Pipefitter

Veterans Health Administration • North Little Rock, AR

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Pipefitter works at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, a 569-bed medical center with two campuses, 107 buildings, and extensive facilities and equipment. The position installs and repairs piping systems and related equipment, including valves, fittings, traps, fixtures, and drains. Work involves planning and laying out piping routes and equipment locations using building plans, blueprints, sketches, and oral instructions. The employee places equipment, joins and seals piping, and tests systems for proper pressure, leak-free joints, and operation. Duties also include maintaining therapeutic swimming pool equipment, including its heating and water circulation systems.

The full-time schedule is Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and may change based on agency needs. The job involves working inside and outside, sometimes in dirty, dusty, greasy, unpleasant, hot, or cold environments. The employee may work in hard-to-reach areas and is exposed to potential strains, cuts, scrapes, bruises, burns, infections, and electrical hazards, as well as high-, medium-, and low-pressure steam, hot water, and contaminated sewage.

Requirements

• Provide evidence of training or experience sufficient in scope and quality to demonstrate the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Demonstrate the ability to interpret instructions and specifications, including reading blueprints.
• Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and troubleshoot.
• Demonstrate the ability to use and maintain tools and equipment without more than normal supervision.
• Be a U.S. citizen, unless appointment of a non-citizen is permitted under VA policy when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Complete pre-employment evaluation and, if selected for a testing-designated position, submit to urinalysis screening for illegal drug use.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements, if applicable.
• Complete a one-year probationary period and receive written certification for continued employment.
• Meet the VA health care personnel seasonal influenza vaccination requirement or obtain a medical or religious exemption; employees with an exemption must wear a face mask when required.

Responsibilities

• Install and repair piping systems and related equipment, including valves, fittings, traps, fixtures, and drains.
• Use building plans, blueprints, sketches, and oral orders to plan and lay out piping routes and determine placement, pitch, elevation, pressure, reductions, expansions, and slope.
• Maintain therapeutic swimming pool equipment, including heating and water circulation systems.
• Position equipment and join and seal piping systems.
• Test systems and equipment for proper pressure, leak-free joints, and operation.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• Potential credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual, subject to request and approval before appointment and not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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