Pipefitter Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• May require a high school diploma or equivalent, with previous years of experience in the field or a related area.
• Strong working knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.
• Ability to understand, follow, and transmit written and oral instructions, and communicate effectively with management and supervision.
• Proficiency in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand, power, layout, and measurement tools.
• Must have required tools.
• May require a U.S. driver's license.
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing.
• Ability to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl while moving about a construction or industrial site.
• Ability to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds; access equipment or work areas that may exceed 200 feet using ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds when required.
• Ability to work in and around confined and cluttered places and on uneven surfaces, and complete tasks in noisy and dusty environments.
• Ability to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site when required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain working knowledge of various types of pipe and pipe systems, including butt welded, socket welded, threaded, Victaulic, grooved, glued, and fused joints.
• Read isometric drawings, take measurements, and fabricate and install piping efficiently.
• Align, bolt, and clamp components of fabricated metal products in position for welding.
• Assemble and secure pipes, tubes, fittings, and related equipment according to specifications by welding and threading joints.
• Position and secure materials and workpieces during installation, and install items according to applicable plans and specifications.
• Distinguish varying thicknesses and types of metal materials.
• Manually handle and securely apply rigging equipment.
• Operate beveling machines, cut-off grinders, pipe threaders, hammers, torches, magnetic drills, and a Saw-Zall.
• Lay out and install equipment, vessels, skids, pumps, pipe, and supports.
• Hydro test piping systems.
• Estimate sizes, distances, quantities, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for work activities.
• Inspect subordinate work for compliance with contract plans and specifications, identify deficiencies, explain them, and take corrective action as needed.
• Observe and comply with safety and project rules, and perform other duties as required.