Pipe Layer

Job Description:
Performs physical construction including, but not limited to, digging ditches or trenches, backfilling excavations, shoveling/raking asphalt and compacting and leveling earth to grade specifications using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers and rakes


Communicate with supervisors/foreman. This will include verbal, written or following provided construction plan sets.


Signals equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement and adjustment of machinery, equipment and materials.


Sets final trench grades by hand digging or using trenching tools.


Loads, unloads, identifies and distributes utility materials to the appropriate location, according to project plans and specifications.


Pipelayer must know how to read Cut Sheets.


Positions, aligns and lays out differing pipe routes by communicating with supervisors/foreman. This will include verbal, written or following provided construction plan sets.


Signals equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement and adjustment of machinery, equipment and materials.


Connects water and sewer pipe fittings, to include PVC push on fittings, ductile iron mechanical joint fittings and the required proper restraint mechanisms.


Installs proper bell joint restraint to include the use and understanding of bell harnesses and a joint restraint table.


Sets final trench grades by hand digging or using trenching tools.


Sets trench boxes and performs pipe installations. This could involve the use of mechanical tampering equipment or hand tools.


Loads, unloads, identifies and distributes utility materials to the appropriate location, according to project plans and specifications.


Applicants must have reliable transportation to the work sites and must be willing to work full days


Must be able to travel to different site locations


Must be able to work in extreme weather conditions hot/cold


Must be a safety conscious individual


Frequently lift and carry tools, materials, and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds


Stoop, kneel, and crouch


Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds


Work in a ditch and trench box while following safety protocols


Team oriented and works well with others


See and hear well (either naturally or with correction)


DXI Construction Company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, DXI Construction Company complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.