Pipefitter

  • Central Virginia VA Health Care System
  • Richmond, Virginia
  • Full Time
Pipefitter

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administrion

Veterans Health Administrion

Summary

This position is loced in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administrion (VHA}, Mid Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Richmond VA Medical Center {VAMC), in the Mechanical Section of Engineering Service. The primary purpose of this position is to install, repair, and maintain the piping and plumbing systems throughout the medical center.

Summary

This position is loced in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administrion (VHA}, Mid Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Richmond VA Medical Center {VAMC), in the Mechanical Section of Engineering Service. The primary purpose of this position is to install, repair, and maintain the piping and plumbing systems throughout the medical center.

Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

07/28/2025 to 08/08/2025

Salary

$31.41 to - $36.65 per hour

Pay scale & grade

WG 10

Locion

1 vacancy in the following locion:

Richmond, VA

1 vacancy

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

Not required

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

4204 Pipefitting

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Not Required

Drug test

No

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Suitability/Fitness

Announcement number

CBTA-12772553-25-TDM

Control number

841778800

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarificion from the agency

ALL US CITIZENS

DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupion.

Duties

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Installs, modifies and repairs new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment such as steam genering and distributing equipment and systems, steam heing radiors and systems, hydraulic and high-pressure, compressed air and gas equipment and systems, fiash and expansion tanks, etc. Plans pipe routes, equipment locions, methods of support and installion, merial and tooling requirements for accomplishment of assigned jobs. Repairs, replaces and installs new expansion joints, pressure reducing valves, globe and ge valves, steam traps, gauges, thermometers and all types of fittings and joints involved with steam and high-pressure piping systems. Cuts pipe route openings, places hangers for proper pitch and elevions, cuts, threads and welds pipe and fittings, as needed, and seals around pipes and equipment where penetrions were made through walls, ceilings and floors, and installs pipe covering and other protective merials. Tests systems and equipment for proper pressure and leak-free joints. Incumbent works with all equipment and systems on stion th are connected to steam or high-pressure gas, air and fluid sources.

Installs, repairs, maintains and adjusts plumbing systems and fixtures such as low-pressure piping systems, wer closets, lavories, sinks, dishwashers, laundry equipment, sprinkler and standpipe systems, sanitary and storm drain systems, pumps, wer heers and all other hospital equipment and systems th distribute and/or require connection to low-pressure wer and/or gas sources. Incumbent is required to maintain and install all wer distribution systems and waste systems.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 3:30pm - 12am

Telework: Not Authorized

Position Description Title/PD#: Pipefitter/PD02756A

Recruitment/Relocion Incentives: Not Authorized

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job

Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959

You may be required to serve a probionary period

Subject to background/security investigion

Pre-employment physical required

Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.

Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Qualificions

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement, 08/08/2025.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstres you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants red in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualificion Standards .

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess least the minimal acceptable qualificion requirement are considered for further ring; those who do not are red ineligible and are elimined.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note : A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Effort. The incumbent must be able to lift and carry heavy objects (occasionally in excess of 40 pounds) and hold them in awkward positions while they are being installed or removed. Incumbent must be able to work for prolonged periods while kneeling, crouching, stooping and/or standing in awkward positions and to climb and work from ladders, man lifts, scaffolding and roofs.

Working Conditions. Working conditions are not always favorable. Some work is performed in a shop area with good lighting, temperure control and ventilion, but it is often necessary for work to be performed in the crawl and interstitial spaces which can be hot, cold, wet and/or poorly ventiled locions, in poorly lighted conditions, in high places where ladders and scaffolds must be used, etc. Incumbent is occasionally exposed to potentially hazardous conditions such as exposed high-voltage wires, unprotected electrical equipment and is often exposed to hot pipes and equipment, chemical fumes and liquids, dust, head-knocking and trip objects. The incumbent must be able to climb ladders, roofs, work on scaffolds, work in crawl spaces and dangerous elevions. Various protective devices such as hard hs, gloves, safety shoes, safety glasses and/or respiror masks must be worn.

Educion

This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement.

Additional informion

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Applicants referred in the order in which they were received.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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Documents Accepted:

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (Schedule A)

Disability Letter (VA)

Resume

Separion Notice (RIF)

SF-15

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

Documents Required:

Resume

Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.

Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.

Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.

How to Apply

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All applicants are encouraged to apply online.

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/08/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .

1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.

2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

Agency contact informion

Thomas Masters

Phone

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Address

Central Virginia VA Health Care System

1201 Broad Rock Boulevard

Richmond, VA 23249

US

Next steps

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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Documents Accepted:

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (Schedule A)

Disability Letter (VA)

Resume

Separion Notice (RIF)

SF-15

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

Documents Required:

Resume

Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.

Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.

Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.

How to Apply

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All applicants are encouraged to apply online.

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/08/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .

1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.

2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

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Agency contact informion

Thomas Masters

Phone

...

...

Address

Central Virginia VA Health Care System

1201 Broad Rock Boulevard

Richmond, VA 23249

US

Next steps

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.

Expand Hide next steps

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/28/2025 to 08/08/2025 Salary $31.41 to - $36.65 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Richmond, VA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number CBTA-12772553-25-TDM Control number 841778800
Job ID: 487179414
Originally Posted on: 7/29/2025

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