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Pipefitter
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
This position serves as a Pipefitter in an extremely complex medical facility, which is constantly evolving within a highly complex and competitive geographic area.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Planning and lying out the work, determining the needed routing placement, pitch, incline or elevation of the equipment.
- →Select the proper piping, valves, fittings and other parts necessary for the work.
- →Keeping abreast of new safe practices as developed.
- →Skilled in the use of tools of the trade such as sliding squares, hand and power pipe threaders and cutters, sewer cleaning machines, measuring tapes, plumb bobs, and pipe wrenches.
- →Ability and knowledge to repair or install fixtures such as toilet, sinks and to repair same.
- →Ability to operate sewer cleaning machines and jetters Willingness to work OT as needed, including nights and weekends Other duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Weekday, Day Shift.
- →Compressed schedule not authorized Position Description Title/PD#: Pipefitter/PD04509A Physical Requirements: Frequently works from ladder, scaffolding and platforms and in hard to reach areas.
- →Work involves standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and working in tiring or uncomfortable positions.
- →Frequently lifts and carries parts and equipment up to 50lbs. with occasional lifting and carrying over 50lbs.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 35a4d613-b260-4a61-af19-28b45ebb98ee
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