*Safety Sensitive Position*

Classification:

Non-Exempt

Reports to:

Roofing Department Superintendent

EEO Employer/Protected Veteran/Disabled

Job Description

Summary/Objective

This position will involve repairing, replacing, and installing roofs primarily on buildings with a sloped roof (residential, churches, commercial, etc). This will entail installation of tile, shingle, metal, and coated roofing systems. We are looking to hire an efficient roofer to repair clients’ existing roofing systems and install new roofing systems where needed.

Essential Functions:

• Receive instructions from supervisor.
• Abide by all OSHA and Houck safety guidelines.
• Work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
• Erect scaffolding, set up ladders, or work out of aerial equipment.
• Install protection on adjacent surfaces.
• Remove snow and water from roofs.
• Load and unload trucks.
• Remove and dispose of existing roofing material.
• Carry and place various materials for installation.
• Operate hand tools and small equipment, with proper training.
• Apply adhesives in a variety of techniques, including spray, roller, and hot mop.
• Roll out and position singly-ply and BUR materials.
• Install flashing and associated trim.
• Apply roof surfacing, to include coating and/or various sizes of gravel.
• Clean construction site and eliminate possible hazards.
• Communicate effectively with coworkers.
• Replacing or installing new roofing systems on buildings and customizing materials for individual roofs
• Ensuring that roofing materials are aligned with edges of roofs
• Cementing or nailing flashing-strips of metal or shingle over joints to ensure that they are watertight
• Critically inspecting a room to determine the best repair or replacement procedure for it
• Inspecting the work area to ensure that all required materials are present
• Ensuring that materials are properly trimmed to tightly fit along the edges of a roof and altering materials as needed
• Smoothing and leveling roof surfaces by smoothing out rough spots and preparing a surface for new shingles or waterproofing
• Ensuring that the job location is neat and safe by cleaning it up once the job is completed.

Competencies

• Building and construction standards and methods
• Correct tools to use and their functions
• Correct disposal methods
• Basic mathematical skills
• Public and personnel safety
• Proper equipment selection
• Control operations of equipment or systems
• Understanding and able to follow written directions
• Problem identification and solutions of problems
• Judgment and decision making, time management
• Talking to others to effectively convey information
• Active listening-giving full attention to what people are saying
• Match and detect differences between colors, shades, and texture
• Understand speech and converse with people
• Tell when something is wrong or likely to go wrong
• Shift back and forth between two or more activities
• The ability to know one’s location in relation to the environment around you
• Remember information
• Judgment and decision making, time management.
• Flexibility.
• Personal Effectiveness/Credibility.
• Communication/People Skills.

Preferred Requirements

• Preferred Roofer Requirements:
• Proven roofing or general construction experience.
• Working knowledge of different roofing systems.
• Sound knowledge of business ordinances.
• The ability to lift heavy materials and tools.
• The ability to use powered hand tools.

Work Environment

Functions can take place indoors or outdoors, sometimes in high, precarious places with fumes and/or airborne particles. The standard work environment has loud to very loud noise levels associated with various equipment, coworkers, and phone conversations. Often work must be performed in high and/or cramped workspaces and awkward positions. The employee works around hazardous situations, materials, and equipment.

Physical Demands

• Physical demands are based on the ability to perform the following actions throughout an 8–10-hour period of work for a 4–7-day work week.
• Exert oneself physically over long periods of time.
• Bend stretch, twist, or reach out with the body, arms, and other extremities.
• Use one’s abdominal muscles and lower back to lift continuously over time without fatiguing.
• Exert maximum muscle force to lift, pull, or carry objects.
• Keep or regain one’s body balance or to stay upright.
• Quickly move the arms and legs.
• Make fast and repeated movements of the body, fingers and hands.
• Exert muscle force repeatedly.
• Keep the hand and arm steady while making a movement.
• Quick, coordinated movements of one hand to grasp, manipulate or assemble objects.
• Coordinate movements of two or more limbs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
• Stand and walk throughout an extended workday.
• Use legs, hands, and arms on a consistent basis for manual labor.
• Climb and/or balance yourself.
• Lift 100 pounds on occasion and up to 50 pounds regularly.
• Excellent vision skills (with or without correction) are required.
• Ability to clearly hear within speech range in an environment with construction noise.
• Kneel, squat, or bend consistently for more than 8 hours a day.
• Use hands consistently to grip, or pinch for more than 8 hours a day.
• Make repetitive motions much of work hours.
• Work outdoors.

Supervisory Responsibility

There are no supervisory responsibilities with this position.

Position Type

Full-Time/Variable Hours

Compensation

Hourly

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision benefits available after waiting period.

Required Education and Experience

Comparable Experience

Travel

Mostly in-state travel required, sometimes overnight or multiple-day stays out of town. Company does not guarantee transportation.

Other Duties

This job description may not cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, activities, and responsibilities may change at any time.

Heidler Roofing, LLC. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.