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Job Description

Overview

This Pipefitter position is located in the Facility Maintenance Service Line at the Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA Connecticut, Newington Campus. The role involves modifying, maintaining, and repairing various high, medium, and low pressure piping systems.

Responsibilities

  • Cuts, threads, and installs pipe, hangers, pipe insulation, and other heating devices.
  • Installs, plumbs, and maintains a variety of lines including copper, cast & black iron, steel, brass, and plastic.
  • Performs welding repairs and fabrication using various welding techniques.
  • Tests systems and equipment after completing work.
  • Inspects, adjusts, cleans, and repairs plumbing fixtures and systems.
  • Reads and interprets blueprints and manufacturers' specifications.
  • Conducts safety and preventive maintenance inspections of utility systems.
  • Figures pressures and fixtures units within a system.
  • Uses tools to find the root cause of problems and prevent future failures.

Additional Information

  • Full-time position, 40 hours a week, Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm EST.
  • Physical requirements include standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
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How this job compares in Newington, CT

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Connecticut, whose middle half runs $24–$33/hr across 23 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 78% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Newington, CT

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Newington, CT, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Connecticut as a whole we're tracking 29 other active welding openings from 19 employers. Browse welding jobs across Connecticut.

The most active employers in Connecticut at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gpac (5), Pursuit Aerospace (3), and WIN Waste Innovations (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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