PLUMBER M

About the role

Under general direction, the purpose of the position is to perform skilled to advanced craft-mechanical plumbing work in various installation, repair, maintenance and service tasks for the school district. Employees in this classification function with considerable independence and latitude concerning methods, materials, and priority of assigned work orders.

Responsibilities

• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Performs skilled to advanced craft-mechanical plumbing work in various installation, repair, maintenance and service tasks for the school district.
• Installs, maintains, services, and/or repairs plumbing fixtures and apparatus for the district, i.e., water coolers, lavatory and kitchen fixtures and systems, water and wastewater lines, lift stations and treatment plants, portable classroom hook-ups, new construction.
• Services or replaces components including, but not limited to, valves, switches, pumps, traps, hose bibs, backflow devices, screens, and lines.
• Ensures compliance with and adherence to applicable codes, ordinances, building, and safety standards regarding plumbing installation, service, and repair activities.
• Receives work orders, prioritizes assignments, and coordinates equipment, tools, materials, and supplies required per job site.
• Works collaboratively and confers with contractor service providers, as applicable to assigned work orders.
• Fills out and maintains work orders and purchase orders for required materials, supplies and equipment; maintains daily activity logs, and maintenance records concerning assigned service vehicle and equipment.
• Performs necessary calculations in preparing materials and work sites for installation, maintenance or repair, i.e., pipe dimensions, line layout, ditch and line grading, angles and distances.
• Operates various manual, electrical, and gas-powered equipment and tools in performing assigned tasks, i.e., line cleaners, jack hammers, pipe threaders, concrete saws, back hoes, drills, pipe wrenches.
• Performs cleaning and maintenance of equipment, tools, materials, and vehicles utilized per work site; ensures adherence to principles and practices of safe equipment use and operation.
• Coordinates assigned work orders in a manner to minimize disruption in routine district activities, to include planning complex and long term projects during non-operating hours and vacation schedules.
• Responds to emergency or critical incidents in order to confine, resolve, and/or prevent flooding or other hazardous conditions.
• Keeps up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS.
• Attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED; supplemented by minimum five (5) years progressively skilled and knowledgeable commercial and/or industrial experience in craft mechanical plumbing trades work, and demonstrated ability to read and interpret blueprints, architectural drawings, and project specifications; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid commercial driver’s license.
• Effective August 24, 2009, all new hires to this position must successfully complete the Industrial Physical Capability Screening (IPCS); previous incumbents holding this position without a break in service are not required to have this screening.

Skills

• Data Utilization: Review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data and/or information; exercise discretion in determining data classification and referencing such analysis to established standards.
• Human Interaction: Exchange information for the purpose of obtaining information or clarifying details within well-established policies, procedures and standards.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of electric and gas-powered equipment, and hand-held tools, such as pipe wrenches and cutters, threaders, saws, and drills.
• Verbal Aptitude: Utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data and information.
• Mathematical Aptitude: Perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculate decimals and percentages; utilize geometric principles and formulas.
• Functional Reasoning: Apply principles of rational systems; interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; exercise independent judgment to adapt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
• Situational Reasoning: Exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.

Physical Requirements

Tasks involve the ability to exert very heavy physical effort in very heavy work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of heavy objects and materials (up to 100 pounds) and occasionally heavier items (100 pounds or over).

Environmental Factors

Tasks are regularly performed with exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as strong odors, wetness, humidity, machinery, vibrations, temperature and noise extremes, disease, and toxic/poisonous agents.

The Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.