Pipe Helper 1

Kiewit•Abilene, TX

About The Position

The Pipe Helper assists skilled craftspersons with supportive duties under immediate supervision. The level and degree of responsibilities vary based on experience and assigned job step. The role involves learning and assisting with piping fabrication and installation, equipment layout, rigging, and hydro testing in a construction or industrial environment.

Requirements

Experience as a Pipe Helper in a power plant or industrial setting.
Must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the position.
Ability to understand, follow, and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management and supervision.
Field experience in the chosen craft discipline.
Knowledge of the safe and efficient use of hand tools, power tools, and layout tools.
Must have required tools.
Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and a fit-for-duty medical assessment.
Ability to work irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays as required.
Ability to perform work involving frequent movement around a construction or industrial site, including standing, walking, sitting, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
Ability to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds, and use ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds to access work areas that may exceed 200 feet.
Ability to work in confined, cluttered, and uneven areas and in noisy, dusty environments with changing outdoor weather conditions.
Ability to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site.

Responsibilities

Learn to read isometric drawings, take measurements, and fabricate and install piping efficiently.
Assist skilled craftspeople with aligning, bolting, and clamping fabricated metal components in position for welding.
Assist with assembling and securing pipes, tubes, fittings, and related equipment according to specifications, including welding and threading joints.
Position and secure materials and workpieces during installation, and install items according to applicable plans and specifications.
Learn to distinguish metal materials by type and thickness.
Learn to handle and apply rigging equipment securely.
Operate beveling machines, cut-off grinders, hammers, torches, magnetic drills, and a Saw-Zall.
Lay out and install equipment, vessels, skids, pumps, pipe, and supports.
Assist with hydro testing piping systems.
Observe and comply with safety and project rules, and perform other duties as required.