Pipefitter

EDF Energy Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF Energy Limited is recruiting for a pipefitting role within the HPC Jobs Service, offering long-term career opportunities across our Project.

You will cut, thread, and assemble pipework, ensure safety, and support Welding & PWHT activities as needed, with a strong emphasis on zero-harm.

With over 60 years in the UK, EDF is building new nuclear sites and offering training and progression across a range of skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of work experience.
• Diploma or ECITB qualification in pipefitting.
• Evidence of English level (CEFR) B1.
• Ability to obtain Security Clearance (BPSS).
• CCNSG Safety Passport held or obtainable.

Responsibilities

• Cut, thread, and hammer pipe to specifications using pipefitting tools.
• Assemble and secure pipes, fittings, valves and equipment per isometrics.
• Attach pipes to structures using brackets, clamps or welding gear.
• Inspect and test piping systems with gauges and hydrostatic testing.
• Lay out drawings of pipe systems and supports from blueprints.
• Install pipe supports and roll pipelines onto tracks.
• Repair or replace worn pipe lines as required.
• Assist with Welding and PWHT activities when needed.
• Maintain zero-harm safety and comply with nuclear site rules.
• Housekeep work areas and dispose of waste.

Education

Diploma in Installing Engineering Construction Plant and Systems – Pipefitting

ECITB Diploma in Installing Engineering Construction Plant and Systems – Pipefitting

ECITB Skills Test Alternative / Skills Test Number: TMF05 or ACE Card

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The HPC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project.

Main Responsibilities

• Cut, thread, and hammer pipe to specifications, using tools such as saws, grinders, cutting torches, preparing pipe fit-up and pipe threaders and benders.
• Assemble and secure pipes, tubes, fittings, valves and related equipment, according to specifications and isometrics, by welding, brazing, cementing, soldering, and threading joints.
• Attach pipes to walls, structures and fixtures, such as equipment or tanks, using brackets, clamps, tools or welding equipment.
• Inspect, examine, and test installed piping systems using pressure gauge, hydrostatic testing, observation, or other methods.
• Measure and mark pipes for cutting and threading.
• Torqueing and tensioning of bolts for flanged connections.
• Installation of pipe supports.
• Rolling of pipeline strings onto roller tracks and trolleys.
• Steel pipe jacking using hydraulic or hand-operated jacks.
• Lay out full scale drawings of pipe systems, supports, and related equipment, following blueprints.
• Repairs and replaces worn pipe lines as per requirement.
• Assisting with the installation of pipe assemblies, fittings and valves using hand and power tools.
• To assist other departments especially Welding & PWHT activities (carrying welding machine, PWHT machines, portable oven, gas cylinders or any other work) if required.
• Shall ensure that a "zero harm" approach is taken in relation to all their acts and omissions in relation to the services and the project. Acknowledges that due to the nature of the project, nuclear safety and security are of paramount importance.
• Agrees to comply with any rule, instruction or requirement of the Company in relation to the services which the company determines, in their sole and absolute discretion, is necessary in order for the company to comply with their obligations under the nuclear site license.
• Housekeeping of the work areas; collection, segregation and disposal of wastes as required; removal of unused materials and clear the work floors to eliminate/reduce slipping or tripping risks in your work area.
• Safe use, protection, storage and care of general maintenance products, hand and power tools

You must:

• Take care of your own health and safety and that of people who may be affected by what you do (or do not do);
• Co-operate with others on health and safety, and not interfere with, or misuse, anything provided for your health, safety or welfare;
• Follow the training you have received when using any work items your employer has given you.

General Conditions

• Have minimum 5 years of work experience.
• Diploma in Installing Engineering Construction Plant and Systems – Pipefitting or ECITB Diploma in Installing Engineering Construction Plant and Systems – Pipefitting or Hold the ECITB Skills Test Alternative / Skills Test Number: TMF05 or ACE Card
• Prove of English Level (CEFR) B1.
• Can achieve Security Clearance (BPSS)
• Hold or Can achieve CCNSG Safety Passport.

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.