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Pipelayer/Grade Checker

About Trinity Grading

  • As a full-service, family-owned earthwork and utilities contractor, Trinity Grading has been helping people succeed for generations. Our work is more than just a job; it's a way of life. We strive to provide career opportunities for our employees and work collaboratively with our clients to make their projects successful.
  • What sets us apart is our unique culture, driven by our core values and planning elements known as the Big 3: Work Order, Job Planning Tool, and Schedule. We are proud of our record of success, which has formed lasting relationships with our clients and earned Trinity Grading’s reputation as a partner and problem solver.
  • As a third-generation family-owned business, we take pride in our heritage and the legacy we are building for the future. When you work for Trinity Grading, you're not just joining a company; you're joining a team that cares about your success as much as our own.

About the Position

  • Read and understand plans
  • Follow detailed instruction provided by the Foreman to lay out crew and keep everyone working efficiently to accomplish production daily goals, while looking ahead to know where the work is going
  • Maintain Quality Control for all pipe installations and ensure they are to company standards
  • Inventory materials as they get delivered and communicate with foreman if items are back ordered
  • Be planned out for materials for the next couple days
  • Able to set up a sloping laser and grade a trench line as well as use hot elevations to shoot in as built elevations
  • Can teach crew members how to install pipe
  • Can properly install and bolt up all fittings and pipe joint types
  • Can properly use in a safe and productive manner power tools to install and cut pipe
  • Keeps digging machine moving at a productive pace and digging to the correct grades and line
  • Knows OSHA trench guidelines and reports trench conditions to the foreman
  • Keeps foreman up to speed on progress and marks up plans of completed areas and as built changes
  • Keeps foreman up to speed on supplies and aggregates and when they are getting low
  • Knows how to lay out the crew and have material and spoil areas properly laid out
  • Can do take offs of materials needed
  • Double checks elevations and plans and survey stakes to make sure they are correct
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Our Core Values

What We're Looking For

  • As a Pipe Layer at Trinity Grading, you will assist in leading the crew by prioritizing safety, production, quality, and training principles. You will ensure that proper soil type classification and trenching methods are used, and communicate any conflicts in upcoming work to the Foreman. You will be responsible for maintaining an accurate and undamaged inventory of materials, and ensuring that they are staged properly. You will also ensure quality installation by verifying that it aligns with plans and specifications. Additionally, you will play a key role in training future pipe layers while maintaining a high level of personal performance. Your commitment to these duties will help us to maintain a safe and efficient job site, and deliver high-quality work to our clients.
  • At Trinity Grading, we work to serve our clients and our employees by delivering high-quality projects that demand the absolute best from our teams. We aim to be a community where highly talented and motivated people are able to utilize their skills and abilities for a lifetime. Regardless of the position, each team member must be committed to the truth, value others and themselves, and share a passion to perform with excellence. These are the four pillars upon which our team is built and maintained.
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Our Benefits

401K Retirement

Paid Time Off

Medical / Dental

Non-Union Shop

Frequently Asked Questions

With over six decades of experience in the industry, our focus is on medium to large-sized firms in commercial, industrial, military, public works, and apartment industries in Orange Co., San Diego Co., and Inland Empire who share our values of relationship building, fair negotiation, and attention to detail. Our typical projects range from under a million dollars to $6 million.

We believe in investing in our employees' development, and we are committed to providing the best training and support possible. We offer:
  • BuildWitt Training Modules
  • In-house "In training" program to identify those who want to move to the next position and establish steps and milestones to achieve
  • Company provided formal training for competent person training and refreshers for Trenching & Excavation, CPR & First Aid, and Confined Space, as well as any other certifications needed per position (OSHA 10, 30, Rigging, Signaling)
  • 3rd-party Leadership & Development Training Opportunities
  • Vendor provided training on materials, installation best practices, software use
  • AGC apprentice partnership

We believe in promoting from within our company, offering our employees the chance to grow professionally and push their limits. This approach strengthens our team and fosters a supportive work environment.

The work hours and schedule at Trinity Grading vary based on your role and the specific project you are assigned to. Typically, projects adhere to a Monday through Friday daytime work schedule, but there may be instances where night or weekend work is necessary.

"WORKING FOR TRINITY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST GRATIFYING JOBS I HAVE HAD IN THE PAST 25 YEARS OF DOING UNDERGROUND. I TRULY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE BEST PROFESSIONALS IN OUR TRADE, DOING WHAT I LOVE."

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