Pipefitter Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• May require a high school diploma or equivalent and 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 communicate written and oral instructions effectively with management and supervision.
• Proficiency in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand, power, layout, and measurement tools.
• May require a U.S. driver's license.
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and fit-for-duty medical evaluation.
• Must observe and comply with safety and project rules.
• Must have the required tools.
• Ability to move around a construction or industrial site and stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
• Ability to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds; access equipment or work areas using ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds, potentially at heights exceeding 200 feet.
• Ability to work in and around confined and cluttered spaces and on uneven surfaces, in noisy and dusty environments, and under changing outdoor weather conditions.
• May be required or able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site.
• Ability to work irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays as required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain working knowledge of pipe types and piping 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 fabricated metal components into position for welding.
• Assemble and secure pipes, tubes, fittings, and related equipment 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 between different thicknesses and types of metal materials.
• Manually handle and safely 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, piping, and supports.
• Hydrotest 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.