Position: Pipefitter
Salary: Competitive Salary and Compensation
Location: CHARLESTON, SC – Cullum Mechanical

Cullum Mechanical is now hiring a qualified, motivated, and reliable Pipefitter to join our Charleston team. Previous commercial or industrial pipe fitting experience is required.

Job purpose: Lays out, fabricates, assembles, installs, and maintains piping and piping systems, fixtures, and equipment for steam, hot water, heating, cooling, lubricating, sprinkling, and industrial processing systems.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Selects type and size of pipe and related materials according to job specifications
• Inspects worksites to determine presence of obstructions and to ascertain that holes will not cause structural weakness
• Plans sequence of installation to avoid obstructions and activities of other construction workers
• Cuts pipe, using hacksaw, pipe cutters, hammer and chisel, cutting torch, and pipe cutting machine
• Threads pipe, using threading machine, ends pipe by hand or with pipe-bending machine
• Assembles and installs variety of metal and nonmetal pipe and pipe fittings, including those made of brass, copper, lead, glass, and plastic
• Joins piping by means of threaded, calked, wiped, soldered, brazed, fused or cemented joints
• Secures pipes to structure with clamps, brackets, and hangers, using handtools
• Installs and maintains refrigeration and air-conditioning systems including compressors, pumps, meters, pneumatic and hydraulic controls, and piping
• Tests piping system for leaks by increasing pressure in pipes and observing gauges attached to pipes for indication of leaks
• May weld holding fixtures to structural steel members

Requirements:

• Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy
• Make decisions based on measurable criteria
• Visualize objects in three-dimensions from plans and drawings
• Work easily and skillfully with hands
• Lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds
• See well (either naturally or with correction)
• Climb and maintain balance on high ladders and scaffolds
• Stand, stoop, kneel, or crouch

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account