Job Description

Overview

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is seeking a Steamfitter/Pipefitter to perform repair and maintenance work on pressure steam systems across the Institute. This role involves installing, repairing, maintaining, and troubleshooting various systems including steam, processed water, chilled water, and compressed air systems.

Responsibilities

  • Perform work in all areas of pressure steam systems.
  • Install, repair, maintain, and troubleshoot steam, processed water, chilled water, and compressed air systems.
  • Maintain high- and low-pressure steam systems including pressure reducing valves, traps, expansion joints, heating units, steam tables, and boilers.
  • Remove and reinstall pumps.
  • Install, maintain, and service new and existing commercial and industrial HVAC process systems.
  • Respond to emergency mechanical system calls.
  • Perform installation, maintenance, inspection, and testing in accordance with applicable standards and OSHA requirements.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent and five-year apprenticeship.
  • Five years of experience in pipefitting.
  • Willingness to obtain A.S.M.E. welding certification for steel pipe.
  • Valid Driver’s License.
  • Ability to work from blueprints, specifications, verbal instruction, or sketches.
  • Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.
  • Ability to locate, diagnose, and correct defects and malfunctions on various pipe systems.
  • Ability to electric arc weld all piping systems.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Ability to provide updates on work order status and complete tasks accurately.

Additional Information

  • Working conditions include ascending/descending stairs and traversing the campus.
  • Work may be performed in tight areas and confined spaces such as manholes and crawl spaces.
  • Personal Protective Equipment must be worn as required.
  • Some work performed in research labs and animal facilities.
  • Some work performed outdoors in inclement weather.

How this job compares in Cambridge, MA

Pay in context

At roughly $51/hr, this posting sits about 74% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Massachusetts — toward the top of a $27–$30/hr middle band drawn from 15 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Cambridge, MA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Cambridge, MA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Massachusetts as a whole we're tracking 30 other active welding openings from 23 employers. Browse welding jobs across Massachusetts.

The most active employers in Massachusetts at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Boston, MA (6), World Class Machine Shop (2), and Commonwealth Fusion Systems (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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