Job Description

Job Purpose
National Grid is seeking Pipe Handlers in the Malden/Lowell/Amesbury areas. We are a major electricity and gas delivery company with one of the largest electricity transmission and distribution systems in the Northeast.

Key Accountabilities
As a Pipe Handler you will perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to:
Perform manual labor, including hand excavation, backfilling, handling of pipe, fittings, and materials and does other laboring work as required.
Operate paving breaker and rock drills and assist in operating tapping and stoppering equipment, heating and joining equipment for plastic pipe, and other equipment so assigned.
Successfully complete training of higher classification duties and obtain proper licenses

Qualifications
Must have a high school education or the equivalent.
Must have good mechanical aptitude and ability, high degree of dependability, and capable of exercising good judgment.
Must pass Company physical and qualifying tests.
Must have Massachusetts Drivers License and be in good physical condition.
THIS POSITION IS A COVERED CLASSIFICATION UNDER D.O.T. ANTI-DRUG-ALCOHOL PROGRAM REGULATIONS AND CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO PASS A DRUG TEST.