Journeyman Pipefitter

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PURPOSE:

Install, inspect, service and maintain all piping and domestic plumbing systems, facilities and equipment in Grafton plant. Must be able to work rotating shifts

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

  • Obtain job assignment from foreman, oral or written, with drawings, parts list, and other needed data.
  • Study the job and/or drawings, determine materials and tools required, and plan methods or procedures to do the work with the lease adverse effect on production.
  • Notify department foreman of work being done that would affect department operations or create hazards while the work is being done.
  • Inspect completed job for proper operation; notify foreman or others concerned that work is completed.
  • Install new piping systems, facilities and equipment required in construction of new buildings, presses, furnaces, and any other installation.
  • Inspect, maintain, and repair any piping system and equipment in the plant and grounds, including steam, hydraulic, pneumatic, domestic and process water, fire protections, acid, caustic soda, natural and propane gas, heating, ventilation, and sewage.
  • Inspect and maintain equipment for forging presses such as die lubricating systems, relief valves, heat exchangers, smoke removal systems and quench dies.
  • Check, clean, repair, rebuild and replace pilots, burners, tubes, and regulators on furnaces.
  • Unload, store, transfer and dispose of fluids such as acid, caustic, and oil.
  • Inspect, maintain, and operate variety of pumps used for heating, circulating fluids, process water, fire protection, etc.
  • Inspect and maintain vapor and sandblasting equipment.
  • Operate threading machines, hacksaws, band saws, drill presses, pipe benders and other machines required in pipefitting work.
  • Use precision instruments and testing equipment.
  • Serve as member of W-G Fire Department.
  • Any additional duties assigned by Supervisor.

Incumbent must be clean shaven. Respiratory equipment must be worn in order to perform several job functions. Regulations require individual to be clean shaven in order to wear certain types of respiratory equipment.

KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING:

Requires up to four years of on-the-job training or equivalent. Must be able to interpret schematic, hydraulic and other drawings in construction and repair work. Must be familiar with all piping systems, facilities, and equipment in plant. Must have Massachusetts’s journeyman or master plumber’s license.

SKILLS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Requires considerable judgment in planning and performing work where only general methods have been established.
  • Must be alert and able to react instantly in emergency situations such as power failure, fire, pump failures, etc.
  • Often works with little supervision.
  • Frequent use of many first-class maintenance skills in using hand tools and precision measuring equipment, often working in tight and awkward positions.
  • Good physical coordination required.
  • Some care required to avoid damage or loss of valves, pipe, and other piping materials where value of loss before detection would be small.
  • Care required in operating pipe machines and equipment, and in driving Clarktor to avoid damage where replacement or repair costs would be significant.
  • Must exercise considerable care in performing duties to avoid downtime or non-productive time for a number of employees and related equipment.
  • Careless or improper actions could result in costly idleness.
  • Must be attentive and careful in all construction and repair work, and transfers of acid and caustic to avoid causing injury, which could be temporarily disabling.
  • Heavy work required when doing construction work.
  • Close visual attention required when repairing valves and working on furnace controls.
  • Uses large, heavy tools.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND POSIBLE HAZARDS:

  • Often works in tight and awkward positions.
  • Constant exposure to unpleasant conditions of heat, dust, and dirt.
  • May work inside and outside, in flooded areas, in caustic and acid pits, on furnaces, on unit heaters, in press pits and other unpleasant areas.

· Frequent exposure to temporarily disabling injuries and health hazards.

· Handles acids and caustic, works on piping and heating units in high, hard-to-reach and dangerous pieces.

· Works on pieces and in press pits, on and under furnaces.

· Works on high pressure lines and steam lines.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $47.59 per hour

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Employee discount
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Vision insurance

License/Certification:

  • Journeyman License (Required)

Work Location: In person

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