Advanced Pipe Fitter

EDF Energy Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Altrad is seeking an Advanced Pipe Fitter on a permanent basis in the United Kingdom. The role requires interpreting drawings, selecting and cutting piping, and preparing pipework for welding.

You will bend, join, and install piping systems on site, with responsibility for safety and adherence to project specifications. A valid Site Safety Passport is required.

Qualifications

• Approved Apprenticeship/NVQ level 3; minimum 2 years site experience, including petro-chemical site exposure.
• Valid Site Safety Passport

Responsibilities

• To ascertain job requirements from drawings or other specifications.
• To select length of stainless steel, steel alloy, iron, copper, aluminium or plastic piping and cut to size.
• To prepare and position pipework and flanges for welding, alignment and spacing.
• To bend piping by machine or hand.
• To join metal piping by soldering or thread cutting and screwing.
• To join plastic piping by cementing or fusing.
• To form piping from sheet metal.
• To check pipe preparations, tack welded joints and alignment.
• To install prefabricated sections on site.
• To operate trade machinery and overhead cranes.

Skills

Read drawings

Pipe fitting

Welding

Safety awareness

Education

NVQ/Apprenticeship Level 3

Job description

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Advanced Pipe Fitter
Altrad

Permanent

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• To ascertain job requirements from drawings or other specifications.
• To select length of stainless steel, steel alloy, iron, copper, aluminium or plastic piping and to cut it to the required size with hacksaw, pipe cutter or machine.
• To prepare and position pipework and flanges for subsequent welding, alignment orientation, gaps, spacing, straightness whilst welding and arc welding.
• To bend piping by machine or heat with blow lamp and bend by hand.
• To join metal piping by soldering or thread cutting and screwing.
• To join plastic piping by cementing or fusing by hot air welding.
• To form piping from sheet metal.
• To check pipe preparations, tack welded joints, alignment, straightness and dimensional accuracy.
• To install prefabricated sections on site.
• To be trained and operate trade required machinery.
• To be trained and operate overhead cranes including basic slinging in a safe manner.
• To carryout Firewatch/Stand By duties.
• To adhere to all safety requirements including safety checks of tools and equipment.
• To use Oxy/fuel hand burning/heating/cutting equipment.
• To use all relevant workshops/site equipment associated with job requirements including all relevant training/certification requirements

Qualifications and Experience

(Academic qualifications as well as experience)

• Approved Apprenticeship/NVQ level 3. Minimum 2 (two) years site experience, with experience on a Petro- Chemical Site.
• Valid Site Safety Passport

Conclusion

This job profile sets out the main duties and responsibilities of the job holder. It does not constitute an exhaustive or comprehensive description of duties and the job holder will be required to carry out any additional tasks as and when requested to do so by their manager.

Responsibilities and duties may also change in light of future business needs and personal development.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.