Mer Laborer Jobs

Pay Range: $21.00 - $28.00

Centuri companies consider several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education, training and skills, and geographic location.

Who We Are

Are you ready to build your career on Solid Ground? Join the leader in utility construction and get yourself a solid career with solid pay!

Established in 1972, New England Utility Constructors Inc. (NECUO) has been providing underground utility construction solutions to New England for five decades. Known for safety, quality, and excellence, NEUCO specializes in pipeline and natural gas distribution construction. Our well-trained and professional staff aims for excellence on every project. Competitive wages and benefits from day one. Paid training and development. Opportunities to advance. At NEUCO, you are part of a team working to support critical utility and energy infrastructure.

Becoming a Utility Construction Laborer is the first step in your new career. In this entry-level position, you will be assigned to a crew with seasoned foremen, equipment operators, and pipefitters, where you will learn the trade and be provided with the tools you need to succeed in the industry. Your duties will involve general labor such as excavating, trenching and shoring while working around heavy equipment.

What You'll Do

• Maintain all industry required Operator Qualifications
• Keep worksite clean and organized free from unnecessary hazards
• Load and unload equipment and materials
• Perform other responsibilities as requested by leadership
• Use hand tools to dig around existing utility structures to prevent damage
• Perform regular maintenance and cleaning on assigned vehicles and equipment

What You'll Have

• High School diploma or equivalent

What You'll Get

• Weekly Payroll
• Career Development Opportunities
• Competitive Benefit Package including Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Employee Discounts
• Paid Time Off/Vacation
• 401K w/ Company Match
• Voluntary Life Insurance and Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Work Environment

• Work includes prolonged and repeated: lifting (including overhead, up to 50lbs); standing; climbing; kneeling; reaching and feeling; crouching and crawling
• Working safely requires quick/accurate hand-eye coordination and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
• Work sites are outdoors in potentially extreme weather conditions
• Work is performed within the “red zone” of heavy equipment
• All worksite safety instructions are written and spoken in English; must be fluent in English

Legal Stuff

• Provide valid US work authorization documents for E-Verify
• Satisfactory results of pre-employment background check results
• Valid driver’s license with clean driving record is preferred
• Pass pre-employment, random, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug screens
• Pre-employment medical fit-for-duty test; hold/obtain DOT medical card

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Commitment

This job description is subject to change at any time. It reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, and does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Centuri and its subsidiary companies will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. Centuri will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a test or job interview) if so requested.

Centuri is a Department of Transportation regulated employer. Certain safety-sensitive positions are covered under the DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations, 49 CFR Part 40. It is important to note that marijuana remains a drug listed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. It remains unacceptable for any safety-sensitive employee subject to drug testing under the company’s Drug Free Workplace Policy to use or test positive for marijuana.