Piper AA

Huhtamaki•Waterville, ME

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Huhtamaki is seeking a Piper AA at its plant in Waterville, Maine. Applicants should live within reasonable commuting distance. The role maintains, fabricates, installs, welds, and dismantles pipelines, fittings, and hydraulic systems for new construction and maintenance. The Piper AA works from supervisor direction, blueprints, instructions, and work orders to plan procedures, materials, scaffolding, and equipment; fabricates and installs piping; and inspects and maintains facility systems. The role also conducts pressure tests, adjusts controls, gauges, and valves, and reports potentially dangerous piping systems and corrective actions.

Requirements

Technical two-year associate degree and/or five years of experience as a pipefitter in an industrial facility.
Manual dexterity.
Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
Satisfactory work records, including attendance.
Ability to pass Huhtamaki's hands-on pipefitter test.
Values similar to Huhtamaki's: Care, Dare, and Deliver.

Responsibilities

Confer with the supervisor at the start of each shift to determine work priorities.
Review instructions, blueprints, and work orders; develop job procedures and determine material, scaffolding, and equipment needs; calculate piping dimensions and bends.
Install, bend, cut, thread, weld, and dismantle piping, and fabricate pipe to meet job requirements.
Inspect and maintain facility piping, heating, refrigeration and air-conditioning, water treatment, sewer, burner, and heater systems.
Set up and operate bending, threading, and cutoff equipment.
Install pipe insulation and coverings; remove and dispose of old coverings in accordance with company hazardous-waste procedures and EPA and OSHA requirements.
Perform hydraulic pressure tests on piping installations and check and adjust controls, gauges, and valves to control flow and pressure.
Notify supervision of potentially dangerous piping systems and document or report corrective actions taken.