Pipefitter

Veterans Health Administration • Beckley, WV

12d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at the Veterans Administration, Veterans Health Administration, VISN 5, VA Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia, and is aligned under the Facilities Management Service Line. The Pipefitter installs, modifies, maintains, and repairs industrial or domestic high-temperature water and medium- to high-pressure piping systems and equipment. Journeyman-level skills and knowledge are required to perform modifications and repairs on complex systems. A recruitment incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidates.

The work includes installing and repairing steam heating and generation systems, hydraulic systems, tanks, condensate lines, pumps, radiators, water and soil piping, and medical gas systems. The position also involves welding, maintaining and documenting the reverse osmosis system, and maintaining required plumbing and medical gas system records. The employee must be willing to obtain Contracting Officer's Representative certification and serve as a COR for trade-related contractual services.

The schedule is 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Work takes place indoors and may involve dirty, dusty, greasy, confined, poorly ventilated, hot, cold, or humid areas, as well as exposure to odors, fumes, steam, hot surfaces, welding equipment, and pressurized systems. The job requires working from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms, sometimes in hard-to-reach areas, and handling equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, with assistance or lifting devices for heavier items.

Requirements

• Evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Journeyman-level pipefitting skills and knowledge to complete modifications and repairs on complex systems.
• Knowledge and skill in using hydraulic systems, pumps, radiators, steam-heating equipment, steam generators, sterilizers, valves, and drain-cleaning equipment.
• Knowledge of supply, disposal, and utility systems and equipment sufficient to service water, natural gas, propane gas, fire-control sprinkler, and water-closet systems.
• Ability to use shop mathematics to determine the size and type of materials needed for projects.
• Willingness to obtain COR certification and act as COR for trade-related contractual services.
• Ability to perform work involving ladders, scaffolding, platforms, confined spaces, awkward positions, and handling equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Suitable for federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Selective Service registration for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Ability to complete required pre-employment and onboarding requirements.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Meet applicable Veterans Health Administration health-care personnel influenza vaccination requirements, or obtain a medical or religious exemption.

Nice To Haves

• Training or certification in asbestos removal.
• Training and certification in testing and certifying backflow devices.
• Welding and piping training or certification.

Responsibilities

• Install, modify, maintain, and repair medium- to high-pressure piping systems and equipment, including steam heating and generation systems, hydraulic systems, tanks, condensate lines, pumps, and radiators.
• Plan system routing and equipment placement, join and seal piping, and test systems for proper pressure, leak-free joints, and operation.
• Install, maintain, and repair internal water lines, internal and external soil pipes, external water mains, and related equipment.
• Weld joints and fittings using metal inert gas (MIG), tungsten inert gas (TIG), or electric arc welding equipment.
• Operate, repair, maintain, and document the medical center's reverse osmosis system.
• Implement and continuously update the Engineering Service Automated Engineering Management System/Medical Equipment Reporting System (AEMS/MERS) as applicable to the Plumbing Shop.
• Install, maintain, and repair internal and external medical gas lines and the medical gas system; complete required documentation for the system.
• Perform modifications and repairs on complex piping systems and associated equipment.
• Attend training and obtain certifications in asbestos removal, backflow-device testing and certification, welding, and piping as needed for the work.
• Obtain Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) certification and act as COR for trade-related contractual services.
• Service water, natural gas, propane gas, fire-control sprinkler, and water-closet systems and equipment.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available to the employee and family, subject to position and eligibility rules.
• A recruitment incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
• VA may grant newly appointed federal employees credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual; approval is required and is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed