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Southern Air, Inc. is a company dedicated to growth of our employees and great customer service. We serve clients through-out the Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina region. This opportunity is located at in Lynchburg, VA location.

Southern Air, Inc. rewards your commitment with great wages, benefits including participation in our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), Holiday/PTO, medical, 401(k), and career opportunities. Join our team and enjoy the rewards.

Job Description: We are searching for an experienced, committed, career-minded Industrial Piping Foreman with no less than 5 years field experience in a Foreman role. The ideal candidate has experience with industrial piping systems, outages, rigging and running a crew. Our foremen see that our crew is working safely and efficiently to complete projects on time, with the highest quality finished product in our industry.

Qualifications:

• Foreman must have 5 years experience in the Industrial piping field.
• Should be able to read and interpret drawings and P&ID schematics.
• Must be able to work independently and as a team member.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Must have experience with boilers, chillers and cooling tower installation
• Must be able to communicate with and schedule subcontractors working on site
• Must be able to schedule job task of up coming work
• Experience rigging pipe and heavy equipment
• Clean driving record with valid driver s license.
• Pipe Fitting experience preparing large bore weld pipe.
• Must be knowledgeable of all fitting take outs for screw and weld fittings.
• Must be experienced with carbon steel piping, stainless steel piping, stainless steel tubing, PVC, Copper and weld pipe.

Candidates must meet the following qualifications:

• Must have basic hand tools expected for trade.
• Must be dependable and a team player.
• Ability to work without direct supervision.
• Must have reliable transportation, willing to travel and able to pass a drug screen, background check.

Rewards - Southern Air, Inc. offers a complete package of total rewards that goes beyond a competitive salary:

Health Plan – With company contributions to employee health saving account

Dental Plan

401k with company match

ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)

Vision Plan

Short Term & Long Term Disability

Supplemental & Dependent Life Insurance

Life Insurance & Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)

PTO (Paid Time Off) for vacation and other purposes

Employee Assistance Plan

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to troubleshoot issues with systematic, thoughtful, timely and effective solutions and procedures.
• Demonstrate proper and safe use of tools and related equipment.
• Experience in providing quality, professional customer related services.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively individually as well as in a team environment.
• Ability to handle disruptions in stride with professionalism.
• Ability to work independently in a commercial setting.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions:

The physical activities described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

Individuals may need to ride or drive in a vehicle for 2 or more hours at a time depending on position.

Individuals working at an outside job site may be exposed to varying temperatures and all weather conditions.

Performing this job requires frequent use of hands to handle, control or feel objects, tools or controls. Must be able to sit, talk, hear, and stand frequently throughout the day. Must be able to climb, reach above shoulder height, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl frequently. The position occasionally may require lifting heavy objects (up to 50 pounds) and performing strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions.

May work with or around typical construction materials and chemicals that require knowledge of a safety data sheets.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin or disability or protected veteran status.

Visit our website to learn more about Southern Air, Inc. www.southern-air.com