Job Description

Overview

The Journeyman Pipefitter is responsible for installing, assembling, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing piping systems used in various applications. Smart Care is a national repair and service provider for commercial foodservice, refrigeration, and cold storage equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Install, assemble, fabricate, and repair piping systems according to drawings, specifications, and applicable codes.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, isometric drawings, P&IDs, and job specifications.
  • Measure, cut, thread, groove, bend, fit, and weld pipe and related components.
  • Install valves, pumps, fittings, supports, hangers, and other piping components.
  • Perform system testing, pressure testing, troubleshooting, and repairs.
  • Identify piping materials and select appropriate tools, fittings, and installation methods.
  • Work with carbon steel, stainless steel, copper, PVC, and other piping materials as required.
  • Safely operate hand tools, power tools, pipe machines, lifting equipment, and other job-related equipment.
  • Follow OSHA requirements, company safety policies, and applicable building/mechanical codes.
  • Maintain a clean and organized work area.
  • Coordinate with welders, electricians, millwrights, contractors, and other trades as necessary.
  • Complete required paperwork, documentation, and daily work reports.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor or foreman.

Requirements

  • Journeyman-level pipefitting experience and/or completion of a recognized pipefitter apprenticeship.
  • Strong knowledge of piping installation, fabrication, and repair.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, P&IDs, and isometric drawings.
  • Proficiency with pipe measurement, layout, fitting, and fabrication.
  • Knowledge of applicable OSHA and industry safety requirements.
  • Ability to use basic math, measurements, and fractions accurately.
  • Ability to work at heights, in confined spaces, and in varying environmental conditions when required.
  • Ability to lift and move materials and equipment safely.
  • Valid driver's license may be required depending on job requirements.

Additional Information

  • The position may require standing, walking, climbing, bending, kneeling, working overhead, and working in confined or elevated areas.
  • Employees must be capable of safely handling pipe, tools, and equipment and performing physically demanding work for extended periods.

How this job compares in Avon Lake, OH

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Ohio, whose middle half runs $21–$30/hr across 141 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 41% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Avon Lake, OH

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Avon Lake, OH, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 236 other active welding openings from 176 employers. Browse welding jobs across Ohio.

The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (10), Staffmark (5), and Kadant Black Clawson LLC (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Ohio, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Columbus at $33/hr, Aurora at $32/hr, and Cleveland at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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