Position:                      Plumber

Term:                           12 Months

Classification:             Classified/Non-exempt

Location:                     District Wide

Qualifications:             City of Joplin, Journeyman Plumbers License

                                    Class E Drivers License

Supervisory:                No

Reports to:                  Director of Facilities

General Expectations:

• Supports the mission of Joplin Schools.
• Supports the value of education.
• Complies with the privacy rights of students.
• Safeguards confidential and/or sensitive information.
• Communicates effectively with all the members of the school district and community.
• Provides excellence in customer service both internally and externally.
• Reacts to change productively.
• Keeps abreast of new information, innovative ideas and techniques.
• Maintains accurate records and filing systems for accountability and audit purposes.
• Ensures that all activities conform to district and state guidelines.

Essential Functions:

• Trouble shoot, repair and maintain all boilers and steam systems, including piping, valves, pumps, etc.
• Up-date boiler and steam systems to conform to state codes.
• Maintain pneumatic systems, air compressors.
• Install and maintain gas lines, water lines, sewer lines, and storm drain systems.
• Installation, maintenance, and repair of restrooms plumbing, including fixtures, leaking faucets, and stools.
• Trouble shoot, repair, and maintain kitchen equipment such as: dishwasher, garbage disposals, ovens, ranges, steam cookers, steam tables, booster heaters, etc.
• Maintain grease traps in kitchen.
• Install and maintain drinking fountains.
• Service stopped drains and sewer lines.
• Work cooperatively with all skilled craft in planning and implementation of all projects.
• Maintain a Material Safety Data Sheet in file for work area.
• Install, troubleshoot, maintain, and inspect backflow devices.
• Maintain a Missouri Public Drinking Water certification for backflow Prevention Assembly Tester Rule 10CSR 60-11.010.
• Carry out all other duties as assigned.

Physical Demand

Occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds, and/or moving 10 - 25 pounds frequently.

Continuous standing and walking throughout the workday.

Attendance

Regular and consistent attendance is an essential function of this position. 

The work conditions and environment described here are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Conditions and Environment

Work is active and sometimes strenuous. The employee will work indoors as well as outdoors on a ladder or scaffold, in trenches, or in unfinished sections of buildings. May work in uncomfortable positions or stand for long periods. The employee may work in all kinds of weather.

Note:  The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.  Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.