Veterans Health Administration

Overview

The Pipefitter position is located in the Maintenance & Operations Section, Engineering Service, at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. The incumbent will work in a complex medical facility that is constantly evolving within a highly competitive geographic area.

Responsibilities

• Independently interprets instructions, schematics, and blueprints for plumbing systems.
• Starts up and shuts down equipment, tests for and repairs leaks.
• Independently lays out jobs per blueprints or schematics without assistance.
• Inspects competitively bid construction and maintenance projects for compliance with drawings and specifications.
• Determines and places equipment at the proper levels and points in the systems.
• Uses and maintains tools and equipment such as sliding squares and measuring tapes.
• Employs methods for figuring pipe, joints, and valve sizes needed to support system pressures.
• Aligns pipes, valves, fittings, and joints for accurate match and installs proper braces and supports.
• Performs cathodic protection and general maintenance, primes pumps.
• Installs plumbing fixtures such as sinks, water closets, and hot water storage tanks.
• Uses tools and equipment like plumb bobs and hydrostatic pumps.
• Utilizes shop mathematics to lay out angles, arcs, and circles.
• Diagnoses and troubleshoots equipment, evaluates and adjusts equipment.
• Interprets pump performance curves and maintains seals and bearings.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, and calibrates lab testing equipment.
• Figures pressures and fixture units within a system.
• Installs and operates relief valves, check valves, and pressure regulators.
• Plans and lays out the installation, modification, and repair of piping systems.
• Installs steam, water, and sewer piping in large commercial buildings.
• Repairs and installs high-pressure piping systems and equipment.

Additional Information

• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm
• Physical Requirements: Must stand a large part of the day, climb ladders, and lift considerable weight.