Mason Specialist

Benchmark Masonry is seeking a skilled Journeyman Mason to join our team. As a Journeyman Mason, you will be responsible for performing a variety of masonry tasks, including laying brick, block, and stone, and ensuring the quality and safety of our work.

• Participate in daily meetings with the crew to discuss safety, quality, and productivity goals.
• Ensure proper installation of wall ties, flashings, and laps of paper to job-specific standards.
• Measure distance from reference points and mark guidelines to lay out work, using plumb bobs and levels.
• Shape brick, block, or stone in preparation for final setting, using chisels and/or power saws.
• Spread mortar, ensuring joints of uniform thickness.
• Spread mortar over brick, block, or stone and foundation, using a trowel, and set masonry in place by hand or with aid of a forklift or crane.
• Fasten or fuse brick or other building material to structure with wire clamps, anchors, or cement.
• Remove excess mortar with trowels and hand tools, and finish mortar joints with jointing tools, for a sealed, uniform appearance.
• Construct corners by building a corner lead of bricks, and filling in between the corners using a line from corner to corner to guide each course.
• Lay and align bricks, blocks, or tiles to build or repair structures.

• Must have a valid driver's license and a clean driving record.
• A Journeyman Mason must be able to work with brick, block, and/or stone, completing custom work on distinctive projects.
• Must have 3-5 years of equivalent work experience.
• Journeyman masons need to have above-average skill and speed in laying brick, block, and/or stone.
• A Mason is required to complete work safely, with quality, and within productivity specifications as directed by the Foreman or Superintendent.
• Must be reliable and hardworking.
• Required to have valid driver's license and reliable transportation to and from work.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel in a repetitive motion; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, including working on hands and knees for extended periods of time.
• Work in high, precarious places such as scaffolding and ladders.
• Work in outdoor weather conditions, including extreme heat or cold.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• Attention to detail with demonstrated accuracy is a plus.

• 100% Employer Paid Health Insurance for Employee.
• 401k.
• Bonuses.
• Sick Time.
• Some Paid Holidays.
• Frequent Pay Raises.
• All Job Related Travel is Paid for by Employer as Well as Per Diem pay.
• Career advancement opportunities are available, such as superintendent, and project management.
• Employee Parties.

Benchmark Masonry is a drug-free and smoke-free work environment. Must comply with drug and alcohol testing policy. Subject to background check.