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Pipe Fitter jobs in Saudi Arabia

Pipe fitters for process and utility piping: isometrics, spool fit-up, flanged and welded joints.

Last hiring review: 17 September 2026
Applications open until: 1 November 2026
Employment type: Full-time
Who can apply: All nationalities

About the job

Pipe fitters are the largest group AKFAL mobilises for shutdowns. They read isometrics, measure and mark spools, fit flanged and butt-welded joints, and install supports on process and utility lines inside running plants. Precision and permit discipline matter as much as speed — a misaligned flange on a live unit is a stoppage.

This job sits in the Industrial Support — Skilled Trades division.

What you will do

Read isometric drawings and P&IDs; take field measurements
Fit up spools, flanges, valves and fittings to alignment tolerance
Bolt flanged joints to the torque sequence and record it
Install pipe supports, hangers and guides to the drawing
Work under permit in live plant areas with the client's HSE rules

What we look for

3 years or more fitting process or utility piping in an industrial plant
Fluent with isometrics, spool drawings and flange tables
Understands bolt torquing and gasket handling
Fit for climbing and working at height on scaffolds
Basic English or Arabic for permits

Certificates that help

Pipe-fitting trade certificate
Flange management / bolt torquing training
Work-at-height and confined-space training
Aramco or SABIC site induction, if held

Where we hire pipe fitters

Pipe Fitter jobs in JubailThe largest industrial city in the Middle East and AKFAL's home base — refineries, petrochemical complexes and the workshop.Pipe Fitter jobs in Ras Al KhairThe mining and minerals city north of Jubail — Ma'aden's phosphate and aluminium complexes and a growing shipyard.Pipe Fitter jobs in JafurahAramco's unconventional gas field south of Al-Ahsa — one of the largest construction programmes in the Kingdom.Pipe Fitter jobs in DammamThe Eastern Province's capital and logistics hub — industrial cities, port, power plants and the regional headquarters of contractors.

Questions applicants ask

Do I need experience?

Yes. Three or more years fitting piping in a refinery, petrochemical or utility plant. Construction-site experience with structural work alone is not enough for the process-piping test.

Which certificates do I need?

A trade certificate and flange-management training help. The practical test — reading an isometric and fitting a spool — is what decides.

Iqama, transfer and visa

Fitters already in Saudi Arabia with a transferable Iqama can be mobilised within days. Recruitment from abroad runs through licensed agencies at no cost to you.

Hours and shifts

Shutdown work runs in day and night shifts, typically ten to twelve hours with paid overtime. Between shutdowns fitters work regular days at the workshop or on maintenance contracts.

How is salary decided?

Pay is fixed per fitter from the trade test and experience, and written into the offer before you accept. Figures are not published.

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Before you apply

How to get an Aramco or SABIC gate passWhat a contractor's worker needs before entering an Aramco or SABIC plant in the Eastern Province: documents, medical, safety induction and the tests clients run.The 6G welding test: what AKFAL and its clients ask forHow the 6G pipe-welding qualification works, which processes are tested, what inspectors reject, and how to prepare before you apply.Sponsorship transfer to AKFAL: how it worksHow a worker already in Saudi Arabia moves to AKFAL — the transfer through Qiwa, the Ajeer option for short assignments, what the worker pays (nothing) and how long it takes.

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