Pipe Fitter

Job Details:

Job Location:

Aitken-Shop - Houston, TX 77022, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: None, Travel Percentage:
None, Job Shift: Day, Job Category:
Production ,

Working for a world class leader in pressure vessel fabrication, at Aitken Manufacturing Inc. The Pipe Fitter brings their expertise and knowledge in fabrication to build some of the most complex and high-profile projects in the Oil & Gas, Energy, Chemical, & Processing industrial segments. Critical to the production process this position assembles and fits drawing dimensions of the various structural, plate, and mechanical materials.

The production fitter utilizes a high degree of proficiency while utilizing full skills of the trade including knowledge of blueprints and common heat reactions of structural metals. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily.

• Consults blueprints, work orders or instructions, creates working procedure based on specifications.
• Gathers equipment and materials for the job.
• Cutting and fit pipe and pipe fittings.
• Grinding & Beveling pipe
• Layout, cutting, Assembling pipe and pipe fittings.
• Fabricate socket weld connections, stainless steel pipe/ pipe fittings, carbon steel pipe/pipe fittings
• Clean work area and performs other miscellaneous duties inherent to the job.
• Complies with applicable safety codes, regulations, and best practices.
• Additional responsibilities not listed may be required.

• Ability to use a variety of tools which may include torches, saws, plasma machines, and welding equipment.
• Ability to use overhead and jib cranes.
• Ability to read prints and GA Drawings.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and blueprints.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide into all units of measure.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Action Oriented
• Functional / Technical skills
• Integrity and Trust
• Driven for Results
• Listening and Communicating

High school diploma or general education degree (GED), and/or 12 months of stable work experience.

Any special training certificates, licenses or diplomas are a plus.

Position requires as many hours needed to fulfill the daily and weekly obligations required to carry out the functions. Working long days including evenings and weekends can be required for this position. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Inside and outside environment, at times dusty, cold, hot, dirty, and noisy.

Working with and around small and large equipment and materials. Reasonable accommodations may be made upon request for those who have disabilities that qualify under the American with Disabilities Act.

• Fumes or airborne particles and extreme heat.
• Frequently exposed to risk of electrical shock.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Occasionally climbing ladders/scaffolding and carrying heights in precarious places