The Facilities Maintenance Plumber performs skilled plumbing work involving the installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of plumbing systems and equipment in City-owned commercial buildings and facilities. The position is responsible for maintaining domestic water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, natural gas, and plumbing fixtures to ensure the safe and reliable operation of municipal facilities. The employee also performs preventive maintenance, responds to emergency plumbing issues, and assists with general building maintenance as needed.

The following duties are representative of the position but are not intended to be all-inclusive.

Plumbing Responsibilities:

• Installs, repairs, replaces, and maintains commercial plumbing systems and fixtures.
• Diagnoses and repairs leaks in domestic water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, and natural gas piping systems.
• Installs and repairs water heaters, boilers, circulation pumps, pressure-reducing valves, expansion tanks, and related equipment.
• Installs, repairs, and replaces toilets, urinals, sinks, faucets, flush valves, floor drains, grease traps, and plumbing fixtures.
• Clears clogged drains and sewer lines using drain cleaning equipment, hydro-jetting equipment, cameras, and other specialized tools.
• Repairs and replaces water, sewer, and gas piping using copper, PVC, CPVC, PEX, cast iron, galvanized steel, stainless steel, and other approved materials. Installs and repairs backflow prevention devices and cross-connection control equipment.
• Performs pressure testing, leak detection, and system diagnostics.
• Assists with plumbing system renovations, remodeling projects, and new construction.
• Reads blueprints, plumbing schematics, and construction documents to complete installations and repairs.
• Coordinates utility shutdowns and restores service safely following repairs.

Preventive Maintenance Responsibilities:

• Performs scheduled preventive maintenance on plumbing systems and equipment.
• Inspects plumbing systems to identify deficiencies before failures occur.
• Maintains domestic water heaters, mixing valves, pumps, lift stations, and related equipment.
• Exercises and services isolation valves and backflow preventers.
• Monitors plumbing equipment for proper operation and energy efficiency.
• Documents inspections, repairs, and preventive maintenance activities.

General Maintenance Responsibilities

• Assists with general commercial building maintenance as workload requires.
• Assists HVAC, electrical, carpentry, and other maintenance personnel on multi-trade projects.
• Performs minor carpentry, drywall, painting, concrete, and ceiling repairs associated with plumbing work.
• Coordinates with contractors and vendors performing plumbing work.
• Responds to emergency maintenance calls after normal working hours when assigned.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Completes work orders using the City's computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Maintains accurate records of labor, materials, and completed work.
• Assists in estimating labor and material requirements for plumbing projects.
• Maintains inventory of plumbing materials, tools, and equipment.
• Recommends replacement of aging plumbing systems and equipment.
• Maintains clean and organized work areas and vehicles.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Thorough knowledge of commercial plumbing systems and practices.
• Knowledge of domestic water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, natural gas, and plumbing distribution systems.
• Knowledge of the International Plumbing Code (IPC), Georgia State Minimum Standard Plumbing Code, and applicable local codes.
• Knowledge of OSHA safety regulations and confined space procedures.
• Knowledge of backflow prevention and cross-connection control principles.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex plumbing system failures.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, plumbing diagrams, and technical manuals.
• Skill in operating plumbing tools, pipe-threading machines, drain cleaning equipment, sewer cameras, hydro-jetting equipment, soldering and brazing equipment, and pipe fusion tools.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate effectively with coworkers, contractors, vendors, and building occupants.

High School Diploma or GED. Technical or vocational training in plumbing preferred. Journeyman’s card preferred. Five (5) years of progressively responsible commercial plumbing experience. Experience maintaining commercial, industrial, institutional, healthcare, educational, or government facilities preferred. Valid Georgia Driver's License. Georgia Journeyman Plumber License preferred. Georgia Master Plumber License highly desirable. Backflow Prevention Tester Certification preferred. OSHA 10-Hour or OSHA 30-Hour Certification preferred.

The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee frequently lifts light and heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and distinguishes between shades of color. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Climbing – ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
• Crawling – moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.
• Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
• Pushing – use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
• Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.
• Talking 2 – shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
• Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
• Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
• Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.