Fire Sprinkler Fitter - Auburn, United States - Davis-Ulmer Sprinkler Co

Davis-Ulmer Sprinkler Co

Verified Company

Auburn, United States

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

At
Eastern Fire, a subsidiary of Davis-Ulmer Sprinkler Co., we believe that investing and empowering our employees as leaders develops an organization that delivers innovative solutions and services that create a superior customer experience.

The unique blend of our leader's abilities and the ownership of their work, combined with our culture and values, creates something that is simply described as the Davis-Ulmer difference.

As a result of continued growth, we are actively looking to add a
Fire Sprinkler Fitter to our team in Auburn, ME.

Our Fire Sprinkler Fitters are responsible for installing integrated overhead piping systems for fire suppression as well as maintaining and repairing all types of fire sprinkler systems and their components.

While the majority of this work is automatic sprinkler systems, you will install and service a wide variety of other fire protection systems and equipment such as standpipes, clean agent, and foam systems.

As a Sprinkler Fitter you will:

Read blueprints and demonstrate in-depth knowledge in all applicable NFPA codes especially NFPA 13; 13R; 13D; 14; and 20
Communicate with project managers relating to schedule and project requirements.
Install overhead sprinkler piping, standpipe systems, sprinkler system risers, and specialty fire protection systems.
Secure hangers & seismic bracing to the building structure
Install prefabricated main and line piping per fire protection drawings and applicable codes & standards.
Measure, cut, and thread or groove piping when not prefabricated or for modifications.
Join piping with proper fittings.
Install sprinkler heads per drawings and within code allowances.
Build system risers to include any backflow prevention, dry pipe or alarm valve set up, control valves, bells, drains, and if applicable fire pump and stored water supply.
Manage and train any fire sprinkler apprentices that may be working with the fitter.

Job Qualifications:

Valid driver's license
Knowledge of applicable codes and standards relevant to systems and equipment being installed / inspected / maintained.
Minimum 5 years' experience installing sprinkler systems.
Ability to work at various heights off ladders and lifts possibly as high as 100 ft.

Typical work conditions are:

At the ceiling level using ladders and lift platforms at heights ranging from 820 feet and in some cases up to 100 feet.
The work is performed at varying degrees of height indoors between the roofs and ceilings of buildings or outside installing underground pipe work in a variety of weather conditions.
Work requires physical stamina with considerable climbing, bending and carrying heavy pieces of pipe while working in elements ranging from hot boiler rooms to unheated open buildings.
Apprentices receive safety training to improve manual dexterity in handling the tools of the trade without injury and to reduce the risk of injuries from falls.

Davis-Ulmer offers a competitive benefits package which includes: health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K match program, employer funded profit sharing plan and a variety of voluntary benefits.

Davis-Ulmer and its subsidiaries are affirmative action and equal opportunity employers, and do not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic.

Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

DAVIS-ULMER'

S ENDURING PURPOSE:
"To protect what you value most."