Pipe Fitter Job Description
Pipe fitter
provides multi-discipline capability to repair, maintain, install and make improvements on building system equipment and building general systems including process piping, building service piping, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
Pipe Fitter Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Must supply Journeyman Plumbing or Steam Fitting license OR Transcripts from School or Military
Oversees and monitors the site plumbing systems and performs maintenance and makes repairs as necessary
Undertake maintenance engineering work in accordance with Company HSEQ procedures and PTW systems
Attend and resolve mechanical breakdowns and install / commission new equipment
Ensure all relevant documentation is updated and produced in a timely manner
Support the co-ordination of capital projects or site improvement works that are required and as directed by the Engineering Team Leader
Operate within the site maintenance team, communicating with other staff and relevant groups to determine task needs, priorities and timeframes
Hold responsibility for the maintenance, renewal and testing of piping systems across a low tier COMAH site
Follow company procedures to set up welder machine (when applicable)
Fit and weld parts per specifications
Pipe Fitter Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Pipe Fitter
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: NCCER, OSHA, EPA, NITC, IX, ASME, AWS
Education for Pipe Fitter
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the pipe fitter job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in General Education, Technical, Education, Supervision, Military, Industrial, Communication, Welding, Manufacturing, MBA
Skills for Pipe Fitter
Desired skills for pipe fitter include:
System operation
According to specifications
Hangers
Hydraulic cylinders
Related materials and equipment
Job site safety ability to complete a company specific safety orientation
Study of building plans / working drawings
Confined Spaces
Health and Safety
Manual Handling
Desired experience for pipe fitter includes:
Good knowledge of pipefitting duties and process equipment is essential
Ability to work on a range of projects and support other areas of the maintenance engineering team when required
Working knowledge of electrical maintenance/principals
Knowledge of Microsoft windows based operating systems
Ability to work to changing deadlines and provide support to site projects when required
A valid Class 1 or Class 5 driver’s license and a clean driver’s abstract are requirements of this position
Pipe Fitter Examples
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Pipe Fitter Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a pipe fitter. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for pipe fitter
- Grind parts when necessary to clean poor welds
- Complete work order form to accurately record time and parts used
- Notify Weld Supervisor when weld process is completed
- Maintain Weld Department
- Measuring, cutting, bending, threading, assembling, and installing tubing and piping
- Perform material take-off on these drawings
- Pipe fabrication (welded and screwed systems) • Estimating labor hours required on jobs
- Basic troubleshooting of equipment • Repair and installation of Heat Exchangers and associated equipment • Fabrication of custom built equipment stands and piping supports • Welding, brazing, cementing, soldering, and threading joints
- Drill and tap holes in structures and attach brackets, guards, per the assemble drawing
- Ensures compliance with all company / customer regulations, policies, and procedures.•Achieve performance expectations set forth as part of performance appraisals to include employee development planning
Qualifications for pipe fitter
- Bending the body at the waist, legs at the knees, and extending arms and hands in any directions in a repetitive manner
- Using upper extremities to apply or exert force and be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs
- Must be able to climb stairs and ladders and move about in constricted spaces
- Perceiving size, shape and temperature or texture by touching with the fingertips
- Able to effectively operate power and hand tools commonly used in the industry
- BMS Systems to include minor fault finding and remedial work within controls
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Pipe Fitter Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a pipe fitter. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for pipe fitter
- Must be able to operate all basic hand tools and shop equipment
- Must be able to interact and work with other welders and fitters
- Process piping
- Determine tools required and estimates necessary materials such as pipe, fittings, in the size, types or lengths needed
- Maintain a daily log of deficiencies and PH readings, abnormalities will be reported immediately
- Operate and maintain L.P
- Incidental to the responsibilities listed, operate a company-owned vehicle, operate various air, hydraulic, and electric power tools, provide for the maintenance of all equipment assigned to him/her
- Perform such clerical work as may be needed to provide and maintain the necessary reports and record required by the company
- Instruct and direct the work of lesser grade employees
- Communicate with customers, contractors and regulatory officials
Qualifications for pipe fitter
- Air conditioning and heating systems
- Domestic Hot and cold water services
- Industrial catering equipment (First fix)
- Soil, waste water, rainwater including sanitary appliances
- Water treatment and monitoring (Legionella)
- 5 years Plumbing/Pipe Fitting Experience
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Pipe Fitter Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a pipe fitter. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for pipe fitter
- Must live within twenty (20) minutes of employee's reporting station
- Recognize, set-up and operate hand tools & power tools common to the weld-trade
- Able to perform thermal cutting and to examine work pieces for any possible defects and relay the necessary corrective recommendations to floor-mgmt
- Other duties include material handling, misc
- The Pipefitter-Welder will make mechanical repairs to piping, vessels, furnaces, exchangers, boilers, steel structures and other equipment in all process units in the refinery
- The position will typically work a 4/10 dayshift work schedule
- The position works with other maintenance crafts
- Able to work a minimum 12 hour shift daily
- Must generate isometric drawings
- Mig (GMAW - root passes), Tig (GTAW), Stick Welding (SMAW) and Flux-cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
Qualifications for pipe fitter
- Brazing/Soldering Experience
- Minimum 1 year MIG welding/GMAW experience
- Minimum 1 year blue print reading experience
- Must pass weld certification as per client requirements
- Pass internal welding test
- Proficiency in welding techniques (MIG, TIG, Flux, Brazing)
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Pipe Fitter Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of pipe fitter. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for pipe fitter
- Reviews and deciphers (interpret) prints (dwgs) and work orders for production
- Plans and perform fabrication using working instructions, appropriate materials and tools
- Fabricates piping systems with knowledge of oxy-fuel cutting, fitting and welding
- Cleans and prepares surfaces to be fitup and welded
- Sets up, assembles (fitup) and tacks weld parts in preparation for welding
- Repairs defective weldments as necessary
- Uses burning equipment to dismantle assemblies and to cut material to required sizes and shapes
- Ability to work with variety of materials and piping system components (stainless steel, steel, glass-lined, plastic, copper, fiber cast, soldering, solvent welding, threading )
- May be designated Steam Fitter when installing piping systems that must withstand high, medium, & low pressure
- Supervise pipe fitting projects at various job sites through management of employee personnel and project tracking
Qualifications for pipe fitter
- Fast paced and energetic
- Previous welding of TIG on aluminium is a plus
- Must have a valid state driver’s license to be considered
- Pass a Background and Drug Test
- Take qualification test
- Layout, assembly, and installation of piping for air, ammonia, gas, and water systems
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of pipe fitter. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for pipe fitter
- Reports on employee performance, working conditions and productivity
- Ensures safety equipment is available, and maintains safe working conditions on a job site
- Monitors employees to ensure they are compliant with both federal safety mandates and safety regulations established by the company or organization
- Verifies workers are using provided safety gear, and inspects the job sites to identify and correct possible safety hazards
- Install new poly pipe
- Assist other teammates in the installation and pressure testing of pipe
- Maintain needed levels of parts and supplies
- Assist in loading/unloading of trucks
- Work on live gas
- Oversees operation, repair, P.M
Qualifications for pipe fitter
- Be an expert at attaching pipes to walls, structures and fixtures, using brackets, clamps, or welding equipment
- Have significant experience inspecting, examining, and testing installed systems and pipe lines, using pressure gauge, hydrostatic testing, observation, or other methods
- Be an expert at laying out full scale drawings of pipe systems, supports, and related equipment, following blueprints
- Off's and be able to fit welded and threaded Pipe
- Physical demands including working from heights on ladders, lifts, and roofs
- Possess a Journeyman’s License