Utilities Maintenance - Pipefitter

RED-Rochester is a multi-utility generation plant and district energy supplier to one of the world’s most comprehensive industrial parks: the Eastman Business Park. Supporting a 1,200-acre campus, RED-Rochester has the utilities, infrastructure, technical services, support services, space and complementary regional resources to benefit a wide range of industry verticals. We are seeking a Pipefitter who enjoys the challenge of maintaining a dynamic infrastructure. Our infrastructure consists of a blend of classic and modern industrial assets and requires a person with broad industrial and utilities expertise – able to work collaboratively with others. This role is responsible for the installation, repair and maintenance of piping, piping components, valves & supports for Steam, Compressed Air, Hydraulic Water, or Oil Systems across all facilities and buildings located within Eastman Business Park owned and operated by RED Rochester, LLC.

Essential Duties:

• Maintain Clear and Consistent Communication relating to the current status, performance and needs of your assigned location with RED-Rochester team supervisor, maintenance planner and operations staff. Ensure all RED-Rochester customer communicated concerns are immediately communicated and appropriately responded to.

• Assists Maintenance Planner to develop standard preventive maintenance routines to ensure maximum equipment uptime and lifespan is attained for all responsible systems.

• Assists Maintenance Planner to develop corrective (repair) maintenance job plans as needed to ensure all equipment repairs are completed in a timely basis to maintain all system redundancies for optimum emergency performance.

• Coordinates with Maintenance Planner, all shutdown planning (routine & emergency) for the execution of maintenance activities to include Customer end-user notifications.

• Complete all planned maintenance routines for assigned locations, documenting all actions within the RED-Rochester work order management system (MAXIMO®).

• Complete all assigned corrective maintenance actions, documenting all actions within the RED-Rochester work order management system (MAXIMO®).

• Assist with any Plant Overhaul, Upgrade or Modernization Activities being completed within assigned locations.

• Supervise any outside Contractor executing work within your assigned work location to ensure compliance with RED-Rochester safety policies and that the RED-Rochester standards for workmanship are maintained.

• Work, as needed within the larger team structure for team for major emergencies or catastrophic failures.

• Work consistently in a Safety mindset, following all prescribed and documented safety policies at RED-Rochester, LLC.

• Competencies and capabilities to respond and solve emergent events, trouble-calls, pipe ruptures, or pipe leaks: 24 hours a day – 7 days a week – 52 weeks out of the year.

• Work utilizing hoists, pulleys, dollies, rollers, trucks, overhead cranes and rigging, scaffolding, ladders & shop equipment.

• Potential to work with equipment such as boom lifts, scissor lifts, forklifts and power walkies.

System / Job Competencies, but not limited to:

• High-pressure piping systems and equipment such as steam heating, steam generation, and hydraulic systems, steam generators, flash and expansion tanks, condensate, vacuum, circulating pumps, and radiators.

• Rigging & Safety signaling related to unloading or positioning of material for installation.

• Utilization all standard pipefitting tools, such as cutting, grinding, bending, joining, & threading equipment used to fit pipe per job.

• General knowledge of Boilers, Furnaces, Electrical Generators, Air Compressors, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning & Lubrication systems.

Soft skills Competencies:

• Excellent and Clear Communication skills

• Demonstrated ability to work independently or within a team environment.

• Demonstrated ability to read and interpret blue prints

• Demonstrated ability to lay out the routing, placement, pitch, elevation, pressure reduction, expansion, and operation of various piping systems and equipment

• Demonstrated conceptual and practical trouble shooting skills

• Ability to follow procedures, work instructions and safety/environmental regulations

• General Knowledge and working understand of Computers utilizing generally understood business applications such as Microsoft Office ®, IBM Maximo ® or others.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma/GED

• Armed Forces training, Documented Fitter Apprenticeship Training or Equivalent field experience required.

• Applicable Associates or Bachelor’s degree preferred, but not required.

Qualifications or Licenses:

• Enter and Register into an Apprentice Agreement (Form AT-10) with the NYS Department of Labor for the Pipefitter trade [DOT code: 862.281-022], within 60 days.

• Register and actively participate in a RED-Rochester Sponsored 5-Year Apprenticeship Training Program [Penn Foster College – Online or Comparable] within 60 days. For experienced candidates there may be an opportunity to test out of sections of the training path.

• Must obtain required safety operator licenses, as needed for fork truck, man lift and scissor lift within 12 months (Employer Provided)

• Immediately obtain OSHA 10hr certification.

• Must obtain OSHA 30hr certification within 12 months.

• Must have an unencumbered valid NYS drivers’ license

Work Environment

• Industrial environment.

• Working outside in all weather conditions from street level to roof tops.

• Working inside in extreme conditions from Manholes, and building basements to rooftops.

• Possibility of temperatures ranging from extreme cold to over 100 degrees.

• Work will take place in chemical areas, noisy areas and areas that may be very dirty. Also will be operating heavy-duty machinery and vehicles including, Boomlifts (Manlifts), scissors lifts, fork trucks and power-walkie trucks.

Physical Demands

• Position requires strenuous effort, climbing, stair climbing, and crawling to accomplish equipment isolation and movement of material

• Lifting and carrying of a variety of equipment weighing up to 50 lbs is sometimes necessary along with moving refrigeration cylinders and chemical drums weighing more than 50 lbs

• Potential to enter manholes underground (Confined spaces) and the Utilities tunnels

• Potential to work in overhead environments on Ladders, scaffolding, Boomlift or scissor lifts.

Hourly rate band for this role is $24.00 to $32.00. Offers will be based on experience and skill of candidates.