Opportunity Description
A Pipelayer I installs, fits, repairs, and maintains water, sanitary, sewer, and storm drainage pipe systems.
Duties
- Installs or repairs pipe systems and associated structures according to technical design specifications. Responds to emergency callouts when required to repair pipe bursts, etc.
- Interprets blueprints, construction drawings, maps, plans, survey cut sheets and grade stakes; uses instruments such as lasers and transit levels to verify proper grades and alignment of trenches/excavations.
- Hand‑shovels where required to uncover existing buried utilities.
- Operates and maintains equipment related to the work including rollers, tampers, trucks and a variety of hand and power tools.
- Selects, prepares, aligns, connects and seals pipe joints applying knowledge of proper techniques and materials.
- Ensures work is performed in accordance with quality standards and safe work practice and regulations. <...