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Job Description

Overview

The Pipefitter position involves installing and maintaining high-temperature water and high-pressure piping systems, utility supply and disposal systems, and related fixtures and equipment at the Oklahoma City VAMC.

Responsibilities

  • Install, maintain, and repair high-temperature water and high-pressure piping systems.
  • Install, modify, and repair utility supply and disposal systems, fixtures, fittings, and equipment.
  • Install or replace old insulation removed during pipefitting or plumbing work.
  • Set up system routes and install necessary components to support system pressures.
  • Plan and lay out plumbing system equipment installations and modifications.
  • Interpret and apply building plans and blueprints.
  • Ensure compliance with trade standards and safety checks.

Requirements

  • Thorough knowledge of high-temperature water and high-pressure piping systems.
  • Skill in using pipefitting and plumbing tools and equipment.
  • Ability to plan and lay out work sequences and select appropriate tools and materials.
  • Physical ability to perform light to moderately heavy physical effort.
  • Ability to work in cramped and uncomfortable positions.

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: 7:00am-3:30pm.
  • Promotion potential to full performance level without further competition.
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How this job compares in Oklahoma City, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma — toward the top of a $23–$29/hr middle band drawn from 55 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% 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 Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City, OK currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 110 other active welding openings from 65 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Oklahoma City, or widen the search to Oklahoma.

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

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Alfa Laval (7), Hayden Industrial (6), 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 Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $29/hr, Broken Arrow at $27/hr, and Tulsa at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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.