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Job Description

Overview

The Sheet Metal Mechanic position at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System involves constructing, installing, and repairing HVAC systems and other structures within the medical center.

Responsibilities

  • Perform complex sheet metal work, including designing and installing unconventional ductwork.
  • Develop patterns for items with irregular angles and curves using radial-line and parallel-line development.
  • Use shop mathematics to calculate irregular cuts, angles, and pitch.
  • Independently develop plans and templates for constructing and installing irregular items and systems.
  • Evaluate structural damage and replace or install new sheet metal systems.
  • Work with various metals, including stainless steel, copper, and aluminum alloys.
  • Operate complex hand and power machines for sheet metal work.
  • Use advanced fastening methods for sheet metal assembly.
  • Accurately measure airflow and determine duct sizes.
  • Read blueprints and perform material takeoffs for ordering.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm
  • Position Description Title/PD#: Sheet Metal Mechanic/PD12680A
  • Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
  • Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
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How this job compares in Oklahoma City, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 28% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma — toward the top of a $22–$29/hr middle band drawn from 71 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% 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 Oklahoma City, OK

We're tracking 15 other active welding openings in Oklahoma City, OK right now, from 13 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 126 other active welding openings from 85 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Oklahoma City, or widen the search to Oklahoma.

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HireCall (7), American StaffCorp Job Board (5), and Aerotek (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $31/hr, Tulsa at $27/hr, and Sand Springs at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Sheet Metal Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.