Pipelayer

Job Description

Job Description

Company: GHC Pipeline, LLC

Location: Riverside, CA / Southern California Job Sites

Position Type: Full-Time

Compensation: $28.00 – $36.00 / hour (Depending on Experience)

Position Summary

GHC Pipeline, LLC is seeking a skilled and dependable Pipelayer to join our underground wet utility construction crews. In this role, you will be responsible for assembling, laying, and connecting pipes for sewer, domestic/recycled water, and storm drain systems. You will work closely with equipment operators and laborers inside trenches to ensure pipe systems are installed safely to precise line, grade, and local engineering standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Pipe Installation: Configure, lay, align, and join underground pipe systems—including PVC, ductile iron, RCP (reinforced concrete pipe), C900, and HDPE—for sewer, storm drain, and water lines.
• Grade & Elevation: Read civil construction plans and utilize laser levels, grade rods, and transit levels to ensure pipes are laid to exact specifications and fall.
• Trench Preparation & Assembly: Prepare pipe bedding, seal joints with gaskets, glues, or mechanical couplings, and secure fittings, valves, manholes, and catch basins.
• Trench Safety & Shoring: Work safely within trench shields, hydraulic shoring, and sloped excavations. Strict adherence to trench safety protocols is required.
• Pipe Testing: Assist in hydrostatic pressure testing, mandrels, air testing, and vacuum testing on newly installed pipeline segments prior to backfill.
• General Labor Support: Assist with manual excavation around utilities (potholing), backfilling, tamping, compaction, and general job site cleanup.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: Minimum 2+ years of hands-on pipelaying experience with an underground wet utility contractor (sewer, water, and storm drain).
• Skills: Proficient with pipe lasers, hand and power tools (cut-off saws, tampers), pipe fittings, and joining methods across multiple pipe material types.
• Safety Knowledge: Thorough understanding of OSHA trench safety standards, soil types, shoring equipment, and digging alert protocols.
• Physical Demands: Ability to perform heavy physical labor (lifting up to 75 lbs), climb in and out of trenches, bend, stoop, and work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
• Licensing: Valid Driver’s License and reliable transportation to job sites across Southern California.
• Screening: Ability to pass a pre-employment background check and drug screening.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive hourly wages with overtime potential.
• Steady, year-round work across Southern California utility projects.
• Supportive team culture focused on quality workmanship and workplace safety.