Welder Helper Jobs

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Welder Helpers support journeyman welders by ensuring tools and workplace are safe, assisting with grinding pipe ends and cleaning welds. If you have a desire to learn the pipeline welding trade, this is the opportunity for you.

What You'll Do

• Use grinders to clean pipe ends to be welded and to clean welds throughout the welding process
• Assist the crew by performing physical construction labor
• Support Welders with locating, cleaning, and organizing welding tools and supplies
• Complete physical labor tasks to help Welders complete their projects
• Other duties as requested by leadership
• Use hand torches and pipe beveling equipment to cut material to be fabricated

What You'll Have

• Basic knowledge of underground utility and/or natural gas industry is great
• Commitment to doing quality work while putting safety first
• A desire to learn a skilled trade
• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred

What You'll Get

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

Work Environment

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

Legal Stuff

• With the health and safety of our employees, customers and the communities we serve in mind, all candidates who receive an offer of employment will be required to complete a COVID-19 risk assessment; your responses will help us determine an employment start date
• Provide valid US work authorization documents for E-Verify
• Pass pre-employment, random, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug screens
• Valid driver’s license with clean driving record is preferred
• Pre-employment medical fit-for-duty test; hold/obtain DOT medical card
• Satisfactory results of pre-employment background check results

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.