Duties
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Install, modify and repair new and existing utility, plumbing supply and disposal systems and equipment.
- Work from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out the routing, placement, slant, slope, fall and proper operation of systems and equipment.
- Install, modify, and repair systems by locating and tapping main lines, setting up system routes, placing and cutting route openings, placing hangers for proper level and slope, and determining and installing valves, traps, and unions needed for proper operation of systems.
- Route and place plumbing systems leading to the equipment, and hooking up testing equipment to conduct tests and repairs on backflow preventers systems.
- Preventive maintenance of domestic hot and cold-water systems in patient care areas for the control and prevention of the Legionella organism and scald prevention.
- Assess risk, monitor water quality and implement appropriate engineering controls to limit the growth of the Legionella organism.
- Sample, flush, monitor, log, and upkeep with documentation and record-keeping for Monthly Water Quality Reports to the facility Water Safety Committee.
Preferred Experience: The plumbing position requires a minimum of at least 4 years practical journeyman experience working with commercial plumbing systems to include working with mixing valves, bathroom fixtures, copper pipe and cast-iron piping systems. The incumbent should have applied experience in brazing and soldering copper pipe in confined spaces and have extensive experience with water testing, current plumbing code, utilizing plumbing equipment to include augers, snaking and jetting machines.
Incumbent is required to be able to lift-up to 50 lbs. and is required to have a current Arizona State backflow preventer testing certifications or obtain within six months employment.
Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Position Description Title/PD#: Plumber/PD13680A
Physical Requirements: Makes repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, platforms, and hard to reach places. This requires incumbent to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, crawl, climb, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions for prolonged periods of time. Incumbent is required to lift, carry, and set up parts and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
Working Conditions: The work is usually performed both inside and outside and are usually dirty, dusty, and greasy. Incumbent is sometimes required to work outside in harsh weather. The incumbent performs duties under all types of working conditions, such as climbing stairs, ladders, scaffolding, and working from heights. This is often done in extremes of temperature, such as heat atop boilers or in cold refrigerated walk-in boxes. Occasionally, incumbent must make repairs in areas where bad smelling fumes, noxious gases are present; and is occasionally exposed to the possibility of broken bones; and frequently exposed to the possibility of scrapes, burns and infection.
Required Documents
Documents Accepted:
- Cover Letter
- DD-214/ Statement of Service
- Disability Letter (Schedule A)
- Disability Letter (VA)
- License
- Other (1)
- PCS Orders
- Performance Appraisal
- Professional Certification
- Resume
- Separation Notice (RIF)
- SF-15
- SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
- Transcript
Documents Required:
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your application.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees).
You will not be contacted for additional information. Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for this position.
Applications are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
How to Apply
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 04/28/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12723187.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
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Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evaluated to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email.