You will serve as a PIPEFITTER in the MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS COMMAND of MAINTENANCE CENTER ALBANY.

Duties

You will service, troubleshoot, repair, and provide expertise on installing, modifying, and repairing new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment. You will perform inspection, examination, preventive maintenance, and diagnostic testing and troubleshooting of high-pressure air distribution, lower pressure steam distribution, industrial wastewater treatment and sanitary sewage systems. You will work from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan, lay out, install, modify, and repair systems. You will Install, modify, and repair utility, supply, and disposal systems, fixtures, fittings, and equipment such as sewage, water, oil lines, compressed air, vacuum, and acid systems, water closets, water heaters, valves, and pumps.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You must be willing and able to lift and/or carry loads/items up to 50 pounds in weight
• This position requires which requires a State Criminal History Repository (SCHR) check to be completed on any person selected for this position. I am willing and able to submit to a SCHR check.

Qualifications

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: Ability to read, interpret, and use drawings, blueprints, diagrams, sketches, instructions, and technical specifications; Ability to interpret and apply building plans and blueprints, and to use shop mathematics to lay out angles, arcs, and circles; Skill in the use of any of the accepted pipefitting methods and techniques, seating equipment, and installing any combinations of couplings, unions, and joints needed for the proper operation of the system; Skill in the maintenance and use of tools and equipment such as sliding squares, measuring tapes, dividers, chalk lines, plumb bobs, templates, star drills, grinders, hand and power pipe threaders and cutters, and pipe wrenches.; Skill in the use of tools and equipment such as plumb bobs, dividers, closet augers, hydrostatic pumps; knowledge of how various supply, disposal, and utility systems and equipment, such as water and gas systems, fire sprinkler equipment, and water closets, are installed and operate. Skill in the use of any of the accepted plumbing methods and techniques, seating equipment, and installing any combinations of couplings, unions, and joints needed for the proper operation of the systems and Skill in installing complex items from a variety of materials such as PEX tubing, galvanized pipe, black iron pipe, aluminum, stainless steel and other alloys. Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address MAINTENANCE CENTER ALBANY 814 Radford Boulevard Albany, GA 31704 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]