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Skilled Plumber Wanted – Make a Real Impact!

Join the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) as a professional plumber at the Arizona State Prison Complex – Tucson. In this vital role, you’ll lead and supervise inmate work crews, maintain plumbing tools and equipment, and perform preventive maintenance on all facility plumbing systems. Responsibilities include cleaning sewer lines, repairing fixtures, and completing a variety of general maintenance tasks.

Bring your expertise to a mission-driven team committed to safety and operational excellence.
Apply today and help support the infrastructure that keeps our facilities running smoothly!

• Cleans small and large sewer drains and repairs toilets, sinks, faucets, water heaters, and boilers
• Installs plumbing fixtures, plumbing drains, and water lines
• Conducts general maintenance as instructed by supervisors
• Drives on State business
• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge of:

• General building and preventative maintenance
• Water heaters, water softeners, water boilers, drainage, waste systems, backflows, and plumbing tools/equipment
• National and local building codes and safety practices
• Commercial gas lines
• Basic blueprints
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office and Google Suites, to create reports, charts, and research

Skill in:

• Written and verbal communication
• Scheduling of maintenance repairs and preventive maintenance programs for the facility
• Time management and organizational techniques/methods
• Establishing and maintaining interpersonal and employee relationships within all organizational levels

Ability to:

• Lift/Carry up to 50lbs
• Push/Pull up to 50lbs
• Walk/Run up to 0.25 miles
• Read and understand blueprints, schematics, and sketches
• Remodel, install, and construct utility services
• Work in a prison environment

• One (1) year of journeyman-level plumbing experience

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation, drug test, and a medical/physical examination.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended.

Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) ).

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

• Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave – Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
• Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
• Exceptional retirement program
• Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
• An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program.

For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our

Positions in this classification participate in the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan (CORP).

Current ADCRR Employees:
Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.