The welder is in the Pipefitting and Machine Shop at any site within the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, located at Menlo Park, CA. The employee performs a wide variety of methods and trade practices to perform more difficult welding requirements.

Duties

Some of the duties and responsibilities of this position include (but are not limited to): Uses a wide variety of methods and trade practices to perform the more difficult welding tasks for installing, rebuilding, overhauling, modifying, repairing and maintaining high pressure piping systems such as steam heating, steam generating, flash and expansion type tanks, condensate, vacuum and circulating pumps, radiators and convectors. Installs, maintains, modifies and repairs waters, gas, and sewer pipelines and systems, including equipment and accessories which are part of the system such as flexible joints, expansion joints, pumps, gauges and pressure control valves and devices. Works from blueprints, drawings and simple sketches to route, layout, and complete the installation of plumbing fixtures, dietetic equipment and medical equipment such as sterilizers, sanitizers, etc.; Performs work on electrical and mechanical equipment and systems, including electrical-mechanical, very complex heating and ventilating systems, very large and complex air supply and exhaust systems, large duct systems, hydraulic, pneumatic and thermal components of building service equipment; Applies knowledge and experience to assure complete penetration and fusion of base and filler metals and to prevent burning and /or distortion; Completes welds that meet dimension, tolerance, and strength requirements and be free of cracks, slag, and other defects. Complete welds on high pressure, and other tests and inspections; Uses other related trade practices such as brazing, brazing-welding and soldering. Uses tools and equipment common to metal working trades such as lathes, jigs, sheet metal brakes and tools, power punches, nibblers, precision tools, and measuring instruments and gauges; Perform other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• May be required to serve a probationary period
• Pre-employment physical may be required
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Work requires good coordination and good physical condition. The employee is required to make installations and repairs from ladders, scaffolding, platforms and from other hard to reach places. This requires the incumbent to walk, stand, step, bend, kneel, climb, crawl and work in uncomfortable positions for up to two (2) hours, and to pull, push, reach over the shoulder and lift heavy supplies and/or equipment weighing up to 100 pounds (with assistance. Must have rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously, good hearing, good depth perception and the ability to distinguish basic colors and shades of colors. Glasses are permitted. The work is both outside and inside in areas of medium to excessive heat, cold, humidity, dampness or chilling areas that have intermittent noise, dust, fumes, grease, dirt, oil, with exposure to electrical wires and energy. Areas may be slippery and/or uneven surfaces, in equipment rooms, tunnels, crawl spaces, penthouses, overhead catwalks, scaffolding and/or in tight areas such as manholes and_ electrical (equipment) closets. Some work is around equipment and machinery with moving parts and there are other hazards such as exposure to steam and hot water lines, pumps and other equipment and exposure to biological contamination, ultra-violet radiation, etc. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and SafetyInterpret Instructions, Specifications (includes blueprint reading)Measuring InstrumentsMetalsTechnical PracticesUse and Maintain Tools and Equipment IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Palo Alto VA Medical Center 3801 Miranda Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]