Pipelayers & Pipe Labourers Needed Eastern Canada $38-$45/hr (40-50 hours/week)

This position is for the heavy civil division. The pipe layer position is physically demanding and involves being outdoors for the majority of the day in all types of weather. Pipe Layers benefit from natural job rotation, physical activity, and partake in a wide variety of on-site assignments which are essential to project completion. The hours of work will consistently range from 40 to 50 hours per week, (7 am–5 pm) depending on the contract and timeline—overtime, weekends and/or evenings also may be required with regards to the aforementioned.

Responsibilities: What’s typical.

Pipe layers at MGI will come across and engage with tasks such as:

• Using equipment, placing materials accurately and according to drawings and/or direction
• Operating skid steers, mini excavators and occasionally heavy equipment
• Digging ditches or trenches, backfilling excavations, or compacting and levelling the earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, and other tools
• Performing demolition, excavation, and compaction activities
• Removing rubble and other debris at job sites
• Physical demolition and/or abatement
• Performing site preparation and clean-up duties
• Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, or adjustment of machinery, equipment, or materials
• Control traffic that passes through, near, or around the work zones

Skills and Training: What’s preferred.

• Reliable transportation, such as a G-license
• Strong communication and learning ability
• Manual dexterity in operating gas-powered handheld equipment
• A love for the outdoors: summer through winter
• Have their own safety footwear
• A keen awareness of safety protocol
• Experience within the industry
• Possess a valid or be willing to obtain the following certifications: WHIMIS, Elevated/Aerial Work Platform, Working at Heights/Fall Arrest

Salary and Compensation: What’s rewarded.

MGI Construction encourages applicants of all educational backgrounds, ages, genders and experience levels. Your pay will depend on your education, experience, and skill level and will include opportunities to grow your career and increase your income. MGI is affiliated with Local 183. Positions also include extended benefit packages and select training as brought forward by the Local 183 Trust Administration and the Local 183 Training Centre.

We realize that some seek employment where others are driven by a greater civic-duty. It is this latter segment, those who are self-motivated, passionate, entrepreneurial in spirit while egoless in nature, that we believe are best suited for our collective role in #ConstructingHistory.

Disclaimer: the above is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, MGI reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $38.00-$45.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 – 50 per week