Job Description Guide
Crafting an effective job description is essential for attracting the ideal candidate to your organization, which is why Builder Benefits offers a variety of commonly used job description templates to streamline your hiring process.
What Is An Effective Job Description?
A job description outlines the tasks, duties, and responsibilities of a position. It provides a clear reference for both employees and managers to gauge job performance and clarify expectations.
Job descriptions are also recruitment tools that clarify role purpose, establish titles and pay grades, and create reasonable accommodation controls.
How To Write A Job Description →
How to Write a Job Description
- Determine the Needs and Requirements for the Role: Interview existing employees about the knowledge, skills, abilities, physical characteristics, environmental factors and credentials/experience needed for the role. Reference other resources like salary surveys .
- Define Essential Functions: To aid in evaluating Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation requests, define which tasks are a requirement, the frequency of tasks, consequences of not performing tasks, alternate methods of performing tasks, and potential for task reassignment.
- Create the Job Description Structure: Aim to standardize the structure of your job description within your company. Include standard components like job title, salary, functions, and more.
- Add Disclaimer & Signature Lines: Add a disclaimer statement stating that other duties may be assigned without notice and a signature line for the employee and supervisor.
- Submit for Feedback & Approval: From upper management and the position supervisor
Popular Job Descriptions
Human Resource Manager
This role will lead and direct the routine functions of the HR department including hiring and interviewing staff, administering pay, benefits, and leave, and enforcing company policies and practices.
Foreman/Const. Mgr.
The First-Line Supervisor of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers will supervise, schedule, and coordinate the work of employees in relevant construction and extraction roles.
Construction Laborer
The Construction Laborer will perform a wide range of physical labor tasks in support of workers on the construction site.
Inspector
The Inspector will provide quality control and assurance throughout all phases of the production process beginning with raw materials and ending with the final product.
Job Descriptions
The Manager of Production and Operating Workers will oversee front-line employees to ensure efficiency and quality in production operations.
The Materials Handling Supervisor will oversee and coordinate the work of employees who transport materials, supplies, and finished products.
The HVAC Mechanic will install, repair, and maintain heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system
The Laborer performs a variety of tasks under close supervision of higher-level employees. These tasks may include assisting with extra workload, covering absences and vacations, and supplementing crews to meet unusual changes in the production area or in the weather.
The Equipment Operator I will operate heavy machinery for construction, demolition, or excavation projects.
The Insulation Installer will lay or replace insulation materials in buildings to control or maintain building temperature.
The Cement Mason will lay, smooth, and finish poured concrete surfaces for various residential, commercial, and municipal building sites. Projects may include floors, patios, sidewalks, curbs, roads, and gutters.
The Drywall Installer and Taper will secure drywall panels to the interior of residential, commercial, and other types of construction and will prepare the drywall for painting or finishing.
The Brick and Block Mason will use bricks, concrete blocks, and other stone materials to build walls, fences, and other structures.
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