Welder

About the Role

Peak Utility Infrastructure is an integrated engineering and construction company serving the Electric, Natural Gas, and Telecommunications industries. We provide engineering, construction, operations, and maintenance services, including repair, replacement, maintenance, and installation of natural gas, telecommunications, and electric infrastructure through our operating subsidiaries: 5 Star Electric, SiteWise, Kelly Cable, Riley Brothers, and Superior Pipeline Services.

Our core values: Guided by Safety. Focused on Communities. Powered by Care.

Responsibilities

• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
• Work with specialized equipment including welding and other necessary tools
• Work safely around backhoes, excavators, trenchers, and dump trucks
• Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals
• Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material
• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
• Preheat workpieces using torches to then guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across workpieces to connect pipe
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors
• Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes and portable grinders

Requirements

• Ability to perform heavy manual labor for extended periods, often under adverse climatic conditions
• Ability to lift up to 80 lbs multiple times during a work shift
• Ability to climb, dig, work in tight spaces, on uneven surfaces, walking, stooping, and kneeling
• Ability to understand and follow specific oral and written instructions
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team with co-workers
• Ability to pass motor vehicle, criminal background check, and comply with drug-free workplace policy
• English usage sufficient to keep records, place orders, and prepare simple narrative reports
• Willingness and ability to learn additional skills
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid State of Residence Driver’s License within two weeks of employment

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent desired
• Previous welding experience
• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus