the middle half runs $24–$39/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Marietta, GA

We're tracking 20 other active welding openings in Marietta, GA right now, from 15 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 245 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Marietta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (8), Mullins Mechanical (6), and Yancey Bros. Co. (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $30/hr, and Marietta at $29/hr. Marietta is among them.

Similar openings near Marietta, GA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Laborer (Construction) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.