Pipefitter

Zachry Group • Clute, TX

25d

About The Position

An Industrial Pipe Fitter assembles, lays out, installs, and maintains piping systems used for steam, fluids, or gases. Systems may include pipes, flanges, supports, valves, gauges, hangers, and angles. Work may take place throughout construction or maintenance sites, including indoors, outdoors, inside structures such as tanks or boilers, in underground excavations, and at heights of up to 300 feet.

The position requires experience with industrial pipe-fitting processes, the ability to read prints and technical documentation, and knowledge of industrial piping and boiler components for a combined-cycle power plant. The Pipe Fitter works with helpers and laborers and may occasionally oversee their work, exercising positional and expertise authority. The role requires adherence to Zachry values and safety rules and regulations.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience working as an Industrial Pipe Fitter or Pipe Fitter Helper.
• Demonstrated industrial construction or maintenance experience, including experience on an industrial construction project.
• Ability to read prints, blueprints, and construction drawings.
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, manufacturers' manuals, and instructions.
• Knowledge of pipe-fitting processes for industrial piping and boiler components for a combined-cycle power plant.
• Ability to illustrate thorough knowledge of pipe-fitting procedures and skills.
• Good problem-solving abilities, aptitude, and manual dexterity.
• Good reading comprehension.
• Ability to work with others as a team player and independently with minimal supervision.
• Good communication skills with coworkers and supervisors, as well as good leadership skills.
• Commitment to Zachry values and safety rules and regulations.
• Ability to perform physical work including standing, walking, bending, squatting, lifting, and using hands and arms for precision adjustments and handling materials, controls, and tools.
• May be required to lift, carry, and move up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to occasionally work at heights, climb ladders and stairways, and work from platforms; work at heights up to 300 feet requires proper fall protection.
• Ability to work outdoors in conditions including heat, cold, rain, snow, and wind, and for periods of up to 12 hours a day.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including a hard hat, safety glasses or goggles, ear plugs or muffs, masks or respirators, safety vests, gloves, and steel-toe boots.

Nice To Haves

• Zachry ROF’d employee.
• Former Zachry employee.
• NCCER Certification as an Industrial Pipe Fitter.
• Formal or technical education.

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints and specifications to determine the scope of work, including locations and the quantities and sizes of materials required.
• Identify the tools required for tasks.
• Identify safety risks and the precautions needed to eliminate them.
• Prepare, fabricate, install, and fit pipe to specifications.
• Install valves, hangers, supports, and flanges in piping systems according to plans and applicable specifications.
• Perform tests to ensure the quality of pipes and piping systems.
• Hoist loads using slings, chains, shackles, hooks, cables, and other rigging equipment.
• Work closely with helpers and laborers and occasionally oversee their work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed