Careers
Colaska employs skilled, hard-working individuals who are eager build up Alaskan communities.
Work With Us
Colaska firmly believes that our employees are our strongest asset. Everyone on our team is motivated, knowledgable and always seeking to improve. To encourage and support them, Colaska offers ongoing training and management assistance. By helping our employees grow to be the best in their fields, Colaska has become one of the best in ours.
Colaska is searching for diverse, highly-capable, innovative people to join our effort to be the best. We are currently recruiting throughout the state of Alaska. Colaska provides a pleasant, safe environment with competitive salaries and a wide range of benefits designed to meet your needs.
We place employees in positions all across the state. As such, travel throughout Alaska will most likely be part of your job.
Student Internship Program
Colaska’s internship program provides students with practical construction experience through hands-on project involvement. This will supplement your education while also building important skills. Intern opportunities are available within each of Colaska’s construction divisions.
The Job
From your first day to your last, you will have projects and responsibilities assigned to you. Supervisors and project staff will design a workload specifically suited to your needs. We will teach you not only construction management, but also how to complete a quality project.
Experience
Your assignments will allow you to develop technically, broaden your practical background and explore areas you find interesting. During your internship, you may be assigned to work with a union construction crew in a field situation. This field experience will provide you with a hands-on, fundamental approach to the construction industry.
Hands-On
You may also be assigned as an assistant in project management and engineering, project supervision or estimating. Experience in these areas will provide you with knowledge key to understanding how our organization operates.
To be considered for this program, students should have completed at least one year of college and submitted a resume for consideration. If you are a student or school interested in our internship program, please contact us.
Our Human Resources Commitments
Colaska’s human resources policy is rooted in strong values that aim to recognize, foster and grow our employees’ talents. We focus on providing labor relations, recruitment, training, internal promotion and mobility, risk prevention and team-focused management.
Our commitments in the following five areas help make Colaska a benchmark in its sectors:
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An ambitious recruitment policy founded on diversity: We seek to hire the very best; rejecting discrimination of any kind and embracing diversity.
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A sustained training program: Our training policy aims to pass on the group’s know-how and culture, and tailor skills to meet new challenges.
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Improved internal promotion and job mobility: We encourage upward social mobility, planning ahead and satisfying people’s aspirations for job mobility.
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Increasingly effective risk prevention: We are energetically and imaginatively committed to protecting the lives and the health of our employees.
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Team management based on respect and trust: We train our site supervisors in people management to promote communication and safety among the crew.
Performance-Based Bonus
Tuition Assistance Plans Available
Endless
Opportunities
Employment Opportunities
Colaska offers a range of jobs in our business areas. We are constantly looking for skilled applicants with experience and/or education in: Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Accounting, Office Administration, Computer Science/Management Information, Business and Commerce, Marketing, Human Resources, Environmental Studies, Soil Mechanics and Geology, Heavy Duty Mechanics, Welding and Fabrication, Equipment and Inventory Management, Paving Equipment Operators and Skilled Labor.
All of our positions offer interesting and challenging work, as well as excellent opportunities for individual growth and development.
Additionally, Colaska offers our employees competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and programs. These are designed to promote individual health, wellness and quality of life. We value well-being of our employees.
Colaska is an equal opportunity, affirmative action, Military / Female / Veteran / Disability drug-free employer.
Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
Flexible Spending Account
Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
Employee Assistance
Paid Holidays
401k Plan