Part Time Building Engineer

Company: Army National Guard
Location: Newport
Posted on: April 30, 2024

Job Description:

Before a road, airfield, or a building can be constructed, all obstacles must be removed from the site. As a Horizontal Construction Engineer in the Army National Guard, you'll handle the heavy lifting to help your crew succeed. You'll operate bulldozers, roadgraders, and other massive equipment to clear the way for construction.
Your responsibilities will include leveling earth for runways and roadbeds, clearing, excavating, and digging areas of construction sites, spreading fill material, transporting heavy construction equipment with a tractor-trailer, moving heavy building materials with cranes, and assisting in performance of combat engineer missions.
Cut and spread fill material with scraper
Maintenance and repair of equipment
--- Preference for working outdoors
Through your training, you will develop the skills and experience to enjoy a civilian career in basic construction methods and engineering principles, particularly as they pertain to operating heavy construction equipment. Plus, you may earn specialized certifications that enable you to step right into a civilian construction career.
Instead of paying to learn these skills, get paid to train. In the Army National Guard, you will learn these valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance.
Job training for Horizontal Construction Engineers consists of nine weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and nine weeks of Advanced Individual Training. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field.
Paid training
- Montgomery GI Bill
- Retirement benefits for part-time service
- Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $200 and $250 per drill weekend, subject to change


Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate
Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards
Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 trade journeyman master

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