Plumber - Emergency Hire

Job no: 560566
Work type: Staff
Location: Sacramento
Categories: Unit 6 - Teamsters Local 2010, Custodial/Facilities, Temporary, Full Time, On-site (work in-person at business location)
Position Description

Classification

Title:

Plumber

Emergency Hire - Temporary position lasting at most 90 days with an option of being extended to 180 days.

Under general supervision of the Building Trades Manager, performs the full range of journey-level plumbing work required to install, maintain, inspect, troubleshoot, repair, modify, and replace campus plumbing systems. Maintains domestic water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, natural gas, compressed air, irrigation, laboratory utilities, pumps, valves, fixtures, piping systems, and related equipment. Ensures all work complies with applicable codes, campus standards, and safety regulations while providing excellent customer service to the university community.

Maintains accurate maintenance records using the campus computerized maintenance management system.

FLSA
:

Non-Exempt

CSU Classification Salary Range
:$5,998.00- $8,737.00per month

Salary Grade/Range
:1

Facilities Management is responsible for maintaining Sacramento State's campus facilities and infrastructure to provide a safe, reliable, and well maintained environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

Within Facilities Management, the Plumbing Shop maintains and repairs the campus plumbing infrastructure that supports academic, residential, and administrative buildings. Plumbers replace and repair faucets, valves, water and drain lines, water heaters, sewer, storm, domestic water, and hot water circulating pumps. They also install new piping and plumbing components for remodel projects. As part of an aggressive preventive maintenance program, the team routinely hydro jets sanitary and storm lines to maintain system performance and reliability.

• Maintaining and replacing sanitary and storm systems
• Maintaining domestic water mains
• Maintaining and repairing fire suppression systems, including sprinklers, standpipes, hose cabinets, and hydrants
• Performing the layout, rough in, and final fixture installation of plumbing systems
• Maintaining and repairing all 287 restrooms on campus
• Testing and repairing 84 backflow prevention devices

Work requires thorough knowledge of the methods, materials, tools, and equipment used in the plumbing trade; a base knowledge of the operation of building automation systems; and a thorough knowledge of applicable state and federal health and safety orders and regulations pertaining to the plumbing trade, including the California State Safety Orders of the Division of Industrial Safety and the California State Plumbing codes.

Must be able to perform skilled plumbing work on all applicable equipment and systems; perform applicable welding work; obtain necessary backflow prevention licenses; make rough sketches of plumbing installations; read and work from blueprints, plans, drawings and specifications; estimate materials and labor cost of standard plumbing maintenance and repair work; maintain records and retrieve data related to work performed using manual and/or computerized record-keeping systems;

provide instruction to unskilled and semi-skilled assistants; analyze and respond appropriately to emergency situations; prepare standard reports; read and write at the level appropriate to the position; and perform arithmetic calculations as required by the position.

Incumbents will be required to possess a California Driver’s License valid for the operation of any vehicle or equipment they are required to maintain and operate.

These abilities normally would be acquired through any combination of progressively responsible training and experience which demonstrates achievement journey-level skills equivalent to that acquired through completion of a standard plumber’s apprenticeship program.

• 1. Ability to climb ladders, work from lifts, crawl spaces, tunnels, rooftops, and confined spaces.
• 2. Ability to safely operate plumbing equipment, power tools, and service vehicles.
• 3. Knowledge of…