Essential Job Functions:

• Inspects and services plumbing fixtures and pipes regularly.
• Locates and opens blocked plumbing in kitchens, drinking fountains, floors, roofs, storm and wall drains, commodes, sewer lines and grease traps.  
• Installs, repairs, replaces and maintains plumbing fixtures, including sinks, commodes, drinking fountains, kitchen equipment, hot water heaters; re-pipes boiler lines.
• Works with other maintenance workers, school officials and staff to resolve maintenance problems.
• Handles emergency response to schools during duty hours and may require after hours and weekend monitoring and response to address issues.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Budgetary Responsibility:

Provides and verifies invoices in a timely manner.  Adheres to county spending guidelines.

 

Report Preparation:

Simple written report due upon completion of every work order.  

 

Equipment Operation:  

Utilizes equipment pertaining to plumbing.  

Contacts:

Continuous contact with non-exempt Facility Services personnel, Facility Services administrators, Facility Services office staff, and office staff and administrators from individual schools.  Occasional contact with vendors, building inspectors and contract workers.

 

Work Direction:  

Occasional direction given to trades assistants and Facility Coordinators.

Supervision:  N/A
 

Decision Making:

Frequent independent decision-making concerning problem solving as it relates to plumbing.  Seek supervisor’s approval for extensive repairs/replacement, all expenditure outside of routine supplies and materials, before calling an outside contractor.

 

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:  

N/A

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are represent 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.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to climb, crawl, or move in basements, crawlspaces, on high structures or in high places and use hands to climb, move, handle or feel objects, tools and equipment; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit and climb or balance.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. 

 

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to risk of cold and heat, some risk of electrical shock, and frequent exposure to toxic chemicals and wastes.  The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.          

Considerable knowledge of equipment, practices and methods associated with plumbing installation, repair, replacement and maintenance.  Considerable knowledge of the chemicals and equipment used in the plumbing trade.  Considerable knowledge of building codes.  Demonstrated ability to read and interpret blueprints, wiring diagrams and operations manuals; to work safely and efficiently with various types of equipment, tools and chemicals and to maintain and service equipment.   Demonstrated ability to work independently and assume responsibility for repair; to prioritize work schedules; to investigate, identify and correct problems in assigned work areas; to work effectively with other maintenance workers, staff and the public and to follow oral and written instructions. Basic computer and keyboarding skills.