Tufts Medicine
Plumber
Job Profile Summary
This role focuses on activities related to the support services functions, such as dietary and food services, environmental services, general facilities, repair and maintenance, parking, sterilization and transportation to ensure all required support activities are completed in a timely manner and meet the organization's quality standards and expectations. In addition, the role performs General Facilities, Repair & Maintenance duties: operates, monitors and maintains, troubleshoots, repairs and replaces facilities mechanical components and systems such as electrical equipment, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and plumbing. The position is a technical role that requires vocational or technical education and extensive work experience, and may lead and train lower‑level employees.
Job Overview Under general supervision, this position installs, repairs, alters, tests and maintains all plumbing, piping systems and related equipment, ensuring compliance with local, state and other authority having jurisdiction requirements within the plumbing or related fields.
Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent.
Licensed as a Journeyman Plumber.
Three (3) years of experience in the plumbing trade.
Preferred Qualifications
One (1) year of plumbing experience at a hospital or medical facility.
Duties and Responsibilities
Repairs and installs equipment and plumbing systems such as valves, pumps, traps, faucets, etc.
Maintains plumbing systems such as drainage, waste, vent, medical gases, compressed air‑vacuum, oxygen, steam supply and return, hot and cold water, kitchen equipment, sterilizers and various lab equipment, fire protection, sewage ejectors, acid neutralizers, grease and plastic traps.
Maintains the gas, water, air, steam, traps, valves and lines and waste disposal systems in the hospital and all other related buildings. Installs and repairs pipes, fittings and fixtures; works from blueprints, written specifications and oral communication. Estimates material required and costs.
Responds to emergency situations or problems whenever required.
Maintains necessary records. Moves materials and supplies as necessary in the performance of duties or as directed. Detects and reports improper operations, faulty equipment, defective materials, and unusual conditions to supervisor.
Maintains work area in a clean and orderly condition.
Follows safety rules and regulations.
Physical Requirements
Physical ability to lift heavy equipment and tools, climb ladders, carry supplies, moderate to strenuous.
Frequent exposure to extreme hot and cold temperature, dirty work and unpleasant odors.
Occasional to frequent exposure to hazardous conditions (propane torches, cutting torches, power tools, sick patients, sewerage, laboratory test animals).
Negligible exposure to radioactive materials unless working in laboratories.
Works in patient and operating rooms and lab areas.
Skills & Abilities
Ability to read and comprehend blueprints.
Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
Ability to read and comprehend written instructions.
Technical knowledge of mathematics and measurements.
Ability to read and write English.
Ability to solve complex problems.
Ability to operate hand and stationary power tools in a safe manner.
Ability to concentrate and comprehend details.
Pay Range $29.28 - $36.61
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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Job Overview Under general supervision, this position installs, repairs, alters, tests and maintains all plumbing, piping systems and related equipment, ensuring compliance with local, state and other authority having jurisdiction requirements within the plumbing or related fields.
Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent.
Licensed as a Journeyman Plumber.
Three (3) years of experience in the plumbing trade.
Preferred Qualifications
One (1) year of plumbing experience at a hospital or medical facility.
Duties and Responsibilities
Repairs and installs equipment and plumbing systems such as valves, pumps, traps, faucets, etc.
Maintains plumbing systems such as drainage, waste, vent, medical gases, compressed air‑vacuum, oxygen, steam supply and return, hot and cold water, kitchen equipment, sterilizers and various lab equipment, fire protection, sewage ejectors, acid neutralizers, grease and plastic traps.
Maintains the gas, water, air, steam, traps, valves and lines and waste disposal systems in the hospital and all other related buildings. Installs and repairs pipes, fittings and fixtures; works from blueprints, written specifications and oral communication. Estimates material required and costs.
Responds to emergency situations or problems whenever required.
Maintains necessary records. Moves materials and supplies as necessary in the performance of duties or as directed. Detects and reports improper operations, faulty equipment, defective materials, and unusual conditions to supervisor.
Maintains work area in a clean and orderly condition.
Follows safety rules and regulations.
Physical Requirements
Physical ability to lift heavy equipment and tools, climb ladders, carry supplies, moderate to strenuous.
Frequent exposure to extreme hot and cold temperature, dirty work and unpleasant odors.
Occasional to frequent exposure to hazardous conditions (propane torches, cutting torches, power tools, sick patients, sewerage, laboratory test animals).
Negligible exposure to radioactive materials unless working in laboratories.
Works in patient and operating rooms and lab areas.
Skills & Abilities
Ability to read and comprehend blueprints.
Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
Ability to read and comprehend written instructions.
Technical knowledge of mathematics and measurements.
Ability to read and write English.
Ability to solve complex problems.
Ability to operate hand and stationary power tools in a safe manner.
Ability to concentrate and comprehend details.
Pay Range $29.28 - $36.61
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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