Journeyman Plumber

Plumbing Maintenance Position

Provides journeyman-level plumbing operations and maintenance support for the medical treatment facility, including preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and minor installation of plumbing systems and equipment. The employee must perform all assigned work in compliance with the Northeast OMEE PWS, applicable federal/state/local law, installation requirements, safety requirements, and manufacturer instructions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on domestic water, sanitary waste, storm drainage, fixtures, valves, piping, water heaters, pumps, and related plumbing systems.
• Troubleshoot and repair leaks, stoppages, fixture failures, piping deficiencies, drainage problems, and other plumbing system issues.
• Support water conservation, water quality, shutdown planning, and restoration of affected systems.
• Perform backflow testing/repair, gas piping, or other specialty work only when the employee holds the additional credential required for that work.
• Coordinate work affecting clinical operations, infection prevention, utility shutdowns, or patient-care spaces with site management and Government representatives.
• Complete PM/CM work documentation, test reports, inspection records, and required Government maintenance records within required timelines.
• Immediately report unsafe, noncompliant, degraded, or mission-impacting plumbing conditions.

Required Qualifications and Credentials

• Minimum three (3) years of plumbing maintenance experience in healthcare facilities.
• Documented journeyman-level plumbing qualification meeting PWS §1.5.7.1.
• Work must be performed within the New Jersey Master Plumber/bona fide representative supervision structure applicable to the employer and assigned work.
• Any New Jersey license, registration, or credential legally required for the specific plumbing duties assigned.
• Applicable State certification for backflow testing/repair.
• Compliance with all applicable State licensing requirements and documented prior gas-line experience for major natural-gas supply-line repair.
• Valid driver's license and ability to meet installation/base access requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret work orders, equipment manuals, drawings, schematics, technical instructions, and safety procedures appropriate to the position.
• Ability to work in an occupied healthcare environment and follow infection-prevention, life-safety, utility-outage, and patient-care coordination requirements.
• Ability to respond to emergency maintenance conditions and perform after-hours/on-call support when assigned.
• Must maintain all licenses, certifications, permits, training, and qualifications required for assigned duties throughout employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Military medical facility or hospital O&M experience.
• Backflow prevention tester certification.
• Experience with healthcare domestic water, sanitary, medical support utilities, pumps, valves, and controlled utility shutdowns.

Licensing and Qualification Compliance

Employee shall maintain all professional licenses, certifications, permits, training, and qualifications required by the Northeast OMEE Performance Work Statement and applicable federal, state, and local laws throughout employment. The employee shall provide copies of applicable credentials upon request. Assignment to this position does not authorize the employee to perform work requiring a separate trade, specialty, environmental, safety, OEM, or state license unless the employee possesses the applicable credential. Where state law requires work to be performed under a licensed contractor, master licensee, bona fide representative, or other licensed supervisor, the employee shall perform such work only within that compliant structure.

Physical / Work Environment Requirements

• Ability to perform maintenance work in mechanical/electrical rooms, rooftops, interstitial spaces, ladders, and other facility areas consistent with job duties.
• Ability to lift/carry tools and materials and perform standing, walking, bending, reaching, climbing, and other physical activities commonly associated with facility maintenance.
• Ability to use required personal protective equipment and comply with site-specific safety and occupational health requirements.
• Reasonable accommodations will be considered consistent with applicable law.

Contract and Regulatory References

• Northeast OMEE PWS §1.5.7 requires the contractor to ensure personnel possess all applicable current and valid professional certifications and licenses required by federal, state, and local law. Journeymen, craftsmen, and tradespersons must have a minimum of three (3) years of experience in healthcare facilities. Applicable credentials must be kept current throughout the task order and provided to the COR immediately upon request.
• For trades not otherwise specifically cited, PWS §1.5.7.1 permits qualification to be demonstrated by a recognized journeyman card/state certification, a current or lapsed state contractor license for the trade, evidence of passing an ICC national journeyman or master examination, a nationally recognized certification program, or documented military journeyman-level or higher experience on a DD214.
• State licensing reference: New Jersey State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers / supervision rules:
• PWS source: Performance Work Statement OMEE - Northeast, 23 March 2026, §1.5.7 and §1.5.7.1, including specialty credential requirements applicable to refrigerants, BAS, TAB, backflow, gas piping, and welding.