Fire Sprinkler Fitter
Job Description
A UA Local 669 Journeyman Sprinkler Fitter is a highly skilled trade professional
who installs, maintains, and repairs complex fire sprinkler systems, working on large commercial/industrial projects nationwide, adhering strictly to NFPA codes, reading blueprints, operating specialized tools, and often leading apprentices, requiring physical stamina, mechanical aptitude, and a willingness to travel extensively for long-term projects, with benefits and wages set by union contracts.
Hourly Rate: $45.93 - 669 Base Rate Journeyman
Benefits:
Brothers Fire & Security offers a competitive salary and commission package, benefits including medical, dental, Life AD&D, ST and LTD insurance, 401K, HSA and Section 125 plans.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Climbing of ladders
- Working at heights
- Working overhead
- Cut and install pipe, fittings and valves using saws, pipe cutter, hammer, hammer drill and chisel, torch and pipe cutting machine.
- Threads pipe, using pipe threading machine
- Bends pipe, using pipe bending tools and pipe bending machine
- Assembles and installs a variety of metal and non-metal pipes, tubes, fittings. Including iron, steel, copper and plastic.
- Connects pipes using threaded, caulked, soldered, brazed, fused or cemented
- Secures pipes to structure with brackets, clamps and hangers, using hand tools and power tools.
- Installs and maintains hydraulic and pneumatic components of machines and equipment, such as pumps and cylinders using hand tools.
- Increases pressure in pipe system and observes connected pressure gauge to test system or leaks.
- May weld pipe supports structural steel members.
Job Requirements
Qualifications
- Ability to stay on feet all day
- Ability to lift/carry 50+ pounds with no fear of climbing or heights
- Ability to work overhead while holding heavy pipe for extended period of time
- Understand basic measurements, capability of learning to read construction drawings, plans
Physical Requirements
- Unionized: Governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with set wages and benefits.
- Mobile: Jobs can be nationwide, requiring travel.
- Full-Time: Generally full-time, Monday-Friday, but may involve on-call or overtime.
Certifications (Preferred)
- NICET Certification (National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies).
- Fire suppression system certification (state-specific).
- OSHA 10, 17, 17A, 96,1 and 99 fire codes and building codes or OSHA 30 certification.
