Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

The Pipefitter position is located in the Engineering Service of the Amarillo VAHCS, focusing on the installation, modification, testing, maintenance, and repair of various piping systems within the facility. The role involves both routine and emergency maintenance tasks, ensuring the functionality and safety of the systems.

Responsibilities

  • Install, modify, test, maintain, and repair all piping systems in the facility.
  • Perform visual examinations and operational tests.
  • Maintain, modify, and repair medical gas piping and systems.
  • Install and troubleshoot plumbing fixtures and equipment.
  • Repair and install sanitary and storm waste lines.
  • Assist other trades in diagnosing and repairing piping problems.
  • Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
  • Document all inspections, repairs, and work performed.
  • Apply Lockout/Tag out (LOTO) procedures as required.
  • Test backflow prevention devices annually.

Requirements

  • Journeyman pipe fitter qualification.
  • Licensed Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester (BPAT) within one year of hire.
  • Ability to perform physical tasks such as walking, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, subject to change.
  • Position may require work during emergencies, inclement weather, holidays, weekends, and rotating shifts.
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Amarillo, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for pipefitter jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $29–$37/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% 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 Amarillo, TX

Amarillo, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,132 other active welding openings from 498 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

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

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (30), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Amarillo, TX

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.