Pipefitter NCCER Pr

Job Description

Industrial Pipe Fitter tasked with assembling, laying out, installing, and maintaining pipe systems on steam, fluid, or gas lines. Duties span across various sites – buildings, outdoor areas, tanks, boilers, underground excavations, and heights up to 300 ft.

The role involves reading blueprints and specifications, identifying required materials, identifying tools and safety risks, fabricating, installing and fitting pipe to specifications, installing valves and supports, testing system quality, and hoisting loads with rigging equipment.

• 4+ years as an Industrial Pipe Fitter or Pipe Fitter Helper
• Proficient in reading and interpreting prints and pipe fitting procedures
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Experience on industrial construction projects

• Read blueprints and specifications to determine scope of work, locations, quantities and material sizes
• Identify all tools required for tasks
• Identify safety risks and implement precautions
• Prepare, fabricate, install, and fit pipe to specifications
• Install valves, hangars, supports, flanges per plans and specifications
• Perform tests to ensure quality of pipe and piping systems
• Hoist loads using slings, chains, shackles, hooks, cables, and other rigging equipment

• No direct reports; works closely with and occasionally oversees helpers and laborers, exercising positional authority over those roles

• Industrial construction/maintenance history experience
• Ability to read prints and construction drawings
• Ability to read and interpret technical and manufacturer manuals
• Knowledge of pipe fitting processes for industrial piping and boiler components in a combined‑cycle power plant
• 4+ years experience with pipe fitting processes
• Good problem‑solving abilities
• Manual dexterity and aptitude
• Strong reading comprehension
• Team player; works well with others
• Independent worker with minimal supervision
• Effective communication skills with co‑workers and supervisors
• Commitment to Zachry values and safety rules and regulations

• Zachry ROF’ed employee
• Former Zachry employee
• NCCER Certification as an Industrial Pipe Fitter
• Formal or technical education

• Metal tool box with lock
• Torpedo magnetic level
• 25‑ft tape measure
• 5‑gal plastic bucket
• 12" x 24" framing square
• String level
• 8" crescent wrench
• 14" pip wrench
• 24" pip wrench
• Pipefitter's blue book
• 420 channel locks
• Torch lighter (striker)
• Chalk line
• Set of Allen wrenches
• Line‑up bar
• Combination open/box end wrenches (7/8", 15/16", 1 1/16", 1 1/8", 1 1/4")
• Flat screwdriver
• Set of tip cleaners
• Pair of leather gloves
• 24" level
• 16‑ft tape measure
• Pair of cutting goggles
• Center finder
• 4" wraparound
• 12" crescent wrench
• 18" pipe wrench
• Center punch
• Wire cutters
• Plumb bob
• Set of blinding wedges – small
• Hacksaw
• 3‑lb to 4‑lb ball peen hammer
• Phillips screwdriver
• Combination set – tri‑square, protractor, and center finder
• 3/8 ratchet drive with 3/8" to 1" set
• Construction calculator
• Rain suit
• Rubber boots

• Stand, walk, bend, squat, and lift frequently
• Effective hearing and speech for communication
• Hand‑finger dexterity for precise adjustments of machinery and tools
• Use arms and hands to signal, grab, hold, turn, push, pull objects and controls
• Carry or lift up to 50 lbs
• Occasional work at heights (ladders, stairways, platforms) and up to 300 ft with proper fall protection
• Good vision at short and long distances, color, depth perception, and peripheral vision
• Ability to work outdoors in various elements – heat, cold, rain, snow, wind – for extended periods (up to 12 hours)
• Wear PPE: hard hat, safety glasses/goggles, ear plugs/muffs, masks/respirators, safety vests, gloves, steel‑toed boots

ZACHRY is dedicated to providing a safe and drug‑free work environment and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.