PLUMBER/PIPEFITTER MASTER

Plummer Pipefitter Master

Join our dedicated team here at Louisiana's flagship university, Louisiana State University, where our mission is to secure, elevate, and advance Louisiana.

We're looking for a Plummer Pipefitter Master. In this role you will perform highly skilled, technical installations, repairs and modification to all plumbing systems including above and below ground, low- and high-pressure steam, gas and water systems for a large state agency complex, using multiple trades skills (plumbing, welding, insulating, pipefitting).

Minimum Qualifications

One year of the required experience for the following minimum qualifications must have been on-the-job experience: Three years of experience or training in pipefitting, steam fitting, or plumbing.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

1. Perform repairs, troubleshooting and modification to above and below systems including tunnel installations
2. Perform on high- and low-pressure gas, steam, and water systems
3. Perform repairs and preventative maintenance to domestic and commercial hot water heaters and boilers to insure they are within code and insurance specifications
4. Assembles various metal and plastic pressure and sewage piping using threaded joints, soldering techniques, clamps, bonds, leaded joints, etc.
5. Performs work in all phases of insulation and welding
6. Repairs fire mains and installs kicker blocks and valves according to specifications
7. Calibrates and adjust controls on steam and hot water sterilizers
8. Maintains and installs medical air lines, vacuum lines, nitrous oxide and oxygen systems

Position-Specific Details: [provide this information based on job description]

Location: 1165B Facility Srvcs Central Shop at LSU

Career Progression: Yes

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at

Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found at

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System ( LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System ( among others