Maintenance Mechanic Pipefitter

About the role

This position installs and manages the upkeep of various pipe equipment and systems. Their primary duties include reviewing plumbing system blueprints, fixing pipe and plumbing systems, and ensuring pipes meet the proper specifications.

Responsibilities

• Inspect the workplace, clear obstructions, and prepare materials and equipment
• Review plumbing system blueprints, pipe systems, and related equipment installations and understand requirements
• Using a variety of tools to modify pipes to specifications
• Measure and cut and thread pipes according to requirements
• Assemble and weld pipe components and systems
• Install and secure pipes to walls and fixtures with brackets, clamps, and welding equipment
• Order materials such as pipes, hangars, brackets, hydraulic cylinders, etc
• Test functionality of hydraulic and other systems
• Repair and maintain pipe systems, supports, and related equipment such as radiators and HVAC units
• Clear pipe systems of obstructions and test their functionality
• Complying with relevant codes and regulatory standards

Requirements

• Proficient written and oral communication skills according to skill requirements
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times, stressful environment
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
• Ability to apply concepts of introductory algebra and geometry

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• At least two years of related experience required
• Successful completion of a four-year apprenticeship that included classroom and on-the-job instruction in pipefitting or related field
• Knowledge of health and safety guidelines while working with dangerous equipment and chemicals

Skills

• Physical Requirements: Prolonged period of standing, bending, reaching, and working with hands
• Occasional periods of prolonged exposure to loud noises
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds at times
• Ability to stand, walk, and reach with arms and hands as necessary
• Ability to hear and see to position and safety requirement levels
• Occasional exposure to elements such as heat, cold, noise, dust, dirt, and chemicals

Benefits

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