**Construction Laborer -- Monday - Friday Schedule -- Weekly Pay** **Pay: $20 - $23 per hour** **The position involves physical labor, including jackhammering and digging holes, as part of an internationally recognized organization that conducts highway, roadside, and race track safety research. The role includes designing, developing, testing, and evaluating roadside safety features such as guardrails, bridge rails, end terminals, crash cushions, sign supports, and luminaire poles.** **Responsibilities** + Participate in construction, demolition, and setup for component and full-scale testing of highway and roadside safety systems. + Perform earthwork, concrete, and highway safety hardware construction. + Work from plans under the general direction of research engineers and managers. + Engage in outdoor testing and construction year-round. + Utilize equipment such as bobcats, forklifts, dump trucks, backhoes, booms, compressors, and generators. + Assist in building barriers and barricades for crash tests. + Collaborate with team members to haul products across the jobsite. + Employ basic hand tools and power tools for barricade construction. + Maintain a high level of attention to detail. + Perform tasks such as picking up materials, running errands, digging holes for posts, and building guard rails. + Involve in steel fabrication with an understanding of angles. **Essential Skills** + 6+ months experience with hand tools like wrenches, hammers, band saws, and grinders. + 6+ months experience reading blueprints and work instructions. + 6+ months experience working in an outdoor environment. **Work Environment** The work is conducted outdoors on a 40-acre site, which can feel approximately 15 degrees hotter due to asphalt conditions. The site measures 3000 feet long and 400 feet wide, described as a 'concrete desert.' Work hours are 7am to 4:30pm, in teams of 2-3, with approximately 15-20 team members on-site depending on the season. The dress code requires steel-toed boots, ear protection, shorts or pants, and layers as needed. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $25.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Lincoln,NE. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on May 16, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.