Job Description

We are seeking a Pipefitter/Plumber who will Install, maintain, modify, and repair different types of pipe system and associated components in office and academic buildings, student residential areas, and other university owned structures on campus. Performs primarily maintenance and repair and some construction work.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Lays out, installs, maintains, and repairs steam, air, water, gas and chilled water lines; plumbing in lavatories, plant, ground, and floor drains and sewer lines; hydraulic systems and pumps. Uses many different types of materials, i.e., copper, steel, or plastic pipes depending on the project.
• Locates, cuts, and drill wall, floors, ceiling and roof openings. Makes cut-ins on mains and lines. Establishes off-sets. 
• Measures, cuts, bends, threads, and hangs pipe. Makes threaded, flanged, welded, leaded or similar joints.
• Makes brackets, hangers, and holding devices to hold pipe in place.
• Connects lengths of pipe with fittings with the method depending on the type of pipe used, i.e., with adhesives, soldering fitting in place with a torch, flame cut and burn materials. Using pressure gauges, checks the system to ensure the plumbing works properly.
• Dismantles, insulates, and replaces components.
• May install glass, non-metallic or corrosive resistant piping and fixtures.
• Observes all safety precautions in performing work duties to avoid harming self and others, and damaging property.
• Maintains equipment and work area in clean and orderly condition.
• May be required to be available for 24 hour calls.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of plumbing and pipefitting at an apprentice level to include the following,
• Ability to read blueprints, knowledge of mathematics, safety and local plumbing codes and regulations, different grades and types of pipes, different piping systems, plumbing fixtures, and tools of the trade.
• Ability to diagnose and repair plumbing and pipefitting malfunctions.
• Ability to lift, carry or otherwise move and position objects and materials weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand, walk or otherwise move about campus on a continuous basis.
• Ability to ascend/descend ladders periodically to perform building maintenance.
• Ability to read and write to complete records and maintenance schedule and to read work orders, specifications, and so forth.
• Ability to interact and/or work with faculty, students, staff, and visitors in a respectful and courteous manner.
• Ability to understand follow oral and written instructions.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school degree or equivalent
• Three years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current certification in back-flow prevention preferred.

***This is a Bargaining Unit position. All newly hired employees in Bargaining Unit positions shall be considered ?probationary? employees until completion of 90 calendar days of employment. The university will notify the employees? union. Bargaining Unit employees shall become eligible for benefits upon completion of their probationary period.

Classified Title: BU Plumber-SSR 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Pipefitter/Plumber   
Role/Level/Range: SKILL10/01/BU  
Starting Salary Range: $24.28 per hour, increases to $29.16 after 12 months 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: varies 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Homewood Campus 
Department name: ???????Building Operations and Maintenance  
Personnel area: University Administration 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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