Cement Finisher III

Rust is seeking a highly talented Cement Finisher III based out of Lewisville, TX.  This challenging position will provide an excellent growth opportunity while improving the infrastructure of the city. 

Rust Constructors Inc. is a full-service, merit-shop construction and maintenance company providing life-cycle services for the mining, power, industrial, infrastructure, and government markets.  Our services include construction, construction management, construction consulting; testing, checkout, start-up; and plant services including total plant maintenance, shutdowns, turnarounds, production support and technical support.  Rust is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shimmick Construction Company, Inc.

Level Specific responsibilities: 

• Under direct supervision, performs routine duties requiring knowledge of basic construction principles. 
• Limited excersice of judgement is required on details of work. 
• Performs specific and limited portions of broader assignment. 
• Spends large percentage of time assisting the craft discipline journeymen.

Typical responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.  
• Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.  
• Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power 
• screed, and float.  
• Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire 
• process.  
• Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread 
• Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.  
• Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.  
• Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or 
• uneven.  
• Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct 
• concrete on forms.  
• Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore 
• surface.  
• Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.  
• Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using 
• pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.  
• Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair 
• concrete, using power saw and drill.  
• Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.  
• Wet concrete surface, and rub with stone to smooth surface and obtain specified finish.  
• Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using 
• trowel.  
• Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.  
• Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures in freshly poured concrete or pattern or stamp the surface to provide a decorative finish.  
• Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.  
• Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design 
• or pattern.  
• Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.  
• Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine

Minimum Requirements:

• Five years or more of related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or demonstrated equivalent

 Additional Information:

• Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test
• This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization

The salary for this position is $31.02 per hour.

Rust's comprehensive benefits plan includes medical - including a NO-COST option, dental, and vision coverage; as well as options to participate in an FSA or HSA. The Company also provides employer paid Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, basic life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and an Employee Assistance Program. Additional voluntary benefit offerings include pet insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness insurance, legal and identity theft protection.

These benefits are available to all employees working more than 20 hours per week. Employees working less than 20 hours per week are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage as well as EAP services.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
Please note that Shimmick does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Shimmick will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Shimmick explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Shimmick.

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, disability, or status as a protected veteran.