Steamfitter

Location: O’Hare Airport

Days: Monday- Friday

Hours: 7:00AM – 3:30PM

Essential Duties

• Removes damaged, defective, or obsolete pipes and pipe systems and related equipment.
• Ensures adequate supplies of tools, equipment, and materials at work sites to complete the job.
• Reads documents (e.g., blueprints, specifications, work orders) to assess work required and to determine the proper installation and repair methods to use.
• Uses tools to measure, cut, bend, weld, and thread lengths of pipe and to install and repair pipe systems.
• Installs, removes, repairs, and maintains low and high pressure boilers, radiators, compressors, and pumps for steam, hot water, and heating systems.
• Repairs, installs, and adjusts thermostats and pneumatic and hydraulic controls to ensure proper functioning.
• Inspects and tests installed systems and equipment to ensure proper working order, detect and plug leakages, and ensure compliance with safety and municipal standards.
• Cleans and replaces worn safety valves, air vents, steam traps, pressure gauges, gaskets, filters, and fittings and related appurtenances of the piping system.
• Operates specialized equipment and tools (e.g., cutters, hacksaws, torches, arc welders, threaders) to cut, weld, solder, braze, and thread pipes to specification.
• Prepares work activity reports.
• Loads, transports, and unloads equipment and supplies.
• Cleans equipment and work sites after projects.

Additional duties may be required for this position

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Successful completion of a US Department of Labor registered steam fitting apprenticeship training program and journeyman status.

NOTE: You must provide your transcripts or diploma, professional license, or training certificates at time of processing, if applicable. You must also provide your valid U.S. driver's license at time of processing.

NOTE: The candidate selected for hire must pass an airport background check and a Security Threat Assessment (STA).

Licensure, Certification, or Other Qualifications

• This position will require certification as a Universal technician as required by 40 CFR part 82 subpart F of the EPA.
• This position may require or prefer candidates to possess additional certifications (e.g., pipe welding, soldering, brazing, rigging, etc.) depending on department assignment.
• This position requires a valid State of Illinois Driver’s License.

Selection Requirements

This position requires applicants to complete a skills assessment. Test results will be sent out by the Department of Human Resources after test results have been analyzed and compiled. Applicants who receive a passing score on the test will be hired in seniority and lottery/random order.

Preference will be given to candidates possessing the following:

• Experience in industrial and/or commercial HVAC as a service tech.

Candidates will be invited to test via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to monitor their emails regularly after the application period closes.

Application Evaluation: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date.

Commitment to Diversity: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience, the City of Chicago has adopted various ordinances providing a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates.

All references to political sponsorship or recommendation must be omitted from all application materials submitted for city employment.

The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Military Friendly Employer.

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