About This Role
This plumbing role involves conducting and overseeing plumbing installations, repairs, and maintenance within an institutional, secure setting. The position requires applying knowledge of plumbing and building codes, trade standards, and tools, while complying with company and contractual policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and coordinate all areas of plumbing within the facility
- Assemble, install, maintain, and repair pipes, fittings, equipment, and fixtures
- Use a variety of hand tools and special equipment, such as mechanical and power drills, cutters, benders, pipe threaders, and welders
- Determine materials needed for repair work, prepare requisitions, and monitor inventory
- Install and repair plumbing fixtures, equipment, and plumbing systems such as sinks, commodes, bathtubs, showers, water heaters, hot water tanks, garbage disposal units, dishwashers, cooking kettles, disposals, drainage systems, grease traps, water softeners, water coolers, and air conditioners
- Install, modify, maintain, and repair new and existing high temperature water and high-pressure piping systems and equipment, such as steam heating, steam generating, flash and expansion tanks, condensate vacuum, and circulating pumps and radiators
- Install, maintain, and repair gas lines on various equipment
- Install, service, and maintain fire extinguishers, hydrants, and sprinkler systems
- Install, modify, maintain, and repair hydraulic and pneumatic systems for the control and operation of water and air systems, processes, and machinery
- Service and maintain both sanitary and storm sewers
- Determine the layout, pitch, elevation, pressure reduction, expansion, and operation of various piping systems and equipment
- Fill pipe system with water or air and read pressure gauges to determine whether the system is leaking
- Perform related work as assigned, and may assist other skilled trade's workers on projects requiring multiple trade specialty areas
- Provide for the proper supervision and tracking of inmates/residents assigned to the Maintenance Department
- Escort inmates/residents or coordinate the movement of inmates/residents to and from different areas
- Prepare and maintain a variety of standard operating records and reports
- Process all work orders, reports, purchase requisitions, and other documents in a timely manner
- Inspect for items that could be used as contraband, weapons, or implements of escape by inmates/residents
- Provide for the secure storage, proper use, and/or safe disposal of tools, supplies, and equipment
- Clean and maintain all tools in proper working order
- Complete work orders in accordance with company standards for workmanship and housekeeping, and in compliance with building codes, blueprints, manuals, and/or other applicable procedures, standards, or specifications
