Craftsman - Building Maintenance - Plumbing');

Qualifications

• Valid Georgia driver’s license
• High school diploma or GED (or equivalent)
• Plumbing technical training (preferred)
• Minimum 2 years plumbing experience in commercial construction, building maintenance, or similar demonstrated acceptable experience
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions quickly and accurately
• Effective and tactful communication with others
• Ability to follow plumbing technical instructions, drawings, and diagrams
• Knowledge of all plumbing codes, procedures, materials, tools, hazards, and safety procedures

Responsibilities

• Perform skilled installation, preventative maintenance, and repairs of plumbing systems and equipment for the Building Maintenance Department, adhering to accepted codes and procedures
• Diagnose and repair malfunctioning plumbing equipment and systems
• Install, maintain, regulate, and assemble plumbing and plumbing equipment accurately
• Record repairs made and parts used according to departmental guidelines
• Assume responsibility for materials issued from inventory and truck stock
• Maintain and account for all tools, parts, and equipment issued according to department guidelines
• Ensure access to all tools, parts, and equipment issued
• Operate and maintain handheld work order/inventory management device
• Supervise private contractors when assigned to perform required work
• Plan and direct appointed personnel in the daily work schedule as required
• Monitor and maintain safe work procedures and compliance with building and safety codes
• Train private contractors and other district employees as necessary to complete work according to building and safety codes
• Collaborate with other personnel in the trade area and other department personnel
• Coordinate with other craftsmen to complete assignments
• Maintain positive relationships with all district personnel
• Work toward improving craftsman skills and abilities
• Learn to service and repair different types and makes of hardware, equipment, machinery, and building structures
• Receive training for repairing new types of items throughout the county
• Work as required after normal work hours
• Be on call after normal working hours for a period of seven days
• Be subject to being called 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• Perform other duties as assigned

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Stand, walk, negotiate stairs, and climb ladders
• Reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear
• Manipulate tools and small items with hands
• Lift and transport up to 50 pounds over short distances
• Operate a motor vehicle in performance of duties
• Use specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, and color vision

The employee may be subjected to:

• A wide range of ambient temperature and humidity conditions
• Overhead work and work in confined spaces
• Potential hazards including working with electricity, heat and noise producing machinery and equipment, elevated equipment using ladders or other lifting devices, and use of chemicals and solvents

Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals with specific disabilities.