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Job Description

Overview

The WG-10 Maintenance Mechanic - Pipefitter position at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center involves performing various tasks related to the upkeep and repair of buildings, grounds, and utilities, with a focus on pipefitting and related systems.

Responsibilities

  • Perform journeyman level pipefitter work and assist other journeymen as needed.
  • Conduct visual examinations and work layout to determine repair needs.
  • Plan and execute new fabrication, installation, and construction.
  • Maintain, repair, and install various piping and related systems and equipment.
  • Troubleshoot issues with specialty supply lines such as medical oxygen and vacuum lines.
  • Install, maintain, and repair piping serving HVAC systems.
  • Monitor and maintain facility service utility systems.
  • Weld joints and fittings using gas or electric welding units.
  • Document inspections, repairs, or replacements on various systems.
  • Test and repair backflow assemblies and maintain certification.

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 6:45am to 3:30pm.
  • Position Description Title/PD#: Pipefitter/PD073050.

Benefits

Dental
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How this job compares in Johnson City, TN

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 24% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Tennessee — toward the top of a $21–$31/hr middle band drawn from 23 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 74% 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 Johnson City, TN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Johnson City, TN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 62 other active welding openings from 47 employers. Browse welding jobs across Tennessee.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Nashville, TN (3), Energy Jobline ZR (3), and JOST International (3). 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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