Defense Logistics Agency Hiring for Pipefitter at Whitehall, Ohio Full Time

Summary See below for important information regarding this job. Responsibilities Installs, modifies, maintains and repairs new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment. Determines tools and estimates materials required. Troubleshoots and analyzes defects. Repair, troubleshoot, and test chemical levels, and maintains and installs heating equipment and auxiliary mechanisms including water heaters, high pressure boiler systems, convertors, piping, and related heating components and units. Works from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and layout the routing, placement, slant, slope, fall, and proper operation of equipment. Installs, modifies, and repair of new and existing utility, supply, and disposal systems and equipment. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for a Pipefitter, your resume and supporting documentation must support: Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties at the level for which you are applying. Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and that you have the required ability or potential to perform the job. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition. Physical Effort: Works on ladders, scaffolds and platforms which requires hard to reach places and in strained positions. Required to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Occasionally may lift and carry items weighing about 50 pounds. Also, exerts heavy physical effort, constantly reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet and legs to maneuver controls when operating Engineering Equipment. Working Conditions: Work is done inside and outside in all kinds of weather and incumbent is exposed to infection and disease, areas that are dirty, dusty and greasy, and subject to noise, vibrations, and fumes. Required to use a gas mask or respirator due to noxious gases and carbon monoxide. Subject to serious accidents. Emergency Employee: The incumbent of this position has been designated as an emergency employee. The term “Emergency Employee” is used to designate those employees who must report to work in emergency situations. Emergency dismissal or closure announcements do not apply to these employees. The employees who occupy these positions may be required to report for duty in any situation that prevents significant numbers of employees in the local area from reporting for work on time or which requires agencies to close all or part of their activities. 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 Additional Information COVID19 – Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. MILITARY SPOUSE PREFERENCE: In order to receive this preference you must choose to apply using the “Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP)” eligibility. Information and required documentation for claiming Military Spouse Preference may be found at the General Information and Definitions link below. For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant you may apply for special selection over other candidates for this position. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at a score of 85 or higher for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separation notice; a “Notice of Personnel Action” (SF-50) documenting separation; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; OR a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456. Additional information may also be found at the General Information and Definitions link above. INFORMATION FOR VETERANS is available at: http://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/veterans.aspx. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement. DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for DLA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designated positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order 12564. The Defense Logistics Agency’s Drug Free Workplace Plan’s drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone. ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.