The incumbent is assigned to the Maintenance & Operations Section of the Engineering Service at the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC in Charleston, SC. The incumbent performs maintenance, repair, and installation on new and existing utility, supply, and disposal system i.e. sewage, water, oil, steam, gas distribution systems, fire sprinkler systems, medical equipment and dietic equipment, in addition performs all preventative maintenance and all equipment under his cognizance.
Duties may include, but are not limited to Installs, modifies, troubleshoots, and repairs new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment such as steam heating, steam generation, and hydraulic systems, steam generators, flash and expansion tanks, condensate, vacuum, and circulating pumps, and radiators.
Incumbent installs, maintains and adjusts equipment such as meters, valves, compressors pumps, steam traps, grease traps, strainers, reducing valves, heating coils, radiators, automatic mixing valves, expansion tanks, dishwashers etc. Incumbent tests systems and equipment for proper operation, circulation, flow, pressure, and leak free joints. Traces and troubleshoots pipe, systems, and equipment to locate and repair leaks and trouble spots.
Incumbent performs preventative maintenance inspection of systems and equipment. Incumbent works from blueprints and performs work using own judgment and decisions in order to plan, lay out, route and install/repair sewage, water, oil and gas distribution systems, bathroom fixtures, sprinkler systems or high-pressure piping systems.
The incumbent must be familiar with the provisions of the International Plumbing Code, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 54 (National Fuel Gas Code and NFPA 99 (Heath Care Facilities Code) and sufficiently knowledgeable of the entire code to satisfactorily research special requirements or applications.
The incumbent must be able to read and write, to interpret blueprints, drawings or sketches, work instructions from various sources, and technical guides of varying degrees of complexity as furnished by government agencies or equipment manufacturers. Work is assigned to the incumbent by the supervisor through work orders, engineering drawings or orally. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-3:30pm. Subject to change based on Agency Needs.
Position Description Title/PD#: Pipefitter/PD07645A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
ROBERTA.ADAMS@VA.GOV · 601-201-6500
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $33.69 – $39.3/hr.
Applications close on 2026-10-16.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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