We're not looking for people who just want a job. We're looking for builders, people who take pride in the work, who want to get better at their craft, and who want to be part of something that means something.
Industrial construction is demanding. The hours are long. The conditions are real. The work is hard. We're not going to tell you otherwise.
What we can tell you is this: the people here are real builders. The company is run by people who have done the work. Leadership knows your name. They know your situation. If you do good work for GBI, GBI will do good work for you. That is the deal, and you can count on it.
Great Basin Nation is what this company actually is. It was named by an employee, not leadership. That says everything. When your people name the thing you've built, you know you've built something real.
Great Basin Nation means everyone who wears this logo is on the same team. Field and office. Tanks and electrical. Utah and Wyoming or Texas. We set up scholarship funds. We check on each other. We take care of our own.
Four values shape every hire, every crew, every project. If they describe how you already work, you'll fit here.
You bring the motor. Passionate, accountable, humbly confident. You own your results — the good ones and the ones that need fixing.
You learn, share, and grow. You pass it on. The apprentice next to you gets better because you're there.
Self-discipline plus proven process. Good enough isn't. The weld, the wire pull, the drawing, the pour — it has your name on it, and a plant is going to run on it for the next thirty years.
People first. Straight talk. Honest work. You lift the crew, not just yourself.
If that's how you already work, GBI is where you'll do the best work of your career. If it isn't, this won't be the fit — and that's honest information for both of us.
“Priority number one is feeding families. Everything else follows from that.”
Dan Clegg, FounderGBI has taken work at breakeven — and at times at a loss — to keep crews employed through the slow seasons. Where other contractors cut deep, we keep people working. When you sign on here, that's what stands behind your paycheck.
Twenty years ago, this company started small enough that leadership knew every employee's name, every spouse, every kid. GBI is bigger now — but that instinct hasn't changed, and we work hard to keep it alive.
Nobody builds a career in industrial construction alone. Behind every welder, foreman, and PM who's given GBI their years is a spouse, a partner, a family who carried the weight at home while the work carried them across the West. We see that. And when we mark the years, we mark the family too.
Every year, our 5-year and 20-year builders travel together on an all-inclusive trip with company leadership — spouses and partners included. The people who helped start this company celebrate alongside the people who are just settling in for the long haul. Two generations of Great Basin Nation, on the same beach, at the same table.
That's who we are. A company small enough to know each other, and old enough to have real tenure — celebrating both, together.
Cash toward a trip of your choosing, wherever your family wants to go.
The best builders stay. We make sure staying is worth it — for you and for the people who make it possible.
America gets built because someone at home said, “Go. We've got it.”
To the spouses, partners, and families of Great Basin Nation — thank you. This company doesn't exist without you.
NCCER certifications welcomed. Safety mindset non-negotiable.
Welders, ironworkers, pipefitters, electricians, and millwrights who take pride in their work.
Leaders who set the example and develop the next generation in the field.
Communicate early. Solve problems. Deliver — every project, every time.
Professionals who understand that everything we do serves the field.
GBI hires industrial professionals, supervision, and craftsmen across primary regions, plus field construction crews working throughout the U.S.
GBI is a drug-free workplace; all applicants must pass a pre-employment drug test. GBI pays above-average wages for above-average performers. Pay varies by experience, and subsistence is paid on travel assignments.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, veterans, and women strongly encouraged to apply.
Don't see your role? We're always looking for exceptional builders. Send your resume to careers@mygbi.com.
