Pipefitter, Warren MI

PCSI - Professional Contract Services, Inc•Warren, MI

19h•Onsite

About The Position

PCSI is seeking a Pipefitter to join its Mechanical department. This role involves installation, repairs, and maintenance of high-pressure steam, hydronic heat, chilled water, and plumbing systems across a military facility. The position requires reviewing as-built drawings, fabricating and assembling pipe, troubleshooting system issues, and testing systems to ensure safe and efficient operation while following established safety standards. The role requires formal apprenticeship training or equivalent experience and the ability to work independently in physically demanding indoor and outdoor environments. This position will report to the Mechanical Supervisor and is based at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, MI. This position is part of a 5-person plumbing/pipefitting shop executing a facility operations & maintenance (O&M) and repair contract, consisting of 55 buildings comprising nearly two million square feet of space and roads and grounds maintenance of approximately 170 acres on a military installation.

Requirements

Formal apprenticeship training or equivalent experience.
High school diploma or equivalent required.
Bona fide formal apprenticeship or 8 years of equivalent training and experience required.
Knowledge of high-pressure piping systems and equipment, such as steam heating, steam generation, hydraulic systems, steam generators, flash and expansion tanks, condensate, vacuum, and circulating pumps, and radiators.
Skill in troubleshooting/inspecting piping systems to identify irregularities and existing and/or potential problems and system malfunctions.
Skill in using and maintaining hand and power tools such as pro press, mega press, wrenches, pipe threader, cutter, dividers, chalk lines, drills, grinders, and ground fault interrupter equipment.
Ability to install, modify, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair industrial or domestic high-temperature water and high-pressure piping systems and equipment without normal supervision.
Able to effectively read, write, and speak the English language.
Successfully pass pre-employment drug/alcohol screen, background check, and motor vehicle report.
Must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance, including a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) investigation.
Maintain a valid State of Michigan driver’s license and remain insurable to operate Company vehicles.

Responsibilities

Installation, repairs, and maintenance of high-pressure steam, hydronic heat, chilled water, and plumbing systems.
Reviewing as-built drawings.
Fabricating and assembling pipe.
Troubleshooting system issues.
Testing systems to ensure safe and efficient operation.
Following established safety standards.
Laying out work and measuring to locate the position of pipe from drawings or other written specifications.
Cutting various sizes of pipe to correct lengths, using oxyacetylene torch or pipe cutting machines, and threading pipe with stocks and dies.
Assembling pipe with couplings and fastening pipe to hangers.
Making standard shop computations relating to pressures, flow, and size of pipe required.
Making standard tests to determine whether the finished pipe meets specifications.
Repair of steam systems up to 125lbs, including control valves, expansion joints, condensate pumps, steam traps, etc.
Repair and function of hydronic heating systems, including valves, pumps, and heat exchangers.
Repair of chilled water systems.
Install, modify, troubleshoot, maintain, and test steam compressed air, water, natural gas, hydraulic fluids, and maintain plumbing and heating equipment and facilities related to shop equipment.
Install, modify, and repair new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment, such as steam heating, steam generation, hydraulic systems, steam generators, boilers, flash and expansion tanks, condensate, vacuum, and circulating pumps, and radiators.
Plan and lay out the installation, repair, and modification of high-pressure piping systems and equipment, applying and interpreting information from blueprints, charts, and sketches.
Utilize safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations, and maintain a safe and clean work environment.
Being on call for after-hours emergency calls on a scheduled rotating basis.
All other duties as assigned.