Journey Plumber

492697 Full-Time Local Maintenance Services Department:Local Maintenance Services Salary:Commensurate with Experience/Education Description: Installs, repairs and maintains water lines, storm drainage, and gas lines. 1. Inspects installs, perform preventive maintenance and repairs or modification to plumbing fixtures, plumbing lines, and acid waste lines. 2. Perform tests and repairs, or modifications to gas lines and backflow preventers. 3. Supervise and/or coordinates work efforts with outside contractors. 4. Work with sprinkler (non-fire suppression) and/or irrigation systems. 5. Perform plumbing maintenance work in UH managed buildings, repair pipes, fixtures and open clogged drains. 6. Install & repairs plumbing fixtures, including water heaters; install new plumbing. 7. Assembles, install and repairs pipes, values, fitting & fixtures of heating/cooling, water, gas and drainage systems according to specification and plumbing codes. 8. Clean out sewer lines with electric sewer rodding equipment and high-pressure jet-machines. 9. Interprets building plans and blueprints. 10. Performs other job-related duties as assigned. (THIS JOB REQUIRES A VALID TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE) MQ: "Requires a basic knowledge of grammar, spelling, punctuation and simple mathematical functions like percentages, ratios, etc. as might normally be acquired through attainment of a high school diploma or GED. Requires a minimum of three (3) years of directly job-related experience. Requires technical certification or licensing directly related to the job, as specified on a job description addendum." • Experience will be considered in lieu of education. All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check. The policy of the University of Houston-System and its universities is to ensure equal opportunity in all its educational programs and activities, and all terms and conditions of employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, military status, genetic information, sex (including gender and pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or status, or gender expression, except where such a distinction is required by law.