Pipefitter

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Hines (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Hospital is seeking a Journeyman Pipefitter to perform a broad range of plumbing and steam-related duties within the Plumbing Shop.

Duties include installing, repairing and maintaining piping, fixtures and allied equipment across high to low pressure systems in a hospital environment. Responsibilities cover project installations, preventive maintenance, part selection and inventory control, plus participation in steam production plant tasks as assigned by

Responsibilities

• Repair, adjust, maintain, and install all types of plumbing and steam fixtures and their allied equipment.
• Install new plumbing and steam equipment from layout and rough-in to finished job.
• Repair and maintain equipment such as meters, valves, pumps, steam traps and related components.
• Repair and install pipe insulation of various materials.
• Test and install piping systems including water, gas, vacuum and drainage from 1/8" to 12" sizes with copper, cast iron, iron or plastic pipe.
• Install and maintain hospital and laboratory equipment assigned to the Plumbing Shop.
• Maintain heating systems including piping, coils, traps and circulating pumps.
• Perform preventive maintenance and order replacement parts for the Plumbing Shop.
• Maintain outside plumbing including sanitary sewer, water, gas, fire main, and underground sprinkler systems.

Job description

SummaryThis position is located at the Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Hospital - (578) Hines - IL - a complexity level 1a VHA facility - and organizationally aligned to the Maintenance Section - Engineering - Service Line. The work includes working with pipes and fittings from a range of high pressure to low pressure steam.

SummaryThis position is located at the Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Hospital - (578) Hines - IL - a complexity level 1a VHA facility - and organizationally aligned to the Maintenance Section - Engineering - Service Line. The work includes working with pipes and fittings from a range of high pressure to low pressure steam.

• The incumbent of this position performs the duties of a Journeyman Pipefitter as follows: Repair - adjust - maintain - and install all types of plumbing and steam fixtures and their allied equipment
• Perform various new installations of plumbing and steam equipment from laying out ordering materials - roughing-in to finished job
• Repair - maintain - adjust - install - and improve all allied equipment for plumbing and heating such as meters - valves - compressors - pumps - steam traps - grease traps - strainers - reducing valves heating coils etc
• Repair - install and maintain pipe insulation of fiberglass - molded magnesium - cork - and rubber
• Repair - test and install various types of piping systems - including water - fire main system air gas vacuum and drainage from 1/8" to 12" pipe size using copper - brass - cast iron - iron or plastic pipe with threaded - caulked - soft solder - silver solder - cemented and flanged joints
• Install - repair and maintain various types of equipment - such as dishwashers - kitchen equipment - sterilizers - autoclaves - hot water generators - and various other hospital equipment assigned to the Plumbing Shop
• Repair and maintain heating - unit heating - which includes piping - convectors - coils - shut off valves - traps and circulating pumps
• Perform preventive maintenance with basic activity
• Fit and install various new hospital and laboratory equipment - including plumbing fixtures such as drinking fountains - lavatories - urinals - stools - sinks - etc
• Repair - maintain and install (which may entail complete overhaul of vacuum pumps - compressed air pumps - water circulating pumps and all piping connected to these pumps
• Maintain a stock level of repair parts and supplies
• Is responsible for ordering of replacement parts and repair materials for the equipment assigned to the Plumbing Shop
• Maintain - repair - test and install all outside plumbing which includes sanitary sewer - water - gas - fire main and underground sprinkler systems
• Install and repair gas-fired equipment assigned to the Plumbing Shop - which includes solenoid valves - thermocouples - and other gas safety equipment
• When not assigned to pipefitters - may be assigned to the station's steam production plant to perform duties as assigned by the operation section supervisor
• These duties entail the operation of the steam plant - maintenance - and repair of the many different types of equipment such as pumps - D.A
• Heaters - surge tanks - boilers and combustion control systems
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 07:00AM-3:30PM Position Description Title/PD#: Pipefitter/PD09722A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized