Pipefitter 1

About the Role

An Industrial Pipe Fitter will assemble, layout, install, and maintain pipe systems on steam, fluid, or gas systems. These systems may include pipe, flanges, supports, valves, gauges, hangars, and angles. Work environments include buildings, outdoor sites, inside structures such as tanks or boilers, underground excavations, and heights up to 300 feet.

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints and specifications to determine the scope of work, including locations, quantities, and sizes of materials required.
• Identify all tools required for tasks.
• Identify safety risks and the precautions required to eliminate those risks.
• Prepare, fabricate, install, and fit pipe to specifications.
• Install valves, hangars, supports, and flanges inside piping systems according to plans and applicable specifications.
• Perform tests to ensure the quality of the pipe and piping systems.
• Hoist loads using slings, chains, shackles, hooks, cables, and other rigging equipment.
• Work closely with and occasionally oversee helper and labor positions, exercising positional and expertise authority.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience working as an Industrial Pipe Fitter or Pipe Fitter Helper.
• Ability to read prints and demonstrate thorough knowledge of pipe fitting procedures and skills.
• Experience on an industrial construction project.
• Demonstrated industrial construction/maintenance history experience.
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals and manufacturers' instructions.
• Knowledge of pipe fitting processes for industrial piping and boiler components for a combined-cycle power plant.
• Good problem-solving abilities and manual dexterity.
• Strong reading comprehension and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and independently with minimal supervision.
• Commitment to safety rules and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Zachry ROF’ed employee or former Zachry employee.
• NCCER Certification as an Industrial Pipe Fitter.
• Formal/technical education.