Pipe Laborer

Overview

Pottstown Division, a division of The H&K Group, Inc. is looking for a Pipe Laborer to become a part of our team. Usually performing their duties in a utility capacity, the Laborer position entails working on construction projects, often transferring from one task to another whenever the situation requires. If you meet the job requirements outlined below, H&K would be happy to consider you for this position.

Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
• Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
• Additional training programs including on the job, online through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Acquire tools needed for daily operations
• Measure distances from grade stakes, drive stakes, and stretch tight line
• Bolt, nail, align, and block up under forms
• Signal operators of construction equipment to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery to conform to grade specifications
• Level earth to fine grade specifications
• Mix concrete
• Smooth and finishes freshly poured cement or concrete
• Position, join, align, and seal pipe sections
• Erect scaffolding, shoring, and braces
• Pipe Duties:

• Get tools needed for daily operations
• Get job set up for daily function such as setting up a pipe laser
• Operate a Wacker and jumping jack to perform backfilling duties
• Use cut saws to make pipe proper length
• Prep pipe for connection before pipe gets lowered
• Shoot grades and checks grades using laser or conventional methods
• Perform connection of pipe work
• Responsible for checking for proper pipe slope
• Prep structures for installation

Qualifications

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• Written and verbal communication skills
• Problem solving
• Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
• Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

• One year of relevant heavy highway construction experience
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
• Experienced in underground utilities such as storm sewer, sanitary sewer, water main, and structures
• Three years of related experience and/or training
• OSHA or other relevant safety certifications

Physical Demands

• Regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms
• Regularly talk or hear
• Frequently required to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
• Vision abilities include distance, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts
• Noise level is usually moderate

H&K provides complete heavy civil contracting and construction materials solutions with safety, speed, quality, efficiency, and value. Beginning as a small family business a half century ago, we are now a dynamic group of vertically integrated companies that has been growing and prospering for 50 years.

Thank you for your interest in employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our people, providing the essential training, instruction, and supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our company. We acknowledge that our strength and success is directly related to our employees and the talents, dedication, and job performance they exemplify. We seek dynamic, motivated people who are driven to make a difference.

H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people to join our team.

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100% Company-Paid Health Benefits!