MECH TECH K 2 (PIPEFITTER)

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.; Goose Creek (SC); On-site; USD 30,307 - 46,838; Full time

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. is seeking a skilled pipefitter in Goose Creek, SC to install, modify, and repair piping systems and equipment.

You will work from drawings, blueprints, and sketches to plan routing, elevations, expansions, and proper operation of the piping network. Responsibilities include setting up routes, cutting openings, installing hangers, determining risers and regulators, and ensuring leak-free joints through testing and proper assembly.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent and 2 years additional education and/or related experience; Apprentice graduate/Associate's Degree in relevant discipline and 1 year of related experience. May require certification.

Responsibilities

• Install, modify, and repair piping systems from drawings, blueprints, and sketches to plan routing, elevations, and operation.
• Set up routes, place openings, install hangers, determine, and install risers, branch outlets, expansion joints, pumps, gauges, and pressure regulators; test for leak-free operation.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Apprentice graduate/Associate's Degree in relevant discipline

Job description

The Role

Responsible for installing, modifying, and repairing new and existing piping systems and equipment. The pipefitters work from drawings, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out the routing, placement, pitch, elevation, pressure reduction, expansion, and operation of various piping systems and equipment. They install, modify, and repair systems by setting up system routes, placing and cutting route openings, installing hangers at proper pitch and elevation, and determining and installing such things as risers, branch outlets, expansion joints, pumps, gauges, and pressure regulators in the combination needed to ensure the proper operation of the systems. The pipefitters also install equipment by planning and completing the routing and placement of systems leading to the equipment, determining and placing the equipment at the proper elevations and points in the systems, and joining, sealing, and testing systems and equipment for proper pressures, leak‑free joints, and operation.

Must Have

High School diploma or equivalent and 2 years additional education and/or related experience; Apprentice graduate/Associate's Degree in relevant discipline and 1 year of related experience. May require certification.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.