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Pipefitter
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 75 days ago
About the Role
This position is located at the VA Oklahoma City Health Care System in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and serves under the supervision of the Construction Foreman and Construction Supervisor of Engineering Service. The supervisor assigns work of various scopes depending on the magnitude and urgency of the job's completion.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include: Reads and comprehends blueprints and sketches.
- →Interprets building plans.
- →Reads and interprets technical manuals.
- →Properly braces and supports to control movement and vibration.
- →Troubleshoots, traces and eliminates unusually difficult problems.
- →Troubleshoots for repairs of various piping systems and equipment.
- →Accurate measurement and calculation are essential for cutting, threading, and bending pipes.
- →Accurate in determining angles, tolerances, and proper pipe alignment to ensure leak-free, safe installation.
- →Ability to validate and compare actual vs. design dimensions.
- →Proficient at following strict protocols when working with flammable, toxic or high pressure media.
- →Performs pipefitting/plumbing trade methods and techniques.
- →Proficient at brazing joints.
- →Installs and modifies piping and fitting for plumbing water systems, sewage waste chemical systems, medical gas and vacuum systems, fire sprinkler systems and conditioned air systems.
- →Installs pressure relief valves, checks valves, pressure regulators, expansion joints, steam traps, and other pressure supporting and controlling devices.
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 All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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. 5 CFR 330.502 - General restriction on movement after competitive appointment.
- ✓Cannot move for the 1st 90 days after hire.
- ✓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.
- ✓There is no education substitution at this grade level.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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