Get ready to grow with us!
Northwest Pipe Company is the nation’s leading manufacturer of water infrastructure products—and with over 50 years of experience, we’re just getting started! Our business is growing, and we’re looking for great people to grow with us. We’re immediately seeking a Laborer II to join our Geneva Pipe and Precast team in Orem, UT.

WE OFFER:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D Insurance (1st of month after hire)
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• Weekly Paycheck
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Bonus Potential
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Safety Footwear and Eyewear Voucher (day 1 of employment)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunities for Career Advancement
• Values-Driven Culture Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, and Safety

OUR VALUES:

• Accountability is evident when we do what we say we are going to do and people accept responsibility for their actions. We do not point fingers and blame others. We own our actions.
• Commitment is not only promising to do something, but actually investing in the necessary effort and actions to make it happen.

• Teamwork is essential for competing in a challenging and constantly changing business environment. Working together across all job functions is critical to achieving our success.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Under frequent supervision, the role performs general labor work in our FRP/Liner area. Assists in the departmental housekeeping and safety efforts and works collaboratively with other members of the department and production counterparts to ensure production workflow.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Follows all safety and company policies / procedures and promotes a safe culture
• Complies with all OSHA safety requirements, work rules and regulations
• Wear all required personal protective equipment
• Maintain all required paperwork
• Working in all Phases of FRP(Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic)/Liner including FRP spraying, sanding, building parts, molds, welding
• Shipping FRP items
• Inspects, cleans and performs basic preventative maintenance on machines and equipment
• Maintain housekeeping within all production, storage and waste areas
• Follows all work instructions, procedures and job safely analysis (JSA’s)
• Identify and report any unsafe working conditions or equipment
• Effectively communicate issues to management
• Performs various general labor work including shoveling, clean up and removal of damaged lining
• Operation of hand tools and equipment
• Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Receives OTJ to apply various processes to pipe by machine and/or hand application
• May also cross train to learn how to apply and operate machines / equipment
• Cement finishing
• Inspect pipe before and after processes
• Cleans and inspects machines
• Loads and unloads product in machinery in a safe manner
• Operate forklift and skip loader
• Ensures pipe is cleaned prior to entering processes
• Inspects and maintains machinery to ensure production of quality product
• Reading of drawings
• Properly identify (mark) pipe with the use of spray paint or stamps
• Participate in inventory
• Other duties may be assigned as necessary

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Capable of following all safety requirements, work rules and regulations
• Ability to comprehend and follow instructions
• Carpentry skills a plus
• Welding skills a plus
• Must be able to learn how to operate a machine / equipment
• Ability to read gauges and watching guides
• Ability to obtain and maintain forklift certification if required
• Basic mathematics skills and the ability to solve basic mathematic problems
Requires experience with hand and power tools

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• Prefer experience in a heavy manufacturing environment

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Our organization maintains a drug-free workplace. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successful passing of a drug test and background check. Northwest Pipe Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. Minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Northwest Pipe Company reserves the right to close the position, with or without notice, if a qualified candidate is identified prior to the close date.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be meet by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Project timelines and work volume / deadlines may often require working outside of standard office hours, weekend, or evening work.

Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.

Physical Activity

Work Hours / Shift

• Work hours vary or change based on operational needs
• Must be able to work overtime as required

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

Physical Activity:

Very heavy work: Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and / or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and / or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Physical Requirements:

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Standing/Sit: Remaining upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods.
• Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.
  • Lifting and or retrieving items of 0-50 pounds without assistance; 50 – 100 pounds with assistance and 100 pounds with mechanical assistance.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers such as grinding, stamping, and taping.

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and /or hands and arms.
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow slippery or erratically moving surfaces.
• Stooping: Positions self to pick up tools and set up shoes.
• Kneeling / Crouching: Positions self to checking stamps.
• Crawling: Moving about to installing gaskets in ends.
• Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling to stamping.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm to grinding and stamping.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form.

Vison Requirements:

The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform and activity such as: operating machines such lathes, drill presses, power saws and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach; performing mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature such as ones by carpenters, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc.

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Close vision ( 20 inches or less)
• Distance vision ( 20 feet or more)
• Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Peripheral Vision: (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)
• Depth Perception: (three-dimensional vision, ability, to judge distances and spatial relationships.
• Adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus.)

Weather conditions:

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather.
• Both environmental conditions: activities occur inside and outside.
• Extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• Extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• Noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• Vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.
• Hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but necessarily from temperature changes
• Atmospheric conditions: Once or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: fumes, orders, dust, mists, gases or poor ventilation.
• Oils: There is air and / or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.
• Required to wear a respirator.
• The worker is in close quarters, crawl spaces, shafts, man holes, small enclosed rooms, small sewage and water line pipes, and other areas could cause claustrophobia.

Noise Levels:

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Loud noise
• Very loud

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Moderate noise

Supervision Received:

Supervision: The incumbent performs a variety of routine work within established policies and procedures and receives detailed instructions on new projects and assignments.