Journeyperson Pipefitter
Location: Bonnyville, AB (with travel/camp work as required)
Position Type: Full-Time, Permanent (Ongoing, year-round employment, immediate hire)
Schedule: Flexible rotation. Specific shift patterns will be discussed during the interview process.
About Warco Industrial
Based in Bonnyville, AB, Warco Industrial is a leading Western Canadian provider of industrial cleaning and heat transfer services, specializing in innovative, ultrasonic-based solutions tailored to customers’ operating conditions. Warco delivers all-season, continuous support that enhances reliability and productivity for industrial clients, with their reputation being built on professionalism, innovation, and resilience.
Role Overview
This is a maintenance role that perfectly blends precision industrial pipefitting with the opportunity to utilize and master specialized, high-tech field equipment during critical maintenance windows. This is your chance to continue your specialty or to specialize further and become an industry leader in the maintenance of heat exchangers and area coolers.
As a Journeyperson Pipefitter, you will provide customers with advanced maintenance solutions, project execution, and heat exchanger/area cooler re-tubing services, while utilizing advanced hydraulic bundle pulling systems. This position is strictly focused on ongoing facility maintenance (no new construction). You will ensure all work complies with applicable codes, blueprints, and safety standards while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary crews and supervisors to complete projects safely and on time.
What Warco Offers
- Highly competitive pay for top-qualified candidates.
- Enjoy stable, year-round work. They offer ongoing, consistent work which includes a mix of field and shop opportunities.
- Overtime (OT) paid after 8 hours daily.
- Comprehensive health benefits available right away.
- Travel & Accommodations:
- Travel assistance or allowances are available for non-local candidates to help facilitate transit. Specific travel options will be discussed during the interview process.
- While based out of Bonnyville, comfortable local crew houses are provided.
- On travel jobs, camp accommodation or hotels are fully provided.
Regions Warco Works
While based out of Bonnyville, you will travel to projects Alberta-wide and Sask-wide, including regular jobs in Calgary, Fort McMurray, North Battleford, and surrounding areas.
Key Responsibilities
- Read and interpret blueprints, isometric drawings, and P&IDs to layout, assemble, measure, cut, fit, maintain, and repair high-pressure piping systems.
- Safely isolate shell-and-tube heat exchangers, unbolt heavy piping flanges, remove channel heads, install blanks/blinds, and roll tubes into tubesheets.
- Focus exclusively on maintenance, repair, and turnaround work specifically surrounding heat exchangers and area coolers.
- Incorporate advanced field skills by utilizing and operating specialized hydraulic bundle pulling equipment (aerial or truck-mounted) to safely extract and reinstall massive industrial tube bundles.
- Perform precise rigging, slinging, and crane signaling to move heavy exchanger components. Utilize technical bolting equipment, including Hy-Torque and tensioning systems.
- Inspect existing systems, troubleshoot leaks/failures, reassemble exchangers with new gaskets, torque flanges to exact specifications, and perform hydrostatic/pneumatic pressure tests.
- Maintain tools and equipment, complete required field documentation, and strictly follow Warco safety policies and procedures at all times.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Valid Journeyperson / Red Seal Steamfitter-Pipefitter certification.
- Prior hands-on experience with Heat Exchangers, Area Coolers, and Re-Tubing is highly preferred.
- Experience with, or a strong willingness to learn, specialized hydraulic bundle pulling equipment is considered a major asset.
- Hands-on experience with technical bolting (Hy-Torque and Tensioning equipment).
- Valid safety tickets: CSO, First Aid, and H2S Alive.
- Hoisting and Rigging, Confined Space Entry, and Fall Protection certifications are considered strong assets.
- Strong ability to read and interpret industrial drawings and blueprints.
- Must be able to successfully pass pre-employment Drug & Alcohol testing.
- Valid Class 5 Driver’s License with a clean abstract and the ability to travel to and from worksites/housing.
- Capable of working in physically demanding conditions, including regular heavy lifting (50+ lbs), working at heights, entering confined spaces, and working in varying outdoor weather conditions.
- A strong, reliable work ethic with a reputation for being punctual and dependable.
If you are ready to take the next step in your career with a company that values stable, year-round, high-quality work, apply now to join the Warco Industrial team!
Recruitment Supported by Lakeland HR Solutions.
Work Location: In person
