Shop Pipe Fitter

RK Industries; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

RK Industries, LLC in Denver, CO, is seeking a Shop Fitter to perform trade-specific fabrication in a production environment. You will read and interpret blueprints, follow drawings, and fabricate piping spools while maintaining safety, quality, and efficiency.

You will operate shop tools, document product compliance, collaborate with the fabrication team, and assist in training new employees, while keeping work areas clean and organized.

Qualifications

• Read, interpret and follow basic blueprints, diagrams, engineering drawings, specifications, bills of materials.
• Maintain safety processes and procedures.
• Collaborate with fabrication team members to meet production goals.

Responsibilities

• Compliance with safety processes and procedures.
• Operate shop tools and machinery.
• Interpret job orders and drawings.
• Fabrication of piping spools from production drawings.
• Inspect and document product compliance.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area.
• Provide information on daily production to assist with production tracking.
• Work with foreman to ensure production goals are met.

Skills

Reading blueprints

Safety consciousness

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Trade-specific training

Tools

Shop tools and machinery

Material handling equipment

Job description

Position Summary

Perform trade specific work consistent with production procedures in a shop environment. Work shall meet all efficiency, safety, and quality requirements to ensure finished product meets or exceeds customer expectations.

Role Responsibilities

• Responsible for compliance with all safety processes and procedures.
• Must have knowledge of all trade materials and tools.
• Operate trade specific shop tools and machinery.
• Ability to read and understand production drawings, labels and measurements.
• Interpret job orders and drawings as needed for area of assignment.
• Layout and fabrication of piping spools from production drawings.
• Inspect and document product compliance.
• Ability to review produced work for correctness.
• Perform quality control inspections.
• Ability to maintain clean and orderly tools/work area.
• Handle materials.
• Maintain time records accurately.
• Work closely with fabrication team members in a collaborative team environment.
• Help with maintenance of relevant shop production equipment.
• Assist in the training of new employees.
• Provide information on daily production to assist with production tracking.
• Work with shop foreman to ensure production goals are met.
• Communicate status of orders to the shop leadership.
• Read, interpret and follow basic blueprints, diagrams, engineering drawings, specifications, bills of materials, and other written instructions or procedures to accurately create equipment and products.
• Identify product defects and effectively communicate defects to project foreman.
• Work with overheard cranes, jib cranes, and forklifts.
• Perform prioritized workflow assignments as directed by foreman or shop superintendent.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Shop Fitter-1

• High school degree or GED preferred or equivalent combination of skills and experience.
• Trade specific training, experience and knowledge.
• Receives direct supervision.
• Performs fabrication/production responsibilities with supervision.
• Contributes to a team under general supervision of an experienced professional or manager.
• Role specific skills and experience required.

Career Level: Shop Fitter-2

• Good communication skills both verbal and written.
• Good trade specific training, experience and knowledge.
• Good knowledge of trade tools, equipment, and materials.
• Performs fabrication/production responsibilities with moderate supervision.

Career Level: Shop Fitter-3

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strong trade specific training, experience and knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of trade tools, equipment, and materials.
• Performs fabrication/production responsibilities with minimal supervision.

Minimum Physical Requirements

• Work outside, inside, and in dusty, noisy and hazardous areas.
• Work in high places, tight places, confined spaces and/or other adverse locations.
• Climb, balance, squat, kneel and crouch.
• Work in all types of weather.
• Must have working knowledge of all trade materials and tools.
• Ability to lift and carry 51 to 75 lbs. occasionally, and/or 31 to 45 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 16 to 22 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

RK Industries, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.