Pipelayer – Chew Excavating

ralmax· Hourly
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📍 Ralmax Contracting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada050 Hourly, Union: Full Time

About this role

Employment Type: Full Time/Unionized Hourly

Business Unit: Chew Excavating Ltd.

Location: Victoria, British Columbia

Reporting to: Operations Manager

Wage Rate: $34.24 to $37.29plus $2.95/hr pension and 11.5% vacation pay with increases starting May 2026.

Work Setting: Civil Construction – Civil and Excavation

 

At Chew Excavating Ltd.  A Ralmax Group Company, we are dedicated team of experienced professionals specializing in top quality Heavy Civil and Demolition services. Chew Excavating focusing on bulk excavations, road works, underground utilities, subdivisions and developments along with demolition, deconstruction, and hazardous material removal.

We have an immediate opening for an experienced pipelayer to join our team in Victoria, British Columbia. If you are a Pipelayer with at least 1 year experience as a pipelayer in civil construction, or an experienced civil labourer, with proven experience, wanting to work your way into becoming a Pipelayer through training and mentorship, we would love to hear from you.  

 

Chew Excavating provides opportunities to work within multiple divisions throughout the company and the security of several long-term contracts already secured with the BC Hydro and the federal government.  Applicants should be capable of shooting grades for pipe installation as well as prep for hard surfacing including using rotary and pipe lasers. Must be familiar working in varying conditions seen in civil construction while working with, testing, and laying pipe for different utilities including sewer, storm, and water mains as well as conduit for street lighting, BC Hydro, Telus and Shaw communications duct. 



What we offer

  • Competitive pay
  • Union benefit package plus pension
  • Professional development and training
  • Educational advancement and courses

 

About the Ralmax Group of Companies

 

Ralmax is a diversified group of local industrial businesses focused in and around Victoria’s working harbor.  The group includes Chew Excavating, Point Hope Maritime, Trio Ready-Mix, United Engineering, St. Vincent Bay Quarry, Nixon Bros. Truck Repair and Victoria Harbour Ferries. The Ralmax Group is also partnered with the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations in Salish Sea Industrial Services.

 

Application Process

 

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and cultures to join our team (including self-identifying Indigenous, status, non-status, Metis, and Inuit and non-Indigenous cultures). If you have any questions regarding this position or applying for the position, please reach out and email us at: info@chew.bc.ca. We want to support all applicants during this process.

 

Submission Deadline: Open until filled. 

 

Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

 

We are looking forward to connecting with you!

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