Project Pipefitter (Construction - CPF3 Pipeline Repair) - Prudhoe Bay, AK

This is a temporary, remote position, in Prudhoe Bay with an expected duration of 6 weeks, with the potential for additional work scope to be added. Anticipated start date is early March 2025. The typical schedule is 84 hours per week (40 hours straight time and a minimum of 44 hours at time and a half). All meals and lodging are provided by Worley while the employee is on location. Transportation between Anchorage and Prudhoe Bay is provided. Relocation assistance to Alaska is not provided.

Worley offers a competitive benefits package, with company paid short-term disability, life insurance, and 4.5% employer match on 401k.

Job Purpose:

Lays out, fabricates, assembles, installs, maintains, and assists welders in preparation of piping and pipeline systems and industrial processing piping. 

Essential Job Functions:

·        Select type and size of pipe and related materials according to drawings and job specifications.

·        Inspect worksites to determine presence of obstructions plans sequence of installation to avoid obstructions and activities of other crafts.

·        Cut and bevel pipe using cutting torches, saws, threading machines and pipe cutting machine.

·        Assemble and installs a variety of valves and fittings.

·        Prepare and fit pipe for welding by a certified pipe welder or join pipe and fittings by means of threading.

·        Secure pipe to structures with clamps, brackets, or hangers.

·        Use, interpret and care for the tools and equipment commonly employed on an industrial project such as cutting torches, threading machines, grinder, beveling machines, round-up clamps, etc.

·        Fabricate, install, position, or connect components, parts, finished products, or instruments for testing purposes, including hydrotesting. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

·        Knowledge of the ANSI, ASME, and PFI codes and standards.

·        Advanced working knowledge of various piping system components such as valves and fittings.

·        Knowledge of the functional operation and purpose OD the various piping system components such as valves, fittings, and expansion joints.

·        Advanced working knowledge of the various sizes and grades of standard materials employed in an industrial plant such as bolts, gaskets, fittings, and valves.

·        Ability to read, interpret and determine dimensional information for drawings and specifications such as isometrics, orthographic, P&ID's, equipment arrangements, and plan views etc.

·        Advanced ability to measure accurately, layout work, cut, straighten, bevel, thread, and fit pipe.

·        Basic knowledge of Pipefitters Bluebook.

·        Ability to determine mitered fittings and rolling offsets. 

·        Advanced ability to read, interpret and determine dimensional information for drawings and specifications such as isometrics and plan views.

·        Advanced working knowledge of various piping system components such as valves and fittings.

·        Ability to determine mitered fittings and rolling offsets.

·        Advanced ability to measure accurately, layout work, cut, bevel, thread and fit pipe.

·        Advanced working knowledge of the various sizes and grades of standard materials employed in an industrial plant such as bolts, gaskets, fittings, and valves.

·        Advanced skills working with overhead cranes and rigging.

·        Ability to work with fabrication facility equipment including welding positioner, pallet jacks, band saws, shear, brake, iron worker, Wach split frame cutting saws, pipe band track torch. 

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

Work is performed in a remote Arctic environment with limited medical resources. Candidate understands the site is approximately 840 miles (at least 4 hours by air ambulance) from surgical, specialist, and tertiary medical care, and where medical evacuation from this location may be significantly delayed due to weather conditions. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the essential functions of this job, the employee is required to:

·       Must have ability to stand, walk on level, uneven and slippery surfaces, sit, squat, kneel, crawl, reach through low and high ranges, work overhead, and exhibit normal balance and coordination. These basic physical requirements are essential for safe performance of the job in harsh environments with exposure to very cold temperatures and while wearing arctic gear.

·       Standing for prolonged periods of time.

·       Driving for prolonged periods of time in the dark and inclement weather

·       Ability to climb scaffold, ramps, stairs, equipment, portable ladders, and/or wellhouse/tank/facility fixed ladders of 20 feet or greater.

·       Ability to wear and utilize fall protection within manufacturer specifications.

·       Lift 50 lbs. from floor to waist with two hands.

·       Lift 50 lbs. from floor to shoulder with two hands.

·       Carry 50 lbs. for 15 feet with two hands.

·       Push/pull 60 lbs. sled for 20 feet.

·       Push/pull 90 lbs. cart for 20 feet.

This job description is intended to describe the nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of the job incumbents.  Worley provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, including both applicants and employees, to allow the individual to perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.