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Pipefitter

Full Time
$36 – $42 Per Hour
Closing on Jun 30, 2025

Location:
San Diego, Point Loma Complex
Requires Relocation:
Yes
Start Date:
01/07/2024
End Date:
30/06/2025
Offering Type:
Multiple Appointment Types
Hiring Paths:
Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees - Competitive service Individuals with disabilities Internal to an agency - appears on USAJOBS Land & base management Military spouses Special authorities Veterans
Service Type:
Competitive
Travel Percentage:
Occasional travel

About United States Fleet Forces Command

The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers-where purpose and patriotism unite! This position is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.

Job summary

You will serve as a PIPEFITTER in the TEMPORARY SERVICES SHOP, PRODUCTION RESOURCES DEPARTMENT of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Major duties

You will cut, thread, bend, and assemble pipefittings using shop machinery and equipment. You will position, secure, and connect piping systems with various fixtures. You will make minor repairs to hoses, pumps, and fittings. You will hook up hoses, pumps, and fittings and then operate that equipment to offload fuel and lubricating oil from ships. You will test piping systems under pressure to determine conformance to standards and to locate leaks and other defects.

Qualification

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 DO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION: * Ability to lay out, cut, bend, assemble, install, operate, and remove pipe fittings and fixtures to construct or maintain temporary piping systems (i.e. steam heating, hot water heating, high pressure air, oil, and steam line systems, water/sewage disposal systems, etc.). * Operate liquid waste treatment systems, demineralizers, evaporators, tanks, associated gauges, and meters. * Repairs, tests, and installs high pressure steam booms, and man's main stop valve for shipboard steam testing. * Must be able to read blueprints, specifications, and sketches. * Ability to use tools common to trade such as threaders, saws, shears, drills, wrenches, brazing, and soldering equipment. 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.

Evaluations

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to the Occupational Questionnaire, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following job elements: ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION ABILITY TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE THE WORK ABILITY TO USE AND MAINTAIN TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT KNOWLEDGE OF EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLY, INSTALLATION, REPAIR, ETC. TECHNICAL PRACTICES (THEORETICAL, PRECISE, ARTISTIC) You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility and qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.