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This Position is located in Facility Management Service (FMS), Roseburg VA Medical Center. Roseburg, OR.
******Relocation / Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized for qualified applicants******
04/21/2025 to 05/06/2025
$29.87 - $34.87 per hour
WG 10
1 vacancy in the following location:
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25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
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Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
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CBSV-12727991-25-SW
835611100
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.
ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation.
The incumbent performs a full range of duties at the Journeyman level. Primarily, the incumbent's duties include installation, modification, and maintenance/repair of all plumbing and piping systems. This includes work both inside and outside of buildings (including underground), and all equipment fixtures and fittings served by these systems. The incumbent will be working from building plans, blueprints, sketches, and work orders. He/she will be required to plan, lay out, and fabricate plumbing and piping systems, modify systems, and remove devices and systems. Systems may include those that supply or dispose of gases and fluids for medical gas, vacuum systems, plumbing systems, and special purpose equipment found in hospitals. The incumbent installs gauges, traps, thermostats, backflow preventing units, and other plumbing related devices. In addition, the incumbent will pack, adjust, and repair valves of various types; repair leaks, clear obstructions in piping, and make necessary adjustments for proper system operation. The incumbent will operate pipe threading machines, hand tools, electric sewer augers, fans, pumps, and other trade related tools and equipment.
The incumbent will inspect plumbing and pipefitting systems installed, updated, or replaced by outside vendors/contractors at the Roseburg VA Facility in support of FMS Management, Engineering Technicians, and Project Managers to insure no code violation, insufficient piping system, or substandard installation remains.
She/he will support FMS management, engineering technicians, and project managers as the station pipefitting/plumbing expert through design consultation, code consideration, and installation guideline support of plumbing and piping systems as required by the Uniform Plumbing Code, Manufacture's installation guides, industry engineering standards, and the needs of Facility Management Service.
The incumbent will supervise contracted vendor fabrication and installation of domestic plumbing and high-pressure/high-purity pipe systems as required by FMS project designs. She/he will assist engineers and other FMS professionals in responding to operational issues and troubleshooting problems of specialized piping systems to ensure the mission continuity
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm PST
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized for qualified applicants
Position Description Title/PD#: Pipefitter/PD30494A
Physical Requirements: The incumbent works from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms, where parts of systems are in hard to reach places. Considerable lifting of heavy objects up to 50 pounds is required. Assistance is usually available for the handling of heavier material and equipment. Heavy exertion is required at frequent intervals. Incumbent must be capable of working inside and outside in excessive heat, cold, noise, confined areas, and on intermittent slippery or uneven surfaces. Incumbent may receive minor cuts or abrasions while performing these duties. Work can also require long periods of standing or sitting depending on the work scheduled by the Maintenance and Repair Supervisor and/or FMS
Work Conditions: The working conditions vary with the environment. It may be inside or outside, and is usually dirty, dusty, greasy, and may be in inclement weather. The incumbent is continually exposed to the open flame of torches used to cut, braze, and solder pipe. The incumbent may be assigned to work in areas where certain potentially harmful physical and /or chemical agents are present. The incumbent will be exposed to raw sewage of a hospital that does carrying every disease of the patients it serves. To ensure employee safety and health, personnel protection programs are maintained. These programs may include engineering controls, training, work procedures, use of personal protective equipment, and medical surveillance. As part of the medical surveillance programs, the incumbent may be required to take medical examinations to assess his/her medical qualification for duty.
There is no educational substitution at this wage level.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.
Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement that all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted. HCP in violation of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locations or who come into contact with VA patients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locations include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associated clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrative, remote and onsite, paid and without compensation, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work at these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with patients outside VA medical facilities.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found at https://www.opm.gov/.
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