Pipefitter

Job Highlights

Company Profile

Turner Industries provides a single solution in heavy industrial construction, maintenance, turnaround, pipe and module fabrication, equipment, rigging, specialized transportation, and associated specialty services.

Job Profile

The company is seeking a Pipefitter for maintenance and project work.

Lays out, fabricates, assembles, installs, and maintains piping and piping systems, fixtures, and equipment for steam, hot water, heating, cooling, lubricating, sprinkling, and industrial processing systems.

Education Level

• Not mentioned, a High School Diploma (a plus)

Work Experience

• 1-4 years of experience in the specified skill (depending on the mechanic level)

License/Certification

• Written pre-employment qualification test
• Hazard Communication orientation/test

Duties/Responsibilities

• Cuts, threads, and bends pipe; assembles and installs a variety of metal and nonmetal pipe fittings, including those made of brass, copper, lead, glass, and plastic
• Inspects work sites to determine the presence of obstructions and to ascertain that holes will not cause structural weakness
• Installs and maintains refrigeration and air-conditioning systems, including compressors, pumps, meters, pneumatic and hydraulic controls, and piping
• Joins pipe utilizing threaded, caulked, soldered, brazed, fused, or cemented joints
• Plans the sequence of installation to avoid obstructions and activities of other construction workers
• Secures pipe to structure with clamps, brackets, and hangers
• Selects the size and type of pipe and related material according to job specifications
• Test the piping system for leaks

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Blueprint interpretation
• Pipe system installation
• Pressure testing
• Threading and grooving
• Welding and soldering

Tools/Equipment-

• Employee may be required to provide the following: tool box, pipe wrenches, crescent wrenches, level, torpedo level, square, tri square, plumb bob, channel locks, hammer, center punch, flat or regular screwdriver, Phillips screwdriver, set of combination wrenches, tape, folding rule, wrap around, work gloves, striker, cutting goggles, tip cleaner, rain suit

Work Environment

• Employee may be required to do the following: climbing ladders, scaffolds, structures, etc. above and below ground level; maintaining balance on ladders, scaffolds structures, etc.; reaching in all directions, handling and manipulating objects and materials; coordinating the movements of eyes, hands and fingers to operate tools and equipment; lifting 30 to 50 pounds from ground level, waist level, or overhead; carrying objects, tools, equipment, etc.; standing; sitting; walking; pushing; pulling; bending; kneeling; crouching/squatting; crawling; seeing with or without correction; hearing with or without correction

Benefits/Perks

• Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Short/Long Term Disability, 401k

Employer’s Statement

Turner Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer.