About This Role
This physically demanding role on an active construction site involves selecting, cutting, threading, and installing various pipes and pipe fittings, ensuring their secure attachment and testing for leaks. The position suits a detail-oriented individual with strong physical fitness and the ability to work safely around heavy machinery.
Responsibilities
- Align to Clark Standards of Excellence: Self-Motivated, Results Oriented, Adaptable, Team Player, Accountable, Ethical, Innovative, Resilient, Builds Relationships
- Select type and size of pipe and related materials and equipment, such as supports, hangers, and valves, according to job specifications
- Assist foreman in planning the sequence of installation to avoid obstructions and activities of other workers
- Cut pipe using a pipe cutter, pipe saw, power tools (band saw), and pipe cutting machine
- Thread pipe using a threading machine
- Have knowledge in safe operation of Victaulic roll grooving and cut groove operations
- Mount pipe hangers and brackets on walls and ceiling to hold pipe
- Assemble and install a variety of metal or nonmetal pipes and pipe fittings, using threaded, wrapped, soldering, brazen, fused, or cemented joints, and hand tools
- Secure pipes to structure with bracket, clamps, and hangers, using hand and power tools
- Have knowledge in safe and professional testing of piping systems for leaks by increasing pressure in pipes and observing gauges attached to pipes for indication of leaks
- Observe and comply with all safety and project rules and all company policies and procedures
- Have working knowledge of working around heavy machinery to include hydraulic and lattice cranes
- Rig and signal loads as required
- Set and align process equipment like pumps and blowers
- Conduct field layout of the piping system and calculate offsets, miters, and fittings as required
- Perform other duties as required
Requirements
- Always attentive to detail and alert to ensure safety
- Ability to receive and follow instructions and communicate with co-workers
- Ability to read labels, safety warnings, and guidelines
- Ability to read drawings including but not limited to pipe shop drawings, mechanical drawings, and P&ID’s
- Excellent physical fitness with the ability to lift heavy objects
- Good communication skills
Important Details
- Physical Demands: Frequently lift, carry, and move materials weighing up to 50 pounds alone, and use team-lifting techniques for anything heavier; long periods of continual standing or walking; ability to bend, climb, kneel, and reach; good balance and dexterity; visual acuity to operate equipment and spot hazards; ability to hear with or without assistance to understand instructions in noisy environments
