Pipefitter

****Recruitment/Relocation may be authorized****

Duties include but may not be limited to:
Installing, modifying, and repairing new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment such as medical gas, vacuum systems, steam heating, steam generation, and hydraulic systems, steam generators, flash and expansion tanks, condensate, air, vacuum, and radiators.
Work from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out the routing, placement, pitch, elevation, pressure reduction, expansion, and operation of various piping systems and equipment.
Install, modify, and repair systems like those described above by setting up to provide system routes through material such as concrete, brick, drywall, steel, and wood.
Placing, drilling, and cutting route openings, placing hangers for proper pitch and elevation, and determining and installing such things as piping systems, risers, flexible branches, drains, expansion joints, roof drains, pumps, gauges, and pressure regulators in the combination needed to support the pressures of the systems and that ensure the proper operation of the systems.
Installs, modifies, and repairs new and existing utility, supply, disposal systems to include drains for equipment such as air, sewage, water, oil, and gas distribution systems, and water closets, tubs, fire sprinkler systems, and showers.
Planning and completing the routing and placement of systems leading to the equipment, determining and placing the equipment at the proper levels and points in the systems, and joining, sealing, and testing systems and equipment for proper pressures.

Special Qualification Requirement:
Must have and maintain a current American Society of Sanitary Engineering (ASSE) 6040 Medical Gas Maintenance Certificate per NFPA 99 or obtainwithin 10 months of hiring date. ASSE 6040 is required to service, modify, inspect, test, and conduct maintenance or perform related repairs or modifications to the medical gas, air, and vacuum systems. A valid state driver's license.




Work Schedule:
Monday to Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm


Position Description Title/PD#:
Pipefitter/PD14668A


Physical Requirements
: The pipefitters make repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms, and where the systems and equipment worked on are in hard-to-reach places. This requires the pipefitters to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions and confined spaces. The pipefitters frequently handle, lift, carry, and set up parts and equipment that weigh up to 75 pounds without assistance. Occasionally, the pipefitters may lift and carry items that weigh 80 pounds.