Pipefitter

Veterans Health Administration • Iron Mountain, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, Michigan, within the Engineering Service line. The primary purpose is to perform pipefitter and plumber duties. The work includes planning and routing steam, water, and drain piping systems; installing, repairing, testing, and maintaining specialty piping systems and equipment; and inspecting and maintaining plumbing, heating, steam, and water systems and related equipment. The position also involves interpreting plans, blueprints, codes, regulations, and manufacturers’ specifications; conducting safety and preventive maintenance inspections; maintaining repair-parts inventory; and researching and ordering equipment and parts.

The regular schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Work is performed both indoors and outdoors, including in hot, humid, cold, dirty, wet, dusty, or greasy conditions. The employee may encounter fumes, noise, and risks of strains, cuts, burns, eye damage, bruises, and infection, and may work with asbestos-contaminated materials. Personal protective equipment is furnished and required. The position has physical demands including working from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms; standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, and climbing; and occasionally lifting and carrying items over 50 pounds.

Requirements

• Demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to show the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Provide detailed resume descriptions supporting the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties.
• Meet the applicable OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards and pass the position’s screen-out element.
• Be a U.S. citizen, except that non-citizens may be appointed when recruiting qualified citizens is not possible under VA policy.
• Be suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Submit to pre-appointment urinalysis if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position; refusing testing results in denial of employment.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the required online onboarding and provide acceptable identification and application documents.
• Serve a one-year probationary period and receive written certification that continued employment advances the public interest to remain employed after that period.
• As VA Health Care Personnel, receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; wear a face mask when an exemption is granted.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lay out, and route steam piping systems and associated components using building plans, blueprints, codes, and regulations.
• Plan, lay out, and route water and drain piping systems and associated components using plans, blueprints, codes, regulations, and the International Plumbing Code.
• Install, repair, test, and maintain specialty piping systems and equipment.
• Install and maintain fiberglass, molded magnesium, cork, and rubber pipe insulation on steam piping systems.
• Inspect, adjust, clean, and repair plumbing fixtures and systems, steam-operated equipment, heating and water systems, waste lines, heat exchangers, convectors, water heaters, sterilizers, coils, and similar equipment.
• Read and interpret the International Plumbing Code, blueprints, and manufacturers’ specifications for equipment installation and repair.
• Conduct safety and preventive maintenance inspections of utility systems and equipment in accordance with VA regulations and National Codes.
• Maintain stocks of repair parts and supplies; research and order required equipment and parts.
• Interpret and apply building plans and blueprints to lay out angles, arcs, and circles.
• Safely use hand tools, drills, motorized equipment, test equipment, temperature meters, pressure meters and gauges, and other trade-specific equipment.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to the employee and family.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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