Shipyard Pipefitter: Hydraulics, Piping & Shipboard

United Support Services; Kittery (ME); On-site; USD 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

United Support Services, Inc. in the Kittery, Maine area seeks a skilled Pipefitter to read blueprints and repair, install, and dismantle piping systems aboard shipboard hydraulic, pneumatic, and water networks. Emphasis on safety, quality, and teamwork.

The role is full-time, on-site at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Requires heavy lifting and ability to work in confined spaces; apprenticeship preferred and 3 years pipefitting experience, 5 years preferred.

Qualifications

• Completion of apprenticeship preferred.
• Good communication skills.
• Effective time management skills.
• Familiarity with a shipyard environment.
• 3 years pipefitting experience required; 5 years preferred.

Responsibilities

• Install or repair water, steam, gas or other types of pipe and pipefittings.
• Lay out work and measure to locate position of pipe from drawings or other written specifications.
• Cutting various sizes of pipe to correct lengths with chisel and hammer, oxyacetylene torch or pipe-cutting machines.
• Threading pipe with stocks and dies, bending pipe by hand-driven or power-driven machines.
• Assembling pipe with couplings, brazing, and fastening pipe to hangers.
• Making standard shop computations relating to pressures, flow and size of pipe required.
• Making standard tests to determine whether finished pipes meet specifications.
• Use of industry specific hand tools, portable power tools and manually operated machine tools.
• Shaping, bending, fabricating, fitting and assembling techniques.
• Driving may be required.
• Employees are expected to provide their own customary trade hand-tools necessary to perform their job duties, subject to applicable federal, state, and local laws.
• Employees are expected to perform other duties as assigned, including tasks outside of their primary trade, when required to support operational needs.

Skills

Pipefitting experience

Communication skills

Time management

Shipyard familiarity

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Apprenticeship preferred

Job description

United Support Services, Inc. in the Kittery, Maine area seeks a skilled Pipefitter to read blueprints and repair, install, and dismantle piping systems aboard shipboard hydraulic, pneumatic, and water networks. Emphasis on safety, quality, and teamwork.

The role is full-time, on-site at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Requires heavy lifting and ability to work in confined spaces; apprenticeship preferred and 3 years pipefitting experience, 5 years preferred.