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Job Description

Overview

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for a Pipefitter within Engineering Service. The Pipefitter will be responsible for troubleshooting, installing, modifying, and repairing high-pressure piping systems and equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, install, modify, and repair high-pressure piping systems and equipment.
  • Work from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out system routing and operation.
  • Install and modify systems by locating and tapping main lines and determining necessary valves and traps.
  • Complete the routing and placement of systems leading to equipment, ensuring proper pressures and leak-free joints.
  • Plan and lay out installations and modifications while interpreting building plans and utilizing shop mathematics.
  • Use various tools and equipment for installations and repairs, including ladders and scaffolds.
  • Perform repairs and installations in hard-to-reach areas and confined spaces.

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 11:30 pm to 7:30 am
  • Physical Requirements: Ability to work from ladders, scaffolding, and in tiring positions, handling equipment that can weigh up to 50 pounds.
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How this job compares in Cleveland, OH

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 44% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Ohio — toward the top of a $23–$30/hr middle band drawn from 72 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 93% 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 Cleveland, OH

Cleveland, OH currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 136 other active welding openings from 89 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Cleveland, or widen the search to Ohio.

The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (7), Staffmark (5), and Pro Mechanical Services (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 Ohio, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Columbus at $28/hr and Cincinnati at $28/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Cleveland, OH

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