Shop Pipe Fitter

Position Summary

Perform trade-specific fabrication work in a shop environment, producing piping spools and related components in accordance with production drawings, job orders, and specifications. Operate shop tools, machinery, and material-handling equipment to support efficient workflow while ensuring accuracy, quality, and compliance with project requirements. Inspect completed work, document results, and communicate issues or defects to shop leadership. Collaborate closely with fabrication team members and shop foreman to meet production goals, maintain organized work areas, support equipment upkeep, and contribute to continuous improvement and team development.

• 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.
• Maintains 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.
• Working with overhead cranes, jib cranes, and forklifts.
• Perform prioritized work flow assignments as directed by foreman or shop superintendent.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school degree or GED preferred or equivalent combination of skills and experience.
• Trade specific training, experience and knowledge.
• Contributes to a team under general supervision of an experienced professional or manager.
• Role specific skills and experience required.
• Performs fabrication/production responsibilities with moderate supervision.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strong trade specific training, experience and knowledge.
• Proficient knowledge of trade tools, equipment, and materials.
• Performs fabrication/production responsibilities with minimal supervision.

• 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, move and/or carry 50 lbs.

• Safety Our unmatched culture of safety is our foremost core value, guiding everything we do each day:
  Health, Safety, & Environmental
• Awards Whether in Construction, Manufacturing, Fabrication, or Service, RK Industries is highly recognized and accredited throughout the industry:
  Accreditations & Recognition
• Benefits RK Industries offers competitive benefits to support your growth and well-being:
  Benefits & Rewards
• Philanthropy RK Industries not only builds our community through our projects, but also invests in it by supporting local services for over a decade through the RK Foundation: RK Foundation
• Development Through RK University, we provide hands-on training and development opportunities that empower employees to advance their careers and grow within the company, to include leadership and technical learning opportunities, we well as our accredited apprentice program: RK University & RK Apprenticeship Program

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