Pipefitters - AWE

Bilfinger UK; Burghfield Common; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Site bonus applicable

Job summary

Bilfinger UK is seeking pipefitters for a 6-week contract at AWE in Reading. You will install and fabricate pipework, support systems, and ensure compliance with safety and design specs.

NVQ Pipe Fitting Level 3 and CSCS card are required; Security clearance must be current. This role offers on-site work and the chance to develop expertise across piping design, installation and testing.

For details, contact Anna Ferguson at [e-mail].

Qualifications

• NVQ Pipe Fitting Level 3 is required.
• Trade apprenticeship completed or equivalent.
• CSCS Card required.
• Must hold current Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Position and install pipe work with sound knowledge and proper techniques.
• Fabricate pipework for small and large bore systems and install pressure piping.
• Assist in design and specification relating to piping systems and layouts.
• Perform installation under supervision and identify any defects.
• Communicate with team to ensure work is checked and approved at each stage.
• Guide Trainee Pipefitters as needed.
• Determine technical requirements and resource needs.
• Fabricate and shape pipework using appropriate tools and methods.
• Assemble pipework components to meet specifications and verify connections.
• Prepare work area and ensure safety procedures are in place.
• Position and install pipework and ensure correct connections to equipment.

Skills

Safety awareness

Team guidance

Education

NVQ Pipe Fitting Level 3

Trade apprenticeship

Tools

CSCS Card

Job description

Bilfinger is a leading international industrial services provider, driving efficiency and sustainability for the process industry. With about 31,000 employees and over €5.4 billion in revenue in 2025, we offer solutions in consulting, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, turnarounds, and digital applications across key sectors like energy, chemicals, pharma, and oil & gas.

Shape the future with Bilfinger UK: With a strong commitment to sustainability, Bilfinger UK stands out as a premier provider of engineering and maintenance services. For over 50 years, Bilfinger UK has consistently pushed the boundaries of innovation, delivering advanced solutions that support industries, infrastructure, and communities across the United Kingdom.

As a key member of the globally respected Bilfinger Group, Bilfinger UK has built a reputation as a versatile leader, offering both onshore and offshore services. From energy and utilities to pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals, the company’s broad expertise across various sectors makes it a trusted partner in the industry, as well as a work environment where you can develop your potential.

At Bilfinger, we offer a work environment where you can learn and grow. Join us and be part of a team shaping the future!

Bilfinger UK are looking for Pipefitters to join us at AWE in Reading.

• Position and install pipe work with sound knowledge, understanding and application of techniques and equipment.
• As a Pipefitter, you will have experience in the manufacture of small and large bore pressure pipe work as well as the installation of pressure pipe work, which is essential.
• A Pipefitter will be able to assist in the design and specification relating to the piping system and piping layout including material selection, pipe stress analysis, piping material line classes, standard and speciality piping components, pressure and piping support systems. Experience in all types of piping systems, design and construction standards and codes of practice will be enhanced helping you to improve your current knowledge and skills.
• Working under general supervision you will perform all conventional aspects of the installation, identify any defects and devise new approaches to problems encountered.
• Your regular communication with others will ensure all installation work is checked and approved at each stage particularly if there are conflicting design specifications, unsuitable conventional materials or difficult coordination requirements.
• This role offers a good opportunity to improve your expertise in all types of piping systems, design and construction standards, and codes of practice. Additionally, your technical guidance will be welcomed by less experienced designers and engineers.
• Determine technical requirements to achieve objectives together with resource requirements.
• Pipework fabrication and shaping components by material removal using hand tools and appropriate methods, techniques and tools.
• Assemble pipework components to meet specification, securing and checking parts using suitable methods, techniques, connectors and securing devices.
• Shape pipework by manually applied pressure using approved tools, equipment and techniques, checking that all the required shaping operations have been completed to specifications.
• Prepare the work area, materials and equipment so they are ready for engineering activities to be carried out, making sure procedures and the required safety arrangements are in place.
• Position and install pipework by positioning and securing equipment and components in accordance with the specification, which also includes ensuring that all necessary connections to equipment have been completed to the specification.
• Carry out marking on pipework installations in an appropriate sequence using approved methods. In addition, identifying and assess defects and variations and taking appropriate action.
• Reinstate the work area after completing the installation of pipework, separating and correctly storing equipment, components and materials for reuse as well as waste items for disposal. Ensure the work area has been restored to a safe condition.
• Test the performance and condition of installed pipework using approved procedures and within the agreed timescales and record and review results and take the appropriate action.
• Ensure adherence to health and safety policy and procedures at all times.
• Ability to guide Trainee Pipefitters may be requested.

Qualifications

• NVQ Pipe Fitting Level 3, trade apprenticeship
• CSCS Card required
• Must hold current Security Clearance
• Duration 6 weeks
• NAECI Grade 5
• Site bonus applicable

For additional information please contact Anna Ferguson by email [e-mail].

Bilfinger is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.