Job Title: Pipefitter

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Pipefitter for a medium to large project at a grain processing facility in Decatur, IL. The project involves installing 24" stainless steel pipes for a new building, with an expected completion date at the end of 2025 with continuous employment offered after the project is completed.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and install pipes, tubes, fittings, and non-metallic attachments.
• Layout and interpret blueprints to complete layouts.
• Cut pipes using handheld and power tools such as a hammer, chisel, cutting torch, pipe cutter, and pipe cutting machine.
• Thread and bend pipes using pipe bending tools and threading machines.
• Join pipes using threads, soldering, brazing, or cemented connections.
• Inspect piping systems and machinery to detect malfunctions.
• Create protective pipe layers using paints and other mechanisms.
• Operate large oversized forklifts to lift pipes, support equipment, and heavy materials.

Essential Skills

• Ability to verify blueprints off field measurements.
• Proficient in reading blueprints.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a pipefitter.
• Ability to layout pipe runs from prints.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with welding, particularly TIG welding.
• Mechanical fabrication skills.
• Proficiency in blueprint reading and schematic interpretation.

Why Work Here?

Join a growing company with a strong reputation in the industry. We offer long-term employment opportunities with potential for advancement to foreman and supervisory roles. Employees receive 100% medical benefits coverage. As we expand, there will be opportunities for career growth, including roles that come with company vehicles, cell phones, and laptops. We value a cohesive team environment and encourage a work culture that emphasizes teamwork and exceeding production goals.

Work Environment

The work environment is an ethanol plant within a large industrial park that can be dirty due to grain production and may have occasional odors. The team consists of one foreman and four fitters. The culture is blue-collar, with employees traveling across the U.S. and working extensive hours. The management philosophy focuses on building a cohesive team that enjoys working together and completing projects ahead of schedule. The dress code includes steel-toed boots, jeans, hard hats, safety glasses, and work gloves. The standard work hours are Monday to Friday, from 6 AM to 4 PM, with a minimum of 50 hours per week, subject to change.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Decatur, Illinois.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $35.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Decatur,IL.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 9, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.