Welding Pipefitting Technician Job at Cushman & Wakefield in Blair

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Job Title: Welding Pipefitting Technician
Job Description Summary: Welding & Pipefitting Technician

C&W Services is the industry leader in cutting-edge maintenance and janitorial programs for facilities ranging corporate office portfolios and manufacturing plants to large public venues—keeping our client’s facility running smoothly all the time.

What’s The Job?
Title: Welding Pipefitting Technician
Location: Blair Nebraska
Salary: $20-$37.78 per hour
Hours: 4 10hr days Mon-Thur or Tues-Fri 6a-430p

What’s in it for me?

• Weekly pay on Fridays
• Comprehensive benefits that start on your first day
• Advancement opportunities
• Training to work in a cutting-edge facility
• Company provided safety apparel and uniforms

Job Description
What Will I Be Doing?

• Team member must be able to work in a team oriented and safety conscious environment.
• Assigned tasks list to include, but not limited to, repairs and preventive maintenance on tanks, vessels, piping systems and structural systems.
• This position may require moderate supervision and follow-up.
• Tasks also include layout and fabrication of new and replacement piping systems, as well as installation of valves and related piping equipment.
• Must have working knowledge of the following topics; blueprint reading, ability to draw and interpret isometric diagrams, or be able to be certified to B31.1 Pipe Welding Code as well as 6-G in stainless steel.
• Tack-welds or welds components and assemblies, using electric, gas, arc, or other welding equipment.
• Observes tests on welded surfaces, such as hydrostatic, x-ray, and dimension tolerance to evaluate weld quality and conformance to specifications.
• Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Deciphers engineering drawings and specifications to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
• Works from elevated areas such as ladders, platforms, scaffolding, etc. utilizing fall protection equipment as necessary to complete tasks.
• Ensures compliance with all company / customer regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Achieve performance expectations set forth as part of performance appraisals to include employee development planning.
• Communications with all team members to assist the development of short- and long-range planning in assist of the company’s goals and objectives
• Maintain personal tools required for your job to include an up to date documented personal tool list.
• Meet physical requirements of the job.
• Perform assigned tasks in a safe, effective, and efficient manner.
• Accurate and timely administrative duties to include, but not limited to, time accounting and work order completion.

Special Note: This job description summarizes the duties of two types of welders. “Pipe Fitters” perform much of the preparation work while “Pipe Welders” are certified and perform the actual welding. We are currently seeking an individual who is certified, willing and able to perform the duties of both Pipe Fitter and Pipe Welder.

What Makes Me Qualified?

• Education: Possess a high school degree or an approved GED. AA degree in Welding preferred, but not required
• 0-2+ years of Industrial Pipe Fitting, Pipe Welding and Repairs. Certification required.
• 1-2 years of education in industrial maintenance technologies preferred.

What are the physical demands of the role?

• The ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Substantial lifting (up to 50 pounds) is required
• Ability to move for extended or continuous periods of time
• Ability to ascend and descend staircases, ladders, and/or step stools
• Ability to operate applicable hand tools, power tools, and equipment
• Ability to operate forklifts or other vehicles in a safe manner
• Ability to wear a respirator while performing job duties
• Communication/ Expression —The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand.
• Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

What is the work environment?
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme heat and extreme cold, wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

C&W Services is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email HRServices@cushwake.com. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.