Job Description

Overview

Brasfield & Gorrie is currently accepting applications for a Laborer position, which involves performing physical labor on construction projects and requires knowledge of tools and materials used in commercial construction.

Responsibilities

  • May be required to work at elevated heights.
  • Will be performing tasks involving physical labor on construction projects.
  • Must have knowledge of tools and materials used in commercial construction.
  • May operate hand and power tools of all types, including air hammers and cement mixers.
  • May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, and erect scaffolding.
  • May assist other craft workers.
  • Position may require working in all weather conditions and prolonged physical activity.
  • Must adhere to safety protocol and work in a drug-free environment.

Requirements

  • 1 year of commercial construction experience preferred.
  • Must be able to lift up to 70 lbs.
  • Must be able to stoop, bend, and stand for extended periods.
  • Must be able to work at elevated heights.

How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Atlanta, GA currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$50/hr across 44 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 119 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 87 different employers. 72 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 444 other active welding openings from 282 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC currently has 6 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Marathon (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Lennox (6). 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 $33/hr, and Conyers at $31/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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