Pipefitter

Granite Construction Co Guam • Full-time • Tamuning, Guam, United States • $57,691 - $85,685 / year • 3m ago

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General Summary

Lays out, fabricates, assembles, installs, and maintains piping and piping systems, fixtures, and equipment for steam, hot water, heating, cooling, lubricating, sprinkling, and industrial processing systems, on basis of knowledge of system operation and study of building plans or working drawings

Essential Job Accountabilities

Selects type and size of pipe and related materials according to job specifications.
Inspects worksites to determine presence of obstructions and to ascertain that holes will not cause structural weakness.
Plans sequence of installation to avoid obstructions and activities of other construction workers.
Cuts pipe, using hacksaw, pipe cutters, hammer and chisel, cutting torch, and pipe cutting machine.
Threads pipe, using threading machine. ends pipe by hand or with pipe-bending machine.
Assembles and installs variety of metal and nonmetal pipe and pipe fittings, including those made of brass, copper, lead, glass, and plastic.
Joins piping by means of threaded, calked, wiped, soldered, brazed, fused, or cemented joints.
Secures pipes to structure with clamps, brackets, and hangers, using handtools

Education

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience

Work Experience

Appropriate training and experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Workers should be able to:

Work within precise standards of accuracy
Rate information using standards which can be measured or checked
Compare and see differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects
Look at flat drawings or pictures and understand how they would look as solid objects
Follow oral and written directions, plans, and blueprints.

Physically, workers must be able to:

See well (either naturally or with correction)
Coordinate the movements eyes, hands and fingers
Use hands, arms, and fingers fully
Climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffolding
Stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or work at heights as required and lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds and occasionally more

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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