Plumber, construction - Field Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Construction Plumber - Field Technician – Direct Hire opportunity!

1 st shift hours – 7am-3:30pm

Pay based on experience - $20-35/hour to start (license not required)

Full benefits package offered

Department: Service Department

Reports To: Plumbing Field Supervisor or Service Manager

Summary

This is a Direct Hire opportunity with our client! This individual is responsible for the assembly, installation, retrofit and repair of pipes, fittings, and fixtures for heating, cooling, water, and drainage systems utilizing accepted industry practices and theory.

Job functions and duties (other duties may be assigned)

• Studies building plans and working drawings to determine work required and sequence of installations.
• Inspects the structure to ascertain obstructions to be avoided to prevent weakening of the structure resulting from the installation of the pipe.
• Locates and marks the position of pipes and pipe connections and passage holes for pipes in walls and floors.
• Cuts openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings.
• Cuts and threads pipe.
• Assembles and installs valves, pipe fittings, and pipes composed of metals, such as iron, steel, brass and lead, and nonmetals, such as glass, vitrified clay and plastic.
• Joins pipes by use of screws, bolts, fittings, solder, plastic solvent, pro-press and caulks joints.
• Fill pipe systems with water or air and reads pressure gauges to determine whether system is leaking.
• Installs and repairs plumbing fixtures such as sinks, commodes, bathtubs, water heaters, hot water tanks, garbage disposal units, dishwashers, and water softeners.
• Repairs and maintains plumbing by replacing washers in leaky faucets, mending burst pipes, and opening clogged drains.
• Synthesizes complex or diverse information and uses intuition and experience to complement data.
• Manages difficult or emotional customer situations by using good communications skills.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required of a Field Technician — Plumber. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• Three years of experience working as a plumber doing service calls, repairs, and remodels. Experience working in the commercial sector with construction plumbing is highly preferred.
• Experience with boilers, pumps, and familiarity with building mechanical systems.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages, as well as draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, schedule, oral or diagram form.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid driver's license

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and use hands to finger, reach, feel, twist and turn objects, and arms to reach.
• The employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include the ability to see well up close and at a distance, the ability to distinguish colors, good peripheral vision and depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of a Field Technician — Plumber. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires working outdoors, in mechanical/equipment rooms and in possible extreme weather conditions.

• The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and heavy equipment.
• The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock (high voltage) and vibration.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and extreme heat.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Work Availability and Requirements

• Flexibility to work overtime and weekends as required.
• Regular local travel requirements.

If you have the skills and experience, please apply! We'd love to talk to you about this opportunity!