Pipefitter

VTG; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 49,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Pipefitter to join their dynamic team in San Diego. In this role, you will be responsible for installing, modifying, and repairing high-pressure piping systems, ensuring they operate efficiently and safely. You will work with blueprints and engineering drawings to determine the best routing and placement for various piping systems. This position offers a chance to utilize your technical skills in a hands-on environment, contributing to essential projects that support the defense sector. If you have a passion for precision and a strong work ethic, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of high-pressure piping systems and equipment installation.
• Ability to use various tools for installation and repair tasks.

Responsibilities

• Install, modify, and repair high-pressure piping systems and equipment.
• Plan and lay out routing and placement of systems based on blueprints.

Skills

Installation of high-pressure piping systems

Knowledge of pressure regulators

Ability to read blueprints

Use of tools (e.g., pipe wrenches, grinders)

Problem-solving skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

3-5 years of relevant experience

Tools

Sliding squares

Measuring tapes

Pipe threaders

Grinders

Job description

Overview: VTG is currently seeking a Pipefitter to join our team in San Diego, CA at NAS North Island. The Pipefitter will work from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out the routing, placement, pitch, elevation, pressure reduction, expansion, and operation of various piping systems and equipment.

What will you do? This position involves installing, modifying, and repairing new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment such as steam heating, steam generation, and hydraulic systems, steam generators, flash and expansion tanks, condensate, vacuum, and circulating pumps, and radiators. Install, modify, and repair systems by setting up system routes, placing and cutting route openings, placing hangers for proper pitch and elevation, and determining and installing risers, flexible branches, expansion joints, pumps, gauges, and pressure regulators.

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 levels and points in the systems, and joining, sealing, and testing systems and equipment for proper pressures, leak-free joints, and operation.

You will be working from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals to plan and lay out the routing, placement type, size, gauge, balance, load, continuity, and safe operation of electrical lines, circuits, systems, equipment, and controls. You will be required to install distribution panels, boxes, fittings, and connections and wiring, couplings, conduit, and any other components necessary to complete the Project, Work Order or Trouble Call.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Other Qualifications: Must have High School diploma/GED or 3-5 + Years of Relevant Experience.

Skill and Knowledge: The Pipefitters are required to have knowledge of how various high-pressure piping systems and equipment are installed and operate. They must know how relief valves, check valves, pressure regulators, expansion joints, and other pressure supporting and controlling devices are installed and how they operate to control increases and decreases in pressure, flow, circulation, and expansion in the systems.

The Pipefitters must have the ability to plan and lay out the installation, modification, and repair of various new and existing piping systems and equipment. They must also have skill in the use of tools and equipment such as sliding squares, measuring tapes, dividers, chalklines, plumb bobs, templates, star drills, grinders, flangers, hand and power pipe threaders and cutters, and pipe wrenches.

Responsibilities: The supervisor assigns work orally and through work orders, building plans, and blueprints. The Pipefitters plan and lay out the needed routing, placement, pitch, incline, and elevation of systems and equipment. They complete installations, modifications, and repairs with little or no check during their progress or upon completion. The supervisor checks the Pipefitter's overall work to see that it meets accepted trade standards.

Physical Effort: The Pipefitters make repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms, and where the systems and equipment worked on are in hard-to-reach places. This requires the Pipefitters to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. The Pipefitters frequently handle, lift, carry, and set up parts and equipment that weigh up to 23 kilograms (50 pounds). Ability to read and interpret data is required. Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $49,304 - 73,956, which is a general guideline for the geographic location.

About the company

VT Group is a privately held United States defense and services company, with its origins in a former British shipbuilding group, previously known as Vosper Thornycroft.