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Job Description

Overview

The selectee will function as a Pipefitter in the Construction section within the Facilities Management Service Line, responsible for installing and maintaining plumbing systems and performing mechanical repairs.

Responsibilities

  • Installs and maintains complete plumbing systems including storm and sanitary sewers, septic systems, and various water, oxygen, air, gas, medical gas, nitrous oxide, fire lines, vacuum, and vent systems.
  • Performs maintenance, major and minor, of limited electrical systems and all pumps.
  • Performs mechanical repairs to various types of equipment assigned to the Plumbing and Mechanical Shop.
  • Repairs and maintains pressurized domestic water pump station system.
  • Installs and serves all types of flush valves, mixing valves, water meters, and demineralized water systems.
  • Maintains adequate supply of tools, parts, and materials for routine maintenance, construction, and repair.

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, subject to change based on the needs of the facility.
  • Position Description Title/PD#: Pipefitter/PD84227A
  • Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
  • Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
  • Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
  • Physical Requirements: Work requires a considerable amount of standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and working in tiring and/or uncomfortable conditions.
  • Working Conditions: Work is performed inside and outside of buildings, usually under well-lighted and safe, occasional adequate ventilated conditions.
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How this job compares in Jackson, MS

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs across Mississippi, whose middle half runs $28–$39/hr across 35 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 34% 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 Jackson, MS

Jackson, MS is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Mississippi as a whole we're tracking 83 other active welding openings from 46 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Mississippi.

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

The most active employers in Mississippi at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HII (13), TIC - The Industrial Company (11), and Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII (5). 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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