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Experienced Pipe Laborer

US-MD-Finksburg

Job ID: 2026-2834
Category: Contracting
Maryland Division/HTI

Overview

Maryland Division/HTI, a division of the H&K Group, Inc., is looking for an experienced Pipe Laborer to become a part of our team. Usually performing their duties in a utility capacity, the Laborer position entails working on construction projects, often transferring from one task to another whenever the situation requires. If you meet the job requirements outlined below, H&K would be happy to consider you for this position.

Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?

Competitive salary commensurate with experience
100% Company-paid Health Benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
Additional training programs including on the job, online through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Acquire tools needed for daily operations
Measure distances from grade stakes, drive stakes, and stretch tight line
Bolt, nail, align, and block up under forms
Signal operators of construction equipment to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery to conform to grade specifications
Level earth to fine grade specifications
Mix concrete
Smooth and finishes freshly poured cement or concrete
Position, join, align, and seal pipe sections
Erect scaffolding, shoring, and braces
Pipe Duties:
- Get tools needed for daily operations
- Get job set up for daily function such as setting up a pipe laser
- Operate a Wacker and jumping jack to perform backfilling duties
- Use cut saws to make pipe proper length
- Prep pipe for connection before pipe gets lowered
- Shoot grades and checks grades using laser or conventional methods
- Perform connection of pipe work
- Responsible for checking for proper pipe slope
- Prep structures for installation

Qualifications

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

One year of relevant heavy highway construction experience
- Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
Experienced in underground utilities such as storm sewer, sanitary sewer, water main, and structures
Written and verbal communication skills
Problem solving
Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

Three years of related experience and/or training
OSHA or other relevant safety certifications

Physical Demands

Regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms
Regularly talk or hear
Frequently required to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
Frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
Vision abilities include distance, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions
Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles
Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts
Noise level is usually moderate

H&K provides complete heavy civil contracting and construction materials solutions with safety, speed, quality, efficiency, and value. Beginning as a small family business a half century ago, we are now a dynamic group of vertically integrated companies that has been growing and prospering for 50 years.

Thank you for your interest in employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our people, providing the essential training, instruction, and supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our company. We acknowledge that our strength and success is directly related to our employees and the talents, dedication, and job performance they exemplify. We seek dynamic, motivated people who are driven to make a difference.

H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people to join our team.

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100% Company-Paid Health Benefits!

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