Skilled Maintenance-Plumber​/Pipefitter

Skilled Maintenance-Plumber/Pipefitter

Chippewa Valley Schools Maintenance - Clinton Township, Michigan

• Job : 5300770
• Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
• Posted: Jul 23, 2025 4:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: Immediately
• Position Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $30.22 to $34.89 Per Hour
• Job Category: Support Staff >
  Maintenance

Performs a variety of responsibilities related to the preventative maintenance, repair, fabrication, general maintenance, installation, inspection, service, and operation associated with being a plumber/pipefitter while ensuring compliance to state regulations.

Remaining available to respond to emergencies on a 24‑hour basis to minimize or eliminate the need for school closures due to mechanical failure.

Performs maintenance and service in other trade areas such as Electrical, Carpentry, Roofing, HVAC, and Boiler repair, and performs snow plowing activities as needed.

• Schedules and performs regular inspections for basic preventative maintenance on plumbing systems.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, fabricates, maintains, installs, inspects, services, and operates building equipment and structures related to plumbing.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, maintains, services, installs district heating and cooling piping and related valves, pumps, and controls.
• Receives requests for service, prioritizes and schedules work orders.
• Verifies and approves requisitions; orders, controls, and accounts for supplies and equipment to maintain inventory records.
• Inspects jobs, equipment, and tools to assure compliance with codes, guidelines, school standards, and safety rules.
• Inspects plans, prints, sketches, and specifications for all jobs and provides technical assistance.
• Evaluates and tests new products, equipment, and processes.
• Responds to questions, complaints, and needs of school district staff, students, parents, and the public to provide technical and trade information and assistance.
• Prepares records and service reports of job time and materials expended on the work order.
• Assists in maintenance and repair of electrical, carpentry, roofing, HVAC, and boiler systems.
• Assists in snow plow activities.
• Performs other related duties as directed by supervisor.

Education:

High school diploma or general education degree (G.E.D.).

Experience:

• Minimum of one year of related experience as a plumber and/or pipefitter (required).
• Experience as a commercial journeyman (required).
• Three to five years of related experience (preferred).

Certificates, Licenses, or Registrations:

• Master Plumber license that permits pulling permits (preferred). If not currently possessed, required to obtain.
• Backflow testing certification (preferred). If not currently possessed, required to obtain.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of plumbing systems and processes (required).
• Knowledge of methods, materials, tools, equipment, occupational hazards, and safety precautions related to building maintenance and plumbing (required).
• Knowledge of pneumatic controls (required).

Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret district policies, guidelines, blueprints, diagrams, schematic drawings, handbooks, and government regulations (required).
• Ability to read and comprehend safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals (required).
• Ability to estimate quantities of material and labor to complete work orders (required).
• Ability to write simple correspondence (required).
• Ability to communicate effectively in English with students and school administrators and staff (required).
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form (required).
• Ability to solve practical problems involving several concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists (required).
• Ability to effectively use basic computer software applications (required).
• Ability to perform job duties using various types of equipment and tools including power tools, ladders, hand tools, etc (required).
• Ability to perform job duties in extreme hot and/or cold temperatures (required).
• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English to perform essential job duties (required).

Skills:

• Commercial Journeyman Plumber (required).
• Master Plumber license (preferred).

Regularly required to climb, push/pull, lift, bend, walk, stand, sit, twist, turn, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk and hear. Occasional lifting/moving of up to 50 pounds. Vision required to read instructions; ability to adjust focus, especially during concentration.

Noise level usually moderate.

• Citizenship, residency, or work visa required.

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