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Job Description

Overview

This position serves as a Pipefitter within the Maintenance and Operations section of the Engineering Service at Marion VA Medical Center in Marion, IL. The role involves supporting various clinical areas of the medical center, including the Intensive Care Unit, Operating Room, and other health care centers.

Responsibilities

  • Install, modify, and repair varying pressure piping systems and equipment such as medical gas and vacuum systems.
  • Inspect, test, clean, repair, and replace steam traps and condensate traps.
  • Perform troubleshooting on failed or misinstalled steam traps and repipe steam and condensate lines as needed.
  • Work from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out piping systems.
  • Install, modify, and repair pressure piping systems through various structural materials.
  • Create openings by drilling or cutting and install hangers to ensure correct pitch and elevation.
  • Ensure all components are properly configured to support system pressure and maintain safe operation.
  • Install and repair utility supply and disposal systems including air, sewage, and gas lines.
  • Accurately estimate material requirements and provide a material list to the supervisor.
  • Maintain a clean shop environment and return work sites to safe conditions upon completing tasks.
  • Support and assist Plumbers as required and escort contractors when requested.
  • Provide additional labor services including cleaning and snow removal.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: M_F 7:00am-3:30pm
  • Physical Requirements: Frequent standing, stooping, kneeling, and working in cramped spaces.
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How this job compares in Marion, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 22% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $26–$36/hr middle band drawn from 200 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Marion, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Marion, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 259 other active welding openings from 162 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (11), and Gerber Collision & Glass (11). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $36/hr, Skokie at $33/hr, and Peoria at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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