Employment Opportunities

Utility Contracting is seeking skilled, knowledgeable, and hard working individuals. Please contact our office for more information or to apply for any of the positions listed below.

 

Pipe Layer

Seeking pipe layer with experience working on civil construction projects and installing underground utilities including sanitary sewers, storm sewers, and waterlines.

Job Duties

  • Join various sizes and types of conduit (PVC, ductile iron, HDPE, RCP, clay)

  • Set up and operate pipe lasers, rotating lasers, transits, and levels

  • Establish and maintain alignment and grade

  • Locate underground utilities

  • Dewatering of pipeline trenches

  • Operate small powered equipment including cut off saws, tampers, pumps, drills, etc.

  • Use hand signals to communicate with equipment operators

Qualifications/Requirements

  • Member of Laborer’s International Union of America or willingness to join

  • Compliance with drug free workplace policy

  • Understanding of trench safety and proper shoring and rigging techniques

  • High level of physical fitness – strength, endurance, coordination, vision, and depth perception

  • Comfortable working in confined spaces

  • Ability to read blueprints

  • Basic mathematic skills

  • Reliable transportation

Working Conditions

  • Travel throughout Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania

  • Typical work hours 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM


Superintendent/Foreman

Seeking construction superintendent with experience working on heavy civil and underground utility construction projects, including major sanitary sewer, stormwater, and water projects.

Duties

  • Manage day to day operations of underground utility and highway construction projects

  • Coordinate and supervise field labor including operators, laborers, truck drivers, and subcontractors

  • Schedule delivery of materials and equipment

  • Communicate with field engineers and inspectors

  • Track and document project progress

Qualifications

  • Extensive knowledge of and experience working with sanitary sewers, storm sewers, and waterlines

  • Ability to read plans and perform intermediate mathematical calculations

  • Experience working with lasers, transits, and GPS systems for project layout and design

Skills

  • Strong leadership, time management, and organizational skills

  • Ability to strategize and solve complex problems

  • Interpersonal skills – communication, conflict mitigation

Job Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years’ experience working on underground utility construction projects

  • High school diploma/GED

  • Ability to travel throughout Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania

  • Compliance with drug free workplace policy