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Job Description

Overview

The Pipefitter position at the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center involves working under the supervision of the Chief of the Maintenance and Operation Section. The role focuses on installing, modifying, and repairing high-pressure piping systems and related equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Figure pipe, joint, and valve sizes needed to support system pressures.
  • Set up and operate machine tools to manufacture or re-machine component parts.
  • Install, modify, and repair high-pressure piping systems and equipment.
  • Work from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and layout piping systems.
  • Repair and maintain outside water, sewer drainage, and gas distribution systems.
  • Align pipes, valves, fittings, and joints for accurate matching.

Requirements

  • Ability to make repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms.
  • Physical capability to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and work in uncomfortable positions.
  • Ability to handle, lift, carry, and set up parts and equipment weighing up to 23 kilograms (50 pounds).
  • Ability to perform work while wearing a respirator or other breathing apparatus.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: Monday through Friday; 7:00am-3:30pm; subject to change based on facility needs.
  • Position Description Title/PD#: Pipefitter/PD07359A.
  • Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
  • Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved.
  • Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
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