Pipefitter Crew Foreman

Newforce Energy Services Ltd. is a diversified oilfield services company with divisions in pipeline, facilities, electrical, and instrumentation. Our Head Office is in Drayton Valley, AB, with a secondary location 5 minutes from Sylvan Lake, AB, on Highway 11.

Newforce has an opening for an experienced Crew Foreman

About this Opportunity: We are an equal opportunity employer. We offer competitive pay, employee benefits, and subsistence.

Qualifications and Experience

• Oil field safety tickets: H2S Alive, Ground disturbance level 2, First Aid, Common safety orientation.
• 5-7 years of work experience in the trade
• Interpreting drawings and installing piping systems according to specifications
• Performing or supporting welding, threading, and mechanical jointing
• Conducting hydrostatic and pneumatic testing of piping systems
• Selecting and preparing pipe materials, fittings, and supports
• Applying P&IDs, spool drawings, and isometric diagrams to fieldwork
• Understanding flow dynamics, pressure ratings, and system components
• Working to standards such as ASME, API, CSA, and site-specific codes
• Ability to operator picker truck and perform lifts
• Able to read and follow maps to remote locations.
• Read and interpret drawings, blueprints, and specifications to determine layout requirements.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Installations and maintenance of piping systems
• Tie-ins for new and existing systems.
• Cut openings for pipes in walls, floors, and ceilings using hand or power tools or machines.
• Measure, cut, thread, and bend pipe to the required shape using hand and power tools.
• Weld, braze, cement, solder, and thread joints to join pipes and fabricate sections of the piping system.
• Running the threading machine to create a threaded pipe.
• Install supports, valves, piping, and control systems.
• Test the system for leaks using testing equipment.
• Clean and maintain pipe units and fittings, and flush systems.
• Remove and replace worn components and reactivate the system.
• Pigging and testing of pipelines.
• Painting, housekeeping, and other labourer duties.
• Follow all company, client, and OHS safety requirements.

Working Conditions

Average 10-hour days, weather conditions, changing environment, cramped and awkward positions. Working with heavy tools and materials. Working with overhead loads, knuckle-boom, overhead cranes, and rope rigging.

Job Type: Seasonal, full-time

Salary: Based on Experience

Employee Benefits:

• Competitive wages
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Vision care

Supplemental pay types:

• Subsistence
• LOA or Camp