PLUMBING WORKER.

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain plumbing systems by removing, cleaning, replacing, packing, and sealing defective parts of utility, supply, and disposal systems such as dirty traps, sections of broken pipes, and leaking drains.
• Remove broken or damaged sections of pipe.
• Measure, cut, bend, thread, and install replacement sections, ensuring accuracy of fit and absence of leaks.
• Remove, clean, reinstall, or replace joints and fixtures such as unions, dirty or clogged traps, and broken or leaky faucets.
• Check all completed work to ensure repairs are complete, no leaks are present, and the repaired system is functioning properly.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and keep current a valid state driver’s license and any installation and/or DOD requirement for the type of vehicle being operated.
• Subject to being called back to work during non-duty hours to respond to emergencies and make repairs. Name will be on a call-out roster, and phone number must be provided.
• Must wear protective devices such as ear plugs, safety glasses, respirators, gloves, hard hats, and safety shoes as required.
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment physical and any subsequent annual physical.
• Mission Essential: Required to report for duty during inclement weather, natural disasters, and other emergency situations, and may be required to remain on duty after the official shift ends.
• This position requires temporary duty travel (TDY) of 10%.
• Must demonstrate, through experience, sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.

Physical Effort

• Makes repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms, often in hard-to-reach places.
• Frequently stands, stoops, bends, kneels, climbs, and works in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
• Frequently lifts, carries, and sets up parts and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted; occasionally lifts or moves heavier items with assistance or lifting devices.

Working Conditions

• Works in cramped quarters both indoors and outdoors, with exposure to mud, dirt, dust, grease, bad weather, and unpleasant odors.
• Occasionally required to wear a respirator.
• Exposure to risks such as broken bones, scrapes, bruises, burns from caustic soda and hot lead, injury from power and hand tools, and infection from unsanitary work sites.

Qualifications

Open to US Citizens. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to perform common plumbing repairs and installations—piping, fitting, or fixtures for defective parts or connections or leaks. Assist with replacement or repairs of various plumbing fixtures or pipes using hand tools such as rulers, saws, and pipe wrenches. Failure to meet this element will result in an ineligible rating.

Benefits

As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a comprehensive benefits package. 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 information on specific benefits offered.