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Job Description

Overview

The Pipefitter position is located at the Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Hospital in Hines, IL, which is a complexity level 1a VHA facility. The role involves working with a variety of pipes and fittings for plumbing and steam systems.

Responsibilities

  • Repair, adjust, maintain, and install all types of plumbing and steam fixtures and their allied equipment.
  • Perform new installations of plumbing and steam equipment from layout to finished job.
  • Repair, maintain, and improve all allied equipment for plumbing and heating.
  • Repair, install, and maintain pipe insulation of various materials.
  • Repair, test, and install various types of piping systems using different materials and joint types.
  • Install, repair, and maintain various types of hospital equipment assigned to the Plumbing Shop.
  • Repair and maintain heating systems including piping and circulating pumps.
  • Perform preventive maintenance activities.
  • Fit and install new hospital and laboratory plumbing fixtures.
  • Repair and maintain vacuum pumps, compressed air pumps, and water circulating pumps.
  • Maintain stock levels of repair parts and supplies.
  • Order replacement parts and repair materials for the Plumbing Shop.
  • Maintain, repair, test, and install outside plumbing systems.
  • Install and repair gas-fired equipment assigned to the Plumbing Shop.
  • May be assigned to the station's steam production plant for various duties.

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 07:00AM-3:30PM
  • Position Description Title/PD#: Pipefitter/PD09722A
  • Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
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How this job compares in Hines, 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 183 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 76% 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 Hines, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Hines, 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 240 other active welding openings from 147 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Veterans Health Administration currently has 1 other opening live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (13), Staff on Site (13), and Gerber Collision & Glass (10). 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, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Skokie at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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