Pipefitter

Veterans Health Administration • Charleston, SC

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The incumbent is assigned to the Maintenance & Operations Section of the Engineering Service at the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC in Charleston, SC. The incumbent performs maintenance, repair, and installation on new and existing utility, supply, and disposal systems, including sewage, water, oil, steam, and gas distribution systems, fire sprinkler systems, medical equipment, and dietic equipment. Additionally, the incumbent performs all preventative maintenance and services all equipment under their cognizance.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be able to pass a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Pre-employment physical required.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Acceptable forms of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements.
• Driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment effective May 7, 2025.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement.
• Must serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period.
• Evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to do the work of this position.
• Detailed descriptions of experience on resume supporting knowledge, skills, and ability to perform duties.
• Familiarity with the provisions of the International Plumbing Code, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 54 (National Fuel Gas Code), and NFPA 99 (Health Care Facilities Code).
• Sufficient knowledge of the entire code to satisfactorily research special requirements or applications.
• Ability to read and write.
• Ability to interpret blueprints, drawings, or sketches, work instructions from various sources, and technical guides.
• Ability to work from blueprints and perform work using own judgment and decisions.
• Ability to make repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms.
• Ability to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
• Ability to frequently handle, lift, carry, and set up parts and equipment that weigh up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to occasionally lift and carry items that weigh over 50 pounds.
• Ability to work in all conditions of weather; cold, rain, etc.
• Ability to work in cramped spaces with low overheads, crowded spaces, and areas near machinery and cutting tools.
• Follow prescribed safety practices and use safety equipment such as ear devices, hard hats, hard-toe shoes, gloves, respirators, and protective clothing, as appropriate/required.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with the entire code to satisfactorily research special requirements or applications.

Responsibilities

• Installs, modifies, troubleshoots, and repairs new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment such as steam heating, steam generation, and hydraulic systems, steam generators, flash and expansion tanks, condensate, vacuum, and circulating pumps, and radiators.
• Installs, maintains, and adjusts equipment such as meters, valves, compressors, pumps, steam traps, grease traps, strainers, reducing valves, heating coils, radiators, automatic mixing valves, and expansion tanks.
• Tests systems and equipment for proper operation, circulation, flow, pressure, and leak-free joints.
• Traces and troubleshoots pipes, systems, and equipment to locate and repair leaks and trouble spots.
• Performs preventative maintenance inspections of systems and equipment.
• Works from blueprints and uses own judgment and decisions to plan, lay out, route, and install/repair sewage, water, oil, and gas distribution systems, bathroom fixtures, sprinkler systems, or high-pressure piping systems.
• Reads and writes, interprets blueprints, drawings, sketches, work instructions, and technical guides.
• Performs repairs and unstops sewer lines in areas where bad smelling fumes and sewer gases are present.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Access to a range of benefits designed to make a federal career rewarding.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position and whether it is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.

What This Job Offers

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