Plumber

Job Responsibilities

• Receives work and job orders for repair, installation or other maintenance work with plumbing fixtures and/or systems such as oxygen, steam, water, sewage and chemical treatment.
• Inspects and studies building plans and drawings to identify work requirements and plans.
• Prepares area for work, including opening partitions as necessary for access to affected area or fixture.
• Makes repair or alteration, installing piping, pumps, valves, gauges and other system component parts.
• Hooks up electrical and/or electronic equipment into systems.
• Inspects finished job for conformance to requirements, codes and accepted trade standards.
• Determines materials needed for jobs, checking against supplies.
• Orders and receives supplies and equipment for each job.
• Clocks schedule for job performance, including the shutoff of water and other elements so provided, with other building personnel and those in affected area.
• Keeps records of jobs performed, materials used and related information.
• Reads and records metering systems, reporting water, sewage and chlorination levels to building or facility management personnel.
• Works with contractors, inspectors and vendors to plan for and coordinate efforts in larger alteration or repair jobs.
• May instruct and oversee the work of other personnel providing assistance with jobs.
• May assist other trades personnel and/or perform such maintenance work.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of plumbing principles, practices, methods and techniques commonly employed in the repair, alteration and installation of plumbing fixtures and systems.
• Thorough knowledge of the tools, substances, and safety precautions of the plumbing trade.
• Knowledge of principles and practices addressed by, and general provisions of, plumbing, environmental, safety and other code requirements.
• Skill in the use and maintenance of plumbing tools and materials.
• Ability to learn the specific codes and regulatory provisions governing plumbing work in the County.
• Ability to read and interpret building plans and sketches.
• Ability to determine time, materials and equipment required to complete assigned jobs.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to keep records of activities.
• Ability to lift, carry and maneuver into position: pipes, joints, and other such heavy and/or unwieldy fixtures.
• Ability to work in close proximity to nursing facility patients, families and visitors, if required by work assignment.

Education & Experience

• Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth school grade.
• Three to four years plumbing work, one year which shall have been at the journeyman level.
• Or any equivalent combination of acceptable training and experience which has provided the knowledge, skills and abilities cited above.

Schedule

Monday through Friday 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Experience

Please see above job description.

Education

• G.E.D. or High School Diploma.

Comments

A criminal background check is required.