Pipefitter

  • Fargo VA Medical Center
  • Fargo, North Dakota
  • Full Time
Pipefitter

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administrion

Fargo VA Health Care System

Summary

The Pipefitter position is assigned to the Engineering Service the Fargo VA Health Care System in Fargo, ND. The Pipefitter/Plumber provides journeyman level pipefitting and plumbing support to the facility.

Summary

The Pipefitter position is assigned to the Engineering Service the Fargo VA Health Care System in Fargo, ND. The Pipefitter/Plumber provides journeyman level pipefitting and plumbing support to the facility.

Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

08/14/2025 to 08/19/2025

Salary

$37.09 to - $43.26 per hour

Pay scale & grade

WG 10

Locion

1 vacancy in the following locion:

Fargo, ND

1 vacancy

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.

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

Other

Drug test

No

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Credentialing

Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure

No

Bargaining unit stus

No

Announcement number

CBSY-12783187-25-AM

Control number

843384600

This job is open to

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The public

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

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants.

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.

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Duties

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Duties may include:

Installs replacement heing and hydronic equipment;

Performs maintenance and repair on all heing and hydronic equipment having steam, condense, chilled wer supply, chilled wer return, glycol chilled wer supply, glycol chilled wer return, glycol hot wer supply, glycol hot wer return, hot wer heing and hot wer heing return connections, such as radiors and convectors, variable air volume box rehe coils, fin tube radiion, etc. for occupant comfort, laborory equipment, such as stills, and equipment in the Laundry and Nutrition and Food Service;

Removes, cleans, reinstalls, or replaces fitting, joints, and other components;

Inspects, adjusts, cleans, and repairs plumbing fixtures and systems, steam opered equipment, heing and wer systems, waste lines, kitchen and laundry equipment, air compressors, medical compressed air systems, vacuum systems, oxygen systems, and nural gas distribution systems;

Reads and interprets blueprints and manufacturers' specificions for installing and repairing equipment;

Conducts safety and preventive maintenance inspections of utility systems and equipment in accordance with VA regulions and Nional Codes;

Interprets and applies building plans and blueprints to layout angles, arcs, and circles;

Utilizes tools and equipment such as sliding squares, measuring tapes, dividers, and chalk lines;

Performs other reled duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm

Position Description Title/PD#: Pipefitter/PD40237A

Physical Requirements : Work requires standing and walking for most of the working day; with constant stooping, crouching and kneeling when making installion and repairs, and frequently in cramped and difficult working positions. Lifting heavy tools and using arm muscles in tightening connections, also places a physical demand on the worker, frequently handling equipment up to and occasionally over 50 pounds. Makes repairs and installions from ladders, scaffolding, and plforms, and where the parts of systems worked on are in hard-to-reach places. Requires standing , stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions.

Physical Expection: You asked to participe in a pre-employment examinion or evaluion as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed the time of evaluion or examinion.

Working Conditions: May be subjected to cuts from sharp-edged tools and burns from hot wer, blow torch, molten solder and steam. There is a possibility of falling from ladders and of strain from lifting pipes, components and fixtures. Work is performed indoors and outdoors in all weher conditions. Work involves stooping bending, crouching in cramped and difficult positions as wall as lifting and carrying heavy tools and equipment. Work is mainly in a hospital where there is always potential for being exposed to all types of disease. Work is done inside and outside , and is usually dirty, dusty, and greasy. At times repairs and installions are made outside in bad weher. Occasionally makes repairs in areas where bad smelling fumes are present. Subject to work under buildings, in tunnels, and in cramped locions. Occasional exposure to the possibility of broken bones and has frequent exposure to the possibility of scrapes, burns, and infections.

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advoces for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare th empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee opering in a Whole Health System of care, you will opere in a model with three core elements, seeking to cree a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relionships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administrion (VHA) Mission Stement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care th improves their health and well-being.

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Conditions of employment

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

May serve a probionary period

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

A complete applicion package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.

Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements. Only REAL ID compliant driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards accepted.

Subject to a background/suitability investigion

Must pass a pre-employment physical.

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.

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. Examples of experience include: safely and independently performing pipefitter work assignments; Reading and following blueprints and specificions; Estiming accurely the time and merials required to install, repair, or replace equipment or components; Soldering and brazing piping systems; Properly selecting and using tools, parts and merials to accomplish a task quickly, nely and safely; and Using hand and power tools of the trade, i.e., pipe threader, sewer augers, acetylene torch, reciprocion saws, corded and btery-powered drills, pipe cutters, pipe wrench, hammer drills, and other common hand tools of the trade. 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. The potential eligibles are then red against the remainder of the Job Elements:

Equipment Assembly, Installion, Repair

Interpret Instructions, Specificions (includes blueprint reading)

Measurement and Layout

Technical Practices

Troubleshooting

Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment

Without more than normal supervision

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.

Educion

This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement.

Additional informion

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA/federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found .

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-reled non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

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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.

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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.

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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:

Cover Letter

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (VA)

License

Other (1)

Performance Appraisal

Professional Certificion

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 08/19/2025 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

Andrea McGuire

Phone

... X1738

...

Address

Fargo VA Medical Center

2101 Elm Street

Fargo, ND 58102

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:

Cover Letter

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (VA)

License

Other (1)

Performance Appraisal

Professional Certificion

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 08/19/2025 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

Andrea McGuire

Phone

... X1738

...

Address

Fargo VA Medical Center

2101 Elm Street

Fargo, ND 58102

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.

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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 08/14/2025 to 08/19/2025 Salary $37.09 to - $43.26 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fargo, ND 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. 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 Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number CBSY-12783187-25-AM Control number 843384600
Job ID: 489703616
Originally Posted on: 8/16/2025

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