Job Description

Build Your Future at NWPX

At NWPX Infrastructure, we manufacture welded steel pipe and precast products that form the backbone of America’s water infrastructure. It’s work you can be proud of—and an opportunity to advance your career with a company committed to your professional growth and well-being.

Our brands—Northwest Pipe Company, NWPX Park, and NWPX Geneva—set the standard for safety, quality, innovation, and performance. Guided by our core values of Accountability, Commitment, and Teamwork, our people work collaboratively to deliver reliable products and trusted service to our customers—while building stable, rewarding careers along the way.

For over 50 years, NWPX has been a leader in reliable water infrastructure solutions, and our people are the foundation of our success. Build your future with us and be part of a legacy grounded in water.

WHAT NWPX OFFERS YOU:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• On-Demand Pay (Access Your Earned Wages Before Payday)
• Bonus Potential
• Up to $5,000 per year Tuition Reimbursement
• Safety Footwear and Eyewear Voucher (Day 1 of Employment)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Opportunities for Career Advancement
• Values-Driven Culture Committed to Equal Opportunities and Safety

ABOUT THE JOB:

The Builder III is an experienced production team member responsible for producing a wide variety of precast concrete products in accordance with established safety, quality, and production standards. This position performs advanced building and forming duties, works independently from blueprints and drawings, and assists with troubleshooting and supporting other team members as needed.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Set up and assemble steel forms for precast concrete products, including more complex or specialized builds.
• Read, interpret, and work independently from blueprints, CAD drawings, production drawings, and specifications.
• Measure, cut, bend, place, and tie rebar and steel mesh according to specifications.
• Prepare forms and properly position reinforcing steel, inserts, embeds, and other required components prior to concrete placement.
• Pour, finish, strip, rework, and patch concrete products while maintaining established quality standards.
• Identify basic production or quality issues and make appropriate corrections or notify leadership when additional support is needed.
• Safely operate forklifts and other heavy-duty industrial equipment as trained and authorized.
• Properly use hand tools, power tools, saws, grinders, air tools, and other production equipment.
• Assist and provide guidance to less-experienced Builders regarding proper building methods, drawings, quality expectations, and safe work practices.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area and perform general housekeeping duties.
• Work effectively as part of a team and assist in other production areas as needed.
• Follow all company safety procedures, work instructions, quality standards, and established production processes.
• Regular, reliable, and predictable attendance is necessary to perform the essential functions of this position.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Strong understanding of precast concrete production and form-building processes.
• Ability to independently read and interpret blueprints, CAD drawings, measurements, and production specifications.
• Ability to accurately read and use a tape measure and perform basic production-related math calculations.
• Proficient in the safe use of common hand tools, power tools, saws, grinders, and air tools.
• Ability to recognize quality concerns and assist with troubleshooting production issues.
• Ability to perform work with limited supervision while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity expectations.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills with the ability to assist and guide less-experienced employees.
• Ability to safely operate forklifts and other required industrial equipment after appropriate training and authorization.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.
• Previous experience in precast concrete, construction, manufacturing, or a related production environment strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with hand tools, power tools, saws, air tools, and grinders.
• Previous experience reading blueprints, CAD drawings, or production drawings required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

• Close Supervision: The incumbent is assigned duties according to specified procedures and receives detailed instructions. Work is checked frequently

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

Over 2/3 of the time

• Stooping: Positions self to 90 degrees
• Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to move items, pick up tools and cleaning up work area
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm to use hand tools
• Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form.

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. Body agility is emphasized. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.)
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.)
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward of outward
• Lifting: Raising object from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position (this factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles)
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in using hand tools
• 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.
• 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 wrists, hands, and/or fingers such as doing paperwork during walk in process

Physical Requirements

Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Visual Acuity

The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: Preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection) using measurement devices, and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eye.

Vision Requirements

Over 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is required to have 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)
• The worker is required to have depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is required to have distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)
• The worker is required to have the ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• The worker is required to have close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)

Weather Condition

Over 2/3 of the time

• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: activities occur inside and outside
• The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)

Conditions the worker will be subject to in this position

• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to vibrations: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body
• The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals
• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: Fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation
• The worker is subject to oils: There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids
• The worker frequently is in close quarters, crawl spaces, shafts, man, holes, small, enclosed, rooms, small sewage and water line pipes, and other areas which could cause claustrophobia.

Noise Levels

Up to 2/3 of the time:

Loud noise (examples: metal can manufacturing department, large earth-moving

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Except where prohibited by state law, offers of employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, drug test, and/or physical examination, as determined by the essential functions and physical requirements of the position.

NWPX Infrastructure is committed to equal employment opportunity. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

NWPX Infrastructure reserves the right to close the position, with or without notice, if a qualified candidate is identified prior to the close date.