Pipefitter Leader Legislive Branch Architect of the Capitol Summary We love our jobs. Do you? This position is loced in the esteemed Architect of the Capitol, Library Building and Grounds, Maintenance Branch, Plumbing Section. As a Pipefitter Leader , you will troubleshoot, repair, and install pipefitting system components in assigned Capitol Complex work sites th include extensive grounds and arboretum, monumental historic buildings with a complex infrastructure. The position is considered essential and is required to report during emergency closures. Learn more about this agency Summary We love our jobs. Do you? This position is loced in the esteemed Architect of the Capitol, Library Building and Grounds, Maintenance Branch, Plumbing Section. As a Pipefitter Leader , you will troubleshoot, repair, and install pipefitting system components in assigned Capitol Complex work sites th include extensive grounds and arboretum, monumental historic buildings with a complex infrastructure. The position is considered essential and is required to report during emergency closures. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $40.18
- $46.88 per hour Pay scale & grade WL 11 Promotion potential 11 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
- This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer civil service Competitive Stus Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent
- Permanent, Full Time Occupions and job series 4204 Pipefitting Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance .
The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
LBG-2026-356
Control number 883145000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted from all U.S. Citizens. Please be advised th federal retired annuitant candides may only be considered as a temporary employee if the role can be filled in th capacity. Videos Duties Help
TOUR OF DUTY
Sunday through Thursday 1:30 PM
- 10:00 PM As a Pipefitter leader, you will lead, motive, and work alongside journey-level pipefitters throughout the Library Buildings and Grounds.
Duties include:
Relaying supervisor instructions to staff and demonstring proper work methods Ensuring plans, blueprints, merials, and tools are available Reading and following complex blueprints and specificions Installing, repairing, and maintaining plumbing systems, including systems in historical buildings Repairing sewage, wer, gas, and steam distribution systems and associed fixtures Clearing clogged drains and repairing faucets, toilets, urinals, and reled fixtures Leading and performing pipe replacement; repair steam traps and valves Cutting, threading, connecting, and fitting pipe using various joining methods and mechanical couplings Diagnosing, troubleshooting, monitoring, and maintaining systems using a Building Automion System (BAS) Using Web TMA and Mobile TMA to manage work orders and identify replacement parts Inspecting testing, repairing, and servicing fire protection systems per NFPA standards and local codes Completing electronic testing as part of inspection processes Performing brazing, soldering, and other hot‑work processes, including welding where permitted Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen. You must be able to pass a drug test. Your resume and question responses must demonstre job-reled elements. Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion. A Tier II Modere Risk Public Trust Background Investigion required and must be successfully completed and maintained as a condition of employment after the initial hiring action is completed. To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the cegories below: A citizen of the United Stes; A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declarion of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; A person who owes allegiance to the United Stes (nionals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nionals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United Stes. Qualificions You must meet all eligibility and qualificion requirements by the closing de of the job announcement. You must meet the following
SCREEN-OUT
(S) required for this position. Ability to lead or supervise employees in the performance of pipefitting work including: Directing and assigning daily work tasks, tracking job order progress, and maintaining effective communicion between workers, leaderships, and other trades; Independently installing, repairing, and modifying copper, black iron, and PVC piping across commercial or residential plumbing and mechanical systems; Executing effective field repairs and adjustments when drawings are incomplete, inaccure, or unavailable; and Inspecting finished piping work and enforcing job-site safety. Educion There is no educional requirement. Additional informion Welcome Veterans . The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) gives veterans' preference rights in the legislive branch to certain veterans as applied by the Congressional Accountability Act. Veterans' preference is applied on this vacancy announcement. If you are a veteran and have been separed under honorable conditions, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility; SF-15, if applicable; and Department of Veterans Affairs documention of disability, if applicable. For more informion, please OPM vet guide. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registrion under Selective Service Law, you must provide approprie proof of exemption. Please the Selective Service System website for more informion.
DRUG TESTING
: The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is a Drug Free Workplace. As part of the AOC's suitability assessment, a candide tentively selected for a position who is not currently an AOC employee is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use. Sisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment with the Agency. A candide must test negive prior to being eligible for appointment into a position. We will schedule, provide and cover the cost for the drug test. The selectee(s) under the vacancy announcement for this position is subject to a criminal record check by the U.S. Capitol Police and sisfactory adjudicion to be eligible for employment the Architect of the Capitol. The Architect of the Capitol is an
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Participant.
E-VERIFY
is an Internet-based system th compares informion from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verificion, to da from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administrion records to confirm employment authorizion in the United Stes. If you are selected for this position, the documention th you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 verified through the DHS "
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" electronic system. For more informion on E-Verify, please http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1185221678150.shtm The Architect of the Capitol is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discriminion on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, nional origin, sexual oriention, gender identity, genetic informion and/or disability. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Moving expenses are not authorized. Relocion expenses are not authorized. Probionary Period
- A newly appointed selectee is subject to the completion of a one-year trial/probionary period, regardless of whether or not a trial/probionary period has been completed previously with the Architect of the Capitol or another Federal agency.
This vacancy announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies in any of the jurisdictions of the Architect of the Capitol. All applicion merials become the property of the Architect of the Capitol. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacion) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportion; training and development opportunities, etc. Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual re credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience. The amount of service credit based on specialized experience or qualifying experience th is provided on the applicant profile submitted. As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important th you provide a work history th lists all directly reled positions held, and it must include the des of employment (month/day/year). The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participe in the Student Loan Repayment Program. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for considerion and qualificions for the position determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions. Your resume evalued based on evidence of your ability to demonstre the job elements for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience reles to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions rele to the following job elements and competencies:
- Ability to lead workers in the performance of pipefitting tasks.
- Knowledge of assembly, installion and repair of piping equipment.
- Ability to interpret blueprints, specificions and other technical pipefitting informion and instructions.
- Knowledge of pipefitting trade practices.
- Ability to troubleshoot pipefitting problems.
Your responses to the self-assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial ring. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions. Next, your responses evalued by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject mter expert against the informion provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self-assessment questions. Falsifying your background, educion and/or experience is cause for non-selection or disqualificion from further considerion. Please note th a complete applicion is required for considerion. (Please review the "Required Documents" section of this job announcement to see wh must be included in a complete applicion.) You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacion) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportion; training and development opportunities, etc. Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual re credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience. The amount of service credit based on specialized experience or qualifying experience th is provided on the applicant profile submitted. As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important th you provide a work history th lists all directly reled positions held, and it must include the des of employment (month/day/year). The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participe in the Student Loan Repayment Program. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job applicion process is designed to ensure you only provide informion necessary to evalue your qualificions and eligibility for the position vacancy. To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant informion. No additional documention or tachments are required the time of applicion. Your resume should list your educion, training and work experience including job titles, employment des, duties and accomplishments. Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC's Human Capital Management Division. If additional documention is required for the position, you asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At th time, you may be asked to submit documention to support stements made in your resume. For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment stus. If the position requires licensure or certificion, you asked to provide proof the time of selection. If Veterans' preference is claimed, you asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by th form). Failure to provide the required documents will end further considerion and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentive job offers. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help You MUST apply online.
FORMS RECEIVED BY FAX, EMAIL OR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
If you are a new user to the USAJOBS Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to cree an account profile with your basic contact informion and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJOBS user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help with setting up an account or for general assistance in using USAJOBS, go to USAJOBS Help Page .
NEED HELP?
If you experience any difficulties with the applicion site, help is available! If you have problems completing your on-line applicion, contact the Monster Hiring Management Help Desk 1-866-656-6831 or by e-mail MGSHELP@monster.com. The help desk is available Monday
m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave a voice mail message all other times. All required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJOBS "Saved Documents" feure. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may our Employment Center for technical assistance in entering your applicion. The Employment Center is loced 441 Second & D Streets S.W., Washington, DC. Agency contact informion Kimberly Ubil Phone 202-226-7000 TalentAcquisitionandClassificion@aoc.gov Address Architect of the Capitol United Stes Capitol Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United Stes Next steps You will receive a notice genered by the USAJOBS System when you have successfully submitted your applicion. We will review your applicion and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on educion) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. You can check the stus of your applicion by logging into http://www.usajobs.gov . You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion has changed by logging into your USAJOBS Account, editing your profile and changing the 'Notificion Settings' to indice th you want to be notified by email when the stus changes. Informion regarding the stus of your applicion should be upded in the system within two (2) weeks after the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job applicion process is designed to ensure you only provide informion necessary to evalue your qualificions and eligibility for the position vacancy. To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant informion. No additional documention or tachments are required the time of applicion. Your resume should list your educion, training and work experience including job titles, employment des, duties and accomplishments. Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC's Human Capital Management Division. If additional documention is required for the position, you asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At th time, you may be asked to submit documention to support stements made in your resume. For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment stus. If the position requires licensure or certificion, you asked to provide proof the time of selection. If Veterans' preference is claimed, you asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by th form). Failure to provide the required documents will end further considerion and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentive job offers. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help You MUST apply online.
FORMS RECEIVED BY FAX, EMAIL OR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
If you are a new user to the USAJOBS Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to cree an account profile with your basic contact informion and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJOBS user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help with setting up an account or for general assistance in using USAJOBS, go to USAJOBS Help Page .
NEED HELP?
If you experience any difficulties with the applicion site, help is available! If you have problems completing your on-line applicion, contact the Monster Hiring Management Help Desk 1-866-656-6831 or by e-mail MGSHELP@monster.com. The help desk is available Monday
m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave a voice mail message all other times. All required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJOBS "Saved Documents" feure. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may our Employment Center for technical assistance in entering your applicion. The Employment Center is loced 441 Second & D Streets S.W., Washington, DC. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Kimberly Ubil Phone 202-226-7000 TalentAcquisitionandClassificion@aoc.gov Address Architect of the Capitol United Stes Capitol Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United Stes Next steps You will receive a notice genered by the USAJOBS System when you have successfully submitted your applicion. We will review your applicion and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on educion) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. You can check the stus of your applicion by logging into http://www.usajobs.gov . You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion has changed by logging into your USAJOBS Account, editing your profile and changing the 'Notificion Settings' to indice th you want to be notified by email when the stus changes. Informion regarding the stus of your applicion should be upded in the system within two (2) weeks after the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $40.18
- $46.88 per hour Pay scale & grade WL 11 Promotion potential 11 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
- This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer civil service Competitive Stus Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent
- Permanent, Full Time Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a .
The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
LBG-2026-356
Control number 883145000
