Plumber

Responsibilities

• Promote a safe, cooperative and professional health care environment to ensure optimum patient care.
• Adhere to all hospital policies, procedures, rules and regulations, including but not limited to absenteeism, cellular telephone usage, dress code and rules of conduct.
• Make customer service a priority, treating customers (patients, visitors and co‑workers) in a professional manner exercising courtesy and tact.
• Effectively communicate with patients and others about RUMC services in areas of expertise or responsibility and ensures that concerns, questions or issues reach the right persons in RUMC in a timely fashion.
• Perform preventive maintenance procedures.
• Participate in alteration and construction work.
• Pack and replace valves, lay out and install cast iron and copper lines.
• Hook up and install new plumbing fixtures and pertinent equipment.
• Replace sinks, tubs, showers, vent lines and drains, water lines, medical gas outlet and lift fixtures.
• Capable to work on copper, galvanized, black and plastic pipes; can solder and braze.
• Perform all job related duties as required.
• Complete assigned work orders.
• Maintain work area and equipment in a clean and good working condition.
• Report unsafe or irregular conditions to the maintenance manager.
• Clean work areas at the end of each workday.
• Confirm required risk assessments and protective measures are in place and follow ceiling removal policy and shutdown procedures.

Monday – Friday, weekends as needed, 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Day Shift – 7.5 hours)

$36.30/hr – $37.14/hr

• Education Required – High School diploma or Vocational School training. Courses in blueprint reading, mechanical drawing or related preferred.
• License(s) Required – None
• Experience/Skills Required – At least two (2) years as Plumber Mechanic performing in alteration and renovation work.
• Attend THE JOINT COMMISSION annual facility-wide training, departmental in-service training and pertinent safety training.

Richmond University Medical Center is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment and provides full and equal employment opportunities to all employees and potential employees without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions and needs including lactation accommodations, physical or mental disability, age, immigration or citizenship status, veteran or active military status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.