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Pipefitter
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 days ago
On-site North Little Rock, AR $29.4 – $34.3/hr Apply by Sep 14, 2026 Pipefitting ISTP HealthcareTrades
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Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas is a highly active, Medical College affiliated VA Medical Center of 569 beds located at two different campuses each with complete physical plants six miles apart and occupying a total of 107 buildings with 2,256,323 square feet gross area of floor space and 211 acres of land with approximately 2800 pieces of equipment.
What You'll Do
- →Installs and repairs items on the above systems and equipment such as valves, fittings, traps, fixtures, drains, etc.
- →Works from building plans, blueprints and sketches, and oral orders to plan and lay out the routing, placement, pitch, elevation, pressure, reductions, expansions, slope, and proper operation of various piping systems and equipment.
- →Maintains therapeutic swimming pool equipment such as heating and proper circulating of the water Places the equipment at the proper level and points in the system, and joining, sealing and testing systems and equipment for proper pressure, leak-free joints and operation.
- →This requires the employee to stand, stoop, bend, knell, climb and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
- →Frequently handles, lifts, carries and set up parts and equipment that weigh up to 50 pounds or more.
- →Working Conditions: The work is performed inside and outside and is subject to be dirty, dusty and greasy.
- →Sometimes required to make repairs and installations in bad, smelly places, outside in cold and hot weather.
- →Frequently exposed to the possibility of strains, cuts, scrapes, bruises, burns and infections.
- →Works with high, medium and low pressure steam, hot water, contaminated sewage and potential electrical hazards.
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 Pre-employment physical required 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.
- ✓Driver's License: A current, valid state-issued Driver's License is required for this position.
- ✓NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package.
- ✓If an interview is requested, you will be required to provide a copy of your current, valid state-issued Driver's License.
Personality Fit
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