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Specialty Pipefitter/Rigger

Koch Business Solutions, LP
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 11/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/28/2026

Your Job

Koch Specialty Plant Services, LLC has immediate openings for a Specialty Pipefitter/Rigger for various locations within the U.S.


Our Team

Koch Specialty Plant Services, LLC (KSPS) is a world leader for providing tower, vessel, and mass transfer equipment services to the refining and chemical industry. We attained this leadership position by applying Principle Based Management, our unique business philosophy that combines core values with a focused business approach. Integrity, compliance and customer focus are paramount to our success and KSPS' industry leading position as a specialty tower, vessel and mass transfer internals service provider has been solidified in the marketplace because, quite simply, ''we do what we say we can do''. There are many ways to define value. For KSPS, meeting our commitments and exceeding customer expectations are key measures when it comes to quantifying the true value of a deliverable. Unlike anyone else, KSPS has the ability to integrate people, experience, discipline, knowledge, and our unique principle based management business philosophy to deliver the best value proposition in the industry.


What You Will Do

  • Read isometric drawings, take measurements, fabricate and install piping efficiently and without errors.
  • Advanced knowledge of P&ID's, ISO's, orthographic drawings, and other piping related drawings.
  • Must be able bevel pipe by hand or with a beveling machine.
  • Advanced knowledge of flange isolations including blinding, opening, modification, and repair of piping systems.
  • Able to position and clamp together components of fabricated metal products to prepare for welding.
  • Possess skilled knowledge of pipe fittings, bolts, valves, etc. as required.
  • Assemble and secure pipes, tubes, fittings, and related equipment according to specifications by welding and threading joints without errors.
  • Manually handling and securely applying rigging equipment.
  • Perform crane signaling/flagging to extract or install equipment.
  • Perform Burner extraction and installation.
  • Operate tools and equipment including beveling machines, cut-off grinders, hammers, oxygen acetylene/map gas torches, magnetic drills, and a Saw-Zall.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Must have at least 2-3 years of journeyman pipefitter/rigger experience.
  • Able to read and interpret engineering drawings/blueprints, ISO's, P&ID's and can utilize them to identify and properly install associated piping.
  • Must be willing and able to meet all Company and Customer project entry requirements including training, background check, and drug test.
  • Must be able to meet all physical and work environment requirements.
  • Must have current TWIC Card or ability to obtain one if required.


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Previous experience in a heavy industrial construction environment.
  • 10 years' experience as journeyman pipefitter/rigger.
  • 2-3 years' experience in furnace/reformer tube removal and replacement
  • 2-3-year experience operating tugger beam tube extractor.
  • Vocational training.
  • Strong knowledge of P&IDs, ISO's, and orthographic drawings.
  • Basic Plus Orientation and Confined Space Training.
  • Successful completion of a Pipe Fitter or Rigger NCCER craft assessment test.


At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.


Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.


Who We Are

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, Koch Specialty Plant Services (KSPS) provides code welding work related to repair, revamp, replacement and field fabrication of towers and vessels, piping and specialty welding, mass transfer equipment installation, inspection and professional project services.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.


Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical and Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.


Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

 

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