Granite Construction is a publicly traded infrastructure contractor and construction materials producer (NYSE: GVA) founded in Watsonville, California in 1922. With more than 5,000 employees operating across multiple divisions throughout the Americas, the company ranks consistently among Engineering News-Record's Top 400 Contractors - a position it has held across a century of operations.
The work is hands-on and large in scale. Granite builds and manages infrastructure across transportation, water, and mineral exploration markets, taking on projects ranging from highway and bridge construction to airports, seaports, railroads, and dams. The company also owns and operates quarries across several Western states, producing the aggregates, asphalt concrete, and ready-mix concrete that go into its own projects and others'.
Roles at Granite span the full project lifecycle - field operations, equipment operation, construction management, materials production, and support functions. The company's structure across multiple operating divisions means openings tend to be regionally based, with work that is physical, technical, and tied to specific project sites and production facilities.
Granite's century-long track record, vertical integration from raw materials to finished infrastructure, and consistent presence on major public works projects make it a stable employer in a sector that rewards skilled, dependable workers with demonstrated ability to perform under real conditions.
