Welder Helper

Centuri Group, Inc.; New Berlin (WI); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading natural gas distribution contractor as a Utility Pipeline Welder Helper. You'll support experienced welders in a physically demanding role, ensuring safety and efficiency on job sites. This position offers paid training and a chance to grow in the pipeline welding trade.

Benefits

Weekly Payroll

Paid On-the-Job Training

Employee Assistance Program

Health Insurance Plan

Retirement Plan

Qualifications

• Must pass drug screenings and background checks.
• Valid driver's license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support Welders with locating and organizing tools.
• Complete physical labor tasks to assist Welders.
• Use grinders and hand torches for welding preparation.

Skills

Physical Labor

Safety Awareness

Fluency in English

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Who We Are

At NPL, part of The Centuri Organization, our employees are part of an established team working to support America's natural gas utility and energy infrastructure. Working at NPL means you are joining a company with over 50 years of experience, long-standing customer relationships, and one that is deeply integrated into our host communities. Come grow your career with us and be a part of something bigger.

Utility Pipeline Welder Helpers are integral members of our Construction Crews. You will support journeyman welders by ensuring tools and workplace are safe, assisting with grinding pipe ends, and cleaning welds. If you have the desire to learn the pipeline welding trade, this is the opportunity for you!

What You'll Do

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

What You'll Have

• High school diploma or equivalent
  
  

What You'll Get

• Join the Largest Natural Gas Distribution Contractor in the United States
• Weekly Payroll
• Paid, on-the-job training for technical skills
• Employee Assistance program benefit
• Health Insurance Plan benefit
• Retirement Plan benefit
  
  

Work Environment

• Work sites are outdoors in potentially extreme weather conditions
• All worksite safety instructions are written and spoken in English; must be fluent in English
• Work includes prolonged and repeated: lifting (including overhead, up to 50lbs); standing; climbing; kneeling; reaching and feeling; crouching and crawling
• 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
  
  

Legal Stuff

• Pass pre-employment, random, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug screens
• 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
• Pre-employment medical fit-for-duty test; hold/obtain DOT medical card
• Join and maintain Union membership
  
  

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.

Nearest Major Market: Waukesha

Nearest Secondary Market: Milwaukee