Job Description

Overview

MasTec Utility Services delivers critical infrastructure construction and engineering services for power delivery, gas, and water customers. The Gas Foreman leads a crew to install and repair natural gas pipelines while ensuring safety and productivity.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and coordinate crew work to install natural gas pipelines via open-cut or directional drill methods.
  • Obtain all necessary licenses, permits, and materials for each job.
  • Ensure all work quality related to each project and assume full responsibility for its standard and timeliness.
  • Coordinate and delegate daily tasks to crew members related to digging and placing product.
  • Gain entry to site buildings for work crew and call-in utilities located at each project site.
  • Facilitate daily toolbox talks and weekly safety inspections to ensure the crews work safely.
  • Complete all paperwork in a timely manner.
  • Train new hires and trainees to learn the trade.
  • Track employee hours and submit for payroll on a timely basis.
  • Inspect existing utilities to ensure piping is correctly installed and meets customer specifications.
  • Drive, haul, and/or operate equipment to/from job sites to assist crews in completion of work.
  • Keep the job(s) moving on time, clean up, and perform job restoration at the end of job.
  • Communicate with customers and inspectors.
  • Perform other duties as required and/or assigned.

Requirements

  • A High School Degree, or equivalent.
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience with gas pipeline construction or maintenance, with 2 years of supervisory experience.
  • Proficiency in fusing, tapping, pressure testing, and purging.
  • Must have a CDL Class A license, or obtain one within 30 days of hire date.
  • OSHA 10 Certification.
  • Knowledge of gas and how to safely work with it.
  • Ability to read and interpret prints.
  • Proficiency in all phases of line construction.
  • Ability to talk with customers’ inspectors and have a sense of customer service.
  • Experience in operating heavy equipment and general construction.
  • Ability to visually inspect fusion or welded joints, spot utilities, and locate marks on the ground by color.
  • Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more or 20 inches or less, with the ability to judge distance and space relationships.
  • Precise hand-eye coordination.
  • Ability to identify and distinguish colors.
  • Ability to work outdoors, even in extreme weather conditions.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This job operates in a field environment.
  • The role requires extended periods of physical activity.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Disability
Life Insurance
401k

How this job compares in Lewisville, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, lead welder jobs across Texas currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$37/hr across 20 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Lewisville, TX

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in Lewisville, TX right now, from 9 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 737 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Lewisville, or widen the search to Texas.

MasTec Power Delivery currently has 2 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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