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Pipefitter
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 41 days ago
About the Role
The position of Pipefitter, modifies, maintains and repairs a variety of high, medium and low pressure piping systems. This position requires journeyman-level skill in the maintenance, repair, or installation of mechanical systems, including steam heat, chilled water, hot water heating, domestic water systems, fire sprinkler piping, medical gas systems for air, oxygen, or vacuum, and applications with large air handling equipment.
What You'll Do
- →DUTIES MAY INCLUDE HOWEVER ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: Repairs: Plumbing systems, New and existing utility, supply, and disposal systems, Equipment such as sewage, water, oil, and gas, distribution systems, and water closets, tubs, fire sprinkler systems, and showers.
- →Works from building plans, blueprints, and sketches, to plan and lay out the routing, placement, slant, slope, pitch, and proper operation of systems and equipment.
- →Uses tools and equipment such as plumb bobs, water chlorine testing kit, pipe threading machine, closet augers, hydrostatic pumps, pro-press clamping device, and the sewer jetting machine.
- →Install: Plumbing systems, Systems by locating and tapping main lines, setting up system routes, Placing and cutting route openings, and placing hangers for proper level and slope.
- →Determines and installs valves, traps, and unions needed for proper system operation.
- →Installs equipment by completing the routing and placement of systems leading to the equipment, including seating, connecting, and testing the equipment.
- →Modifies plumbing systems.
- →Plans and lays out the needed routing, placement, slant, slope, and fall of systems.
- →Plumber tests and makes needed adjustments to systems and equipment for proper operation, flow, drainage, and sanitary conditions.
- →Maintains large centrifugal chilled water compressors, air-cooled chilled water units, and large air handling equipment (including centrifugal, reciprocating, geared, or rotary pump) and is skilled in working with complicated motors, controls, relays, special protection controls for overload or overheating, etc.
- →Performs the overhaul, installation, maintenance, modification, and repair of various types of air conditioning equipment, which is characterized by moderate complexity of design, construction, and function.
- →Items serviced at this level can be self-contained, functionally independent, or can be part of a facility-wide system consisting of many subsystems.
- →Utilizes the energy management control system in the information and command modes to operate equipment, and when in override, for the ability to troubleshoot HVAC systems.
- →Determines and installs risers, laterals, branch lines, expansion joints, pumps, gauges, and pressure regulators in the combination needed to support the pressures of the systems and ensure the proper operation of the systems.
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.
- ✓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:
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