Pipefitter

Turner Industries • El Paso, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Turner Industries is hiring a Pipefitter for a position in El Paso, Texas. The role lays out, fabricates, assembles, installs, and maintains piping and piping systems, fixtures, and equipment for steam, hot water, heating, cooling, lubricating, sprinkling, and industrial processing systems. It is a non-exempt position reporting to the Foreman. Duties are assigned according to specific procedures, and work is checked frequently.

The Pipefitter selects pipe and related materials to meet job specifications, plans and carries out installations, joins and secures piping, and tests systems for leaks. The position may also involve installing and maintaining refrigeration and air-conditioning systems. The work requires following client job-site safety requirements and using required personal protective equipment. The role has substantial physical demands and may require working in excessive heat or cold and in loud environments.

Requirements

• Must have NCCER credentials or be able to pass a craft test.
• Must be a local candidate.
• Must have or meet the requirements to pass a DISA background check.
• High school education or equivalent.
• Four years of experience in the specified skill, depending on mechanic level.
• Must meet client job-site safety requirements, which may include being clean-shaven and wearing long sleeves and steel-toe boots.
• Must use safety equipment required by the client, such as a hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, respirator, hearing protection, and safety harness with lanyard.
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others in the workplace.

Responsibilities

• Lay out, fabricate, assemble, install, and maintain piping systems, fixtures, and equipment for industrial and other specified systems.
• Select pipe sizes, types, and related materials according to job specifications.
• Inspect work sites for obstructions and determine whether holes could cause structural weakness.
• Plan installation sequences to avoid obstructions and interference with other construction workers’ activities.
• Cut, thread, and bend pipe.
• Assemble and install metal and nonmetal pipe fittings, including brass, copper, lead, glass, and plastic fittings.
• Join pipe using threaded, caulked, soldered, brazed, fused, or cemented joints.
• Secure pipe to structures with clamps, brackets, and hangers.
• Install and maintain refrigeration and air-conditioning systems, including associated compressors, pumps, meters, pneumatic and hydraulic controls, and piping.
• Test piping systems for leaks.

Benefits

• 401(k), immediately vested.
• Benefits available after 60 days; the posting does not specify which benefits begin at that point.
• Holidays available after 90 days.
• Vacation available after one year.
• Depending on employment status, benefits include health, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment (ADD), voluntary life/ADD, disability benefits, leaves of absence, 401(k), paid time off, paid holidays, telehealth access, and an employee assistance program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED