Traveling Pipe Layer

About the role

The Pipe Layer is responsible for preparing and laying pipe for storm drains, sanitary sewers, waterlines, and other types of pipelines. The Pipe Layer ensures that trenches are properly excavated, shored, and prepared for pipeline installation. The Pipe Layer grades and levels trench foundations, aligns and positions pipes, and checks pipe slopes using levels or lasers to ensure they conform to specifications.

Responsibilities

• Advanced knowledge of equipment, and setup, of lasers, transits, grade rods, and line levels
• Vast knowledge of differing types of soils, and shoring techniques
• Following the OSHA rules and guidelines for trenching and sloping
• Advanced understanding of survey stakes, including cuts, fills, and elevations
• Lay out pipe routes using blueprints, and coordinating with Foreman
• Set the pipe laser up in the manhole and establish line
• Enter the proposed slope in the laser
• Understand tenths and how to read grade rod
• Ability to use logic, reason, and math as needed for the job
• Ability to generate efficient methods quickly to resolve roadblocks
• Ability to adapt to differing soil types and conditions
• Can install good pipe on shallow grades without rework in decent ground, and minimal water
• Can install structures that are oversized
• Set the pace of the crew

Requirements

• Must have valid driver's license
• Must participate in pre-employment and random drug screening program
• Subject to a background screening process
• 24 months construction experience
• 4+ years of experience with heavy civil construction experience

Benefits

We have an excellent benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, and 401K match. We also have a career development plan which offers continued growth for your career goals.

About the company

C. A. Murren is a full-service, well established industrial, civil, and power industry contractor performing work throughout the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States with offices located in Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. For more than 35 years, we have offered the highest levels of industrial site development performance, and we are proud of our long legacy of serving the Southeast.