Pipe Layer

Independence Excavating is looking to add Pipe Layers to our growing field location projects. The* Pipe Layer* is responsible for laying pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, and water mains. In addition to laying pipe, the pipe layer also works with laborers to dig trenches for/around existing utilities
Our pipe layers will also perform any combination of the following tasks: grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints.

What do we believe in?

PEOPLE:
Provide a safe, family-oriented environment. Commitment to integrity. Protect our most valuable assets.

PERFORMANCE:
Always deliver the highest quality. Find solutions. Provide value to our partners.

COMMUNITY:
Positively impact the communities we serve. Give back. Leave the world a better place than we found it.

A typical day looks like:

• Installing or using instruments such as lasers, grade rods, or transit level

• Digging trenches for/around existing utilities
• Assisting in aligning pipes during pipeline construction (generally for wet utilities water/sewer)
• Grading and leveling trench bases, using a tamping machine and hand tools
• Checking slopes for conformance to requirements, using levels or lasers
• Connecting pipes and seal joints using glue, cement, gaskets and/or flanges
• Covering pipes with other earth materials/aggregates
• Other general labor and construction-related duties are required

Do you have what it takes?

• Minimum 2-year experience working on a utility pipe crew

• Must have physical ability to stand strenuous and dangerous work environment
• Must be comfortable working in 15ft to 20ft trenches and other confined spaces
• Possess physical strength to dig and perform general labor with laborer crews, including digging by hand
• Able to communicate effectively with others and work cooperatively in teams (including resolving basic conflicts with or without the assistance of management)
• Handle emergency situations, work pressure and stress
• Able to solve basic, common-sense problems
• Able to work with general supervision and use some experience/judgment.
• Must have a flexible schedule (work irregular or odd hours in outdoor work sites, depending upon project needs or weather), including nights and weekends.

Why IX?

• Weekly Competitive Pay!

• Excellent Benefits:
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• FSA & HSA
• Life Insurance + Optional Family Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Wellness Incentive Program

• Paid Holidays and PTO
• 401(k) + Company match
• Paid corporate training program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Stability and a variety of different roles that provide a path to career advancement
• Family-owned and operated since 1956

Who is IX?

From breaking ground to the finished project, our team has been laying the groundwork for excellence on heavy civil construction and demolition projects for over 65 years. We combine innovations of industry with decades of successfully completed projects, proving we are a value-added partner from the ground up! Over six decades, Independence Excavating has established a team of construction professionals that sets us apart from other contractors. To learn more, visit our website: https://www.indexc.com/

Independence Excavating, Inc._ is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we value workplace diversity and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class._

Job Type: Full-time

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