A Class Pipe Fitter

About the role

The overall purpose of the job is to work within a team of Pipe Fitters to achieve maximum production in minimum time, standards and quality in keeping with company policies, while maintaining a positive and motivated team environment.

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret drawings, blueprints and specifications to determine layout requirements
• Cut openings for pipe in walls, floors and ceilings using hand or power tools or machines
• Measure, cut, thread and bend pipe to required shape using hand and power tools
• Test system for leaks using testing equipment
• Clean and maintain pipe units and fittings and flush system
• Install clamps, brackets and hangers to support piping system using hand and power tools
• Install pipe systems on board vessels in a safe and productive manner
• Safely rig equipment following all OSHA requirements
• Inspect work, identify potential problems, initiate corrective actions
• Increase awareness of Quality procedures within department
• Ensure correct work procedures are adhered to
• Perform as a productive working team member that meets daily goals set by the supervisor
• Help build the team environment
• Build pride of workmanship and quality through on job training
• Contribute towards innovation / productivity improvements
• Absorb waste elimination, e.g. materials, consumables etc.
• Aid supervisor to maintain control of department equipment and its maintenance
• Be prepared to step up as supervisor when required
• Have full set of personal tools
• Work towards the team goal of delivering the vessel on time
• Always be ready to start shift on time
• Follow Austal guidelines and procedures
• Do not leave job early or return late from break times
• Ensure work area is left clean, all equipment and tools are stowed away safely and protected against damage

Qualifications

• 1 year minimum work experience as a B-class pipe fitter at Austal or 2 years experience in a similar role at comparative employer
• Pass the “A” Class pipe fitters tests; written with a minimum score of 70% and practical with a minimum score of 90%

Education and Experience

• Education: Not specified
• Experience: 1 year minimum work experience as a B-class pipe fitter at Austal or 2 years experience in a similar role at comparative employer

Reasoning Abilities

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems that may arise in certain situations

Liaises With

• Supervisors
• Foremen

Physical Demands

• Must be able to tour all vessels and work sites
• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear
• Occasionally required to sit
• Must have the ability to bend, squat, stoop, crawl, and kneel
• Must have the ability to lift/push/pull 50lbs on an occasional basis and up to 20lbs on a frequent basis
• Must have the ability to climb in a safe manner (climbing as a minimum includes stairs, scaffolding, ladders, and ramps)
• Able to work at heights above 12’ while working from ladders, scaffolding and/or man lifts
• Able to work at a variety of levels (ex. waist, eye, overhead)
• Must have the ability to safely and appropriately use required tools and equipment
• Must have the ability to utilize personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toes shoes, goggles, respirator, safety harness, safety line, flotation gear, etc.) safely per OSHA standards
• Able to withstand cold and hot temperatures
• Able to enter 18” x 36” openings and work in confined spaces for prolonged periods of time within OSHA guidelines
• Able to respond to verbal and audible sounds/commands
• Able to utilize adequate visual skills
• Able to fully extend the arm while reaching overhead, reaching out, reaching to the side and reaching down
• Able to perceive attributes of an object/material such as size, shape, temperature and texture by means of receptors in the hands and fingers

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters whole performing the essential functions of this job
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, outside weather conditions, and extreme heat
• The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes and/or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and heat and cold
• The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud
• PPE available and MUST be used correctly

Safety

• Must comply with company, federal, state, and local safety and environmental rules and regulations while performing daily job tasks