About this role
- Crew Management: Supervises a team of 6 to 7 workers, assigning daily tasks, tracking attendance, and handling worker training or career growth.
- Project Execution: Studies blueprints, specifications, and project layouts to determine the best means and methods for pipe installation.
- Grade & Alignment: Uses laser instruments, grade rods, transit levels, and other layout tools to ensure pipes are set accurately and to the correct slope.
- Equipment Operation: Utilizes heavy machinery (e.g., excavators) to dig trenches, lower pipe, and backfill the area after installation.
- Quality Assurance: Inspects completed work to ensure it passes all inspections and meets industry standards and engineering specifications. Complete all required acceptance testing.
- Site Safety: Enforces OSHA regulations, conducts daily safety briefings, and ensures confined space entry and excavation safety protocols are followed.
Qualifications
- Experience: 2 to 5+ years of experience installing water, sewer and storm in residential, commercial, public projects.
- Certifications: OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 a plus but not required. Confined Space and trench safety training is required.
- Physical Demands: Must be physically capable of heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs), bending, stooping, working in trenches, and operating in all weather extremes.
- Technical Skills: Strong proficiency with reading construction drawings and the ability to confidently operate heavy mobile equipment. Utilize site levels and pipe lasers. Calculate grade and slope.
- Valid Drivers license with clean DMV or crew member with a license.
- Bi-Lingual a plus but not required.