PLUMBER/PIPEFITTER

About This Job

The mission of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to reach treatment goals and to return to more integrated community living settings. Pinecrest Supports and Services Center specializes in the treatment of people with comorbid intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical, behavioral, and psychiatric support needs.

We are seeking a dedicated, hardworking individual as a Plumber/Pipefitter to assist in the daily operation of the duties of the LDH Plumbing Department on the Pinecrest Supports and Services grounds. Here you will perform a variety of duties that vary, such as checking and maintaining sprinkler systems across the grounds. Assist in welding frames on mowers, playground equipment and kitchen equipment. Build metal structures for shops, warehouses, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

Two years of experience or training in pipefitting, steam fitting, or plumbing.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Rough in and maintain sewer lines for commodes, floor drains, lavatories, drinking fountains, tubs, and showers.
• Install water lines, air lines and gas lines.
• Install, regulate and repair hot water mixing valves for residences and hospitals.
• Install and repair steam lines, regulators, steam traps, and relief valves.
• Assemble, repair and maintain pressure and sewer piping.
• Unstop sewer lines, commodes, lavatories, drinking fountains, tubs and showers.
• Rough-in, install and maintain bathroom and kitchen fixtures to ensure people have the best possible health
• Operate machinery such as a backhoe, ditch digger, sewer cleaning equipment and pipe vice (electric and manual), pipe tapping machine, pipe threading machine and welding equipment.
• Repair fire mains, install and maintain kicker blocks and valves.
• Maintain and repair fire hydrants as needed.

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Pinecrest Supports and Services Center - LDH Plumbing

Shift: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Pass Days: Saturday and Sunday

Appointment Type: This position may be filled by probation, promotion, demotion, lateral transfer, detail to special duty, or job appointment. Preference may be given to employees of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center.

Compensation: $19.67 hourly - $35.40 hourly How To Apply: No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Application maybe rejected if incomplete

Contact Information: For further information about this vacancy, contact: Jimmie Bernard Pinecrest Supports & Services Center P.O. Box 5191 Pineville, LA 71360 View email address on click.appcast.io

Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Benefits

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