Piper AA

About the role

We’re currently looking for a Piper AA at our Huhtamaki Plant in Waterville, Maine; you should be within reasonable commuting distance.

Responsibilities

Job Summary: To maintain, fabricate, install, weld and dismantle all types of pipelines, fittings and hydraulics as required for new construction or maintenance.

• Confers with supervisor at the start of each shift to determine work priorities.
• Receives instructions, blueprints, and work orders for the job.
• Develops working procedure for the job, material requirements, scaffolding and other equipment required.
• Calculates dimensions and bends required for piping.
• Installs, bends, cuts, threads, welds, and cuts off piping and shapes and fabricates pipe to the particular requirements for the job.
• Inspects and maintains facility piping systems, heating, refrigeration and air conditioning systems, water treatment and sewer systems, burners and heaters.
• Sets up and operates various bending, threading, and cutoff equipment.
• Installs various types of insulation and pipe covering; removes and disposes old coverings in line with company hazardous waste procedures and EPA and OSHA requirements.
• Makes hydraulic pressure test of piping installations.
• Checks and adjusts controls, gauges, and valves to achieve control of flow of pressure.
• Notifies Supervision of potentially dangerous piping systems and corrective actions taken or documented.

Qualifications

• Technical 2‑year associate’s degree and/or 5 years as a pipefitter in an industrial facility.
• Manual dexterity skills.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
• Ability to effectively communicate with written and verbal communications.
• Satisfactory work records including attendance.
• Ability to pass Huhtamaki hands‑on pipefitter test.
• Values similar to ours: Care, Dare and Deliver.

Physical Requirements

• Visual acuity (corrected) to read directions and prints.
• Manual dexterity.
• Physical ability to do work requiring frequent stooping, standing, squatting, bending