Apprentice Plumber

About This Role

An Apprentice Plumber learns to become a skilled professional through a combination of classroom learning and on-the-job training. This role involves hands-on work in diverse outdoor environments, contributing to significant construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Work safely at all times, making safety the highest priority
• Learn to lay out and install commercial pipes in a wide variety of job settings
• Measure, cut, thread, and bend pipe to required angles
• Build and install hangers to hold material in place
• Work at heights, from ladders, lifts, or roofs
• Assist with installing plumbing fixtures
• Learn to use a variety of power and hand tools
• Complete classes online, and at-home study with skills and textbook learning

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED is required
• Keep a drug-free workplace
• Be punctual and reliable
• Work as a team
• Do basic "tape measure math"
• Work in extremes of heat, cold, and bad weather, indoors and outdoors
• Stand and walk throughout the workday, and lift/carry up to 60 lbs
• Work efficiently in confined spaces
• Work reaching above shoulders, crawling, squatting, kneeling, bending
• Exercise fine motor control, with good vision and excellent hand-eye coordination

Nice to have:

• Experience using hand tools and a tape measure

Benefits

• Two Blue Cross/Blue Shield Medical Plans (non-tobacco) at no cost
• Company paid short-term disability and voluntary long-term disability
• Vision, Dental, and optional insurance coverage
• 8 paid holidays every year
• Boot and Clothing allowance after 90 days
• Paid time off (PTO)
• 401(k) Plan with company match
• Company-paid life insurance

About the Company

Comfort Systems USA Shoffner is a regional leader in HVACR, Electrical, and Plumbing services, known for quality work by quality people. It is one of the top 3 largest mechanical contractors in the nation and a value leader in the market.