Pipefitter Job Description
Pipefitter Duties & Responsibilities
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Pipefitter Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Pipefitter
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: NCCER, GTAW, FCAW, GMAW, SMAW
Education for Pipefitter
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the pipefitter job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in Education, Construction, Department of Education, Technical, Industrial, General Education, Welding, Manufacturing, Military, Associates
Skills for Pipefitter
Desired skills for pipefitter include:
Desired experience for pipefitter includes:
Pipefitter Examples
Pipefitter Job Description
- Must be physically capable to work a rotating shift schedule
- Must be able to operate pipe fitting tools
- Perform work on steam systems in the Campus’ buildings and within the Campus’ distribution system
- Perform work on process piping systems and components
- Provide support for projects
- Layout, fabricate, assemble, install, and maintain piping and piping systems, fixtures, and equipment for steam, hot water, heating, cooling, lubricating, sprinkling, domestic water, sewer, industrial processing systems - on basis of knowledge of system operating and study of building plans or working drawings
- Inspect work sites to determine presence of obstructions
- Plan sequence of installation to avoid obstructions and activities of other maintenance workers
- Assemble and install variety of metal and non metal pipe and pipe fitting
- Test system for leaks by proper methods in pipes and observing gauges attached to pipes for indication of leaks
- Minimum 4 years’ experience required in pipe fitting and pipe welding work
- Ability to read design drawings and diagrams is required
- Experience working with a variety of pipe materials and history of certification in welding is preferred
- Cold weather welding experience is preferred
- Must pass a 6G weld certification exam prior to deployment
- SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW welding certificates strongly preferred
Pipefitter Job Description
- Direct repair personnel, as assigned
- Must possess the ability to read and understand blueprints and sketches
- Knowledge and experience of tools, equipment, and machinery related to the pipefitting trade
- Work from preventive maintenance schedules and assist with development of such schedules
- Fabricate pipes pools from isometric drawing information
- Fabricate pipe supports from structural drawing information
- Install prefabricate pipe spools and supports from general arrangement and isometric drawings
- Carry out all fabrication and installation activities in relation to discipline
- Lay out, assemble, install, and maintain pipe systems and pipe support systems
- Cuts and treads pipe using industrial equipment
- The individual will be required to demonstrate certain skill sets set forth by the company, including successfully passing a welding test
- Candidate must possess a City of Denver steamfitter’s license upon hire
- Must possess a valid, unrestricted Colorado driver’s license
- Must be willing and able to exert in excess of 100 lbs
- Minimum of four years of industrial pipefitting experience for primary skill, and attainment of qualifying skills in two additional maintenance crafts sufficient to assist other craftsmen in performance of their duties
- You will have FCU experience
Pipefitter Job Description
- Work with various types of pipe and fittings including fibercast piping
- Read, study, and interpret job specification plans, and P&IDs, to gain an understanding of work to be done
- Must be able to read work orders to see what work has been scheduled
- Rigs and moves heavy steel and assist crane operator, welders
- Utilize computer systems for completing various job duties, such as ordering parts, completing online training, reviewing email, *LI-KG1
- Install all types of pipe
- Identify all types of pipe fittings, socket weld fittings and all thread rod by size/left/right hand threads
- Identify Rigging Equipment
- Accurately measure, cut and assemble pipes to specification by following piping diagrams
- Guide a torch and rod along the joint of work pieces to heat to brazing temperature, melt braze alloy and bond work pieces together
- You will perform welding repair and construction
- You will run healiarc welding machine in all phases
- You will fabricate repairs as needed
- You must be experienced in laying out pipe of all types carbon/copper and sizes from 1” to 12”
- You must have working knowledge of Mechanical Piping System
- You must have welding experience with any type Chill Water Systems
Pipefitter Job Description
- Set up equipment, select torch tip, flux and brazing alloy from data charts or work orders
- Fabricating pipe pools from isometric drawing information
- Fabricating pipe supports from structural drawing information
- Installing prefabricate pipe spools and supports from general arrangement and isometric drawings
- Carrying out all fabrication and installation activities in relation to specific discipline
- Layout, install, test, adjust, and maintain several types of piping systems and allied equipment such as pumps, heat exchangers, chemical feed systems, filters
- Perform new installations of plumbing and steam equipment from laying-out, ordering materials, roughing-in, and finishing work
- Perform preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance on a variety of piping systems and allied equipment such as compressors, vacuum pumps, strainers, grease traps, steam traps, meters, regulating valves
- Install and maintain pipe insulation of various materials, rubber, fiberglass
- Install, repair, and maintain complex equipment such as dishwashers, steam sterilizers, hot water heaters and converters, and other hospital equipment as designated
- Previous 6G pipe weld certification at time of hire is required
- You will provide occasional duties as assigned within skill level
- You will assure that each assignment has sufficient tools, materials and supplies
- You will determine repairs and replacements of equipment as needed
- You will prioritize work for specific jobs assigned
- You will be responsible for planning work as assigned, assuring a high quality of the finished product
Pipefitter Job Description
- Fit, install, and maintain hospital plumbing and laboratory equipment including fixtures such as drinking fountains, lavatories, urinals, sinks, in accordance with prescribes methods and A.D.A
- Complete all work scopes in accordance with applicable work pack/job card instructions, associated procedures and drawings/sketches
- Ability to fabricate pipework to tight laser survey tolerances of = or – 3
- Fitting up flanges for welding
- Joint pipework using flanged joints, Set and mark out pipework, Develop patterns for pipework
- Prepare pipe ends, fabricate branches and bends, bend pipes including cold bend
- Prepare and assemble screwed pipework, small bore non-ferrous pipework and welded pipework
- Support all areas of Facility with pipe system installation and repair
- Assist with and/or perform repairs of mechanical equipment
- Provide knowledgeable and accurate troubleshooting expertise for mechanical problems
- The Pipefitter will typically move to our next available overseas project
- Must have Hand Tools of the trade
- Minimum 4 years pipefitting experience
- MUST BE WILLING TO TRAVEL, JOB IS LONG TERM
- First Aid - Standard Level Certificaiton Required
- Experience as Pipefitter / Pipe Welder