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Georgia Tech
Plumber II - Housing and Residence Life Department
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What they do
A Plumber installs and repairs water pipes, including drainage pipes, in homes or larger buildings. Installs plumbing fixtures or appliances that use gas, and fixes plumbing problems such as clogged pipes.
$58,372 / year median in Georgia
+6% projected growth
Job Description
About Us Overview Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting Faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers. About Georgia Tech Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's Faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and is No. 1 among institutions without a medical school. Georgia Tech's Mission and Values Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do: 1. Students are our top priority. 2. We strive for excellence. 3. We thrive on diversity. 4. We celebrate collaboration. 5. We champion innovation. 6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression. 7. We nurture the well-being of our community. 8. We act ethically. 9. We are responsible stewards. Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good, breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact. Department Information Housing and Residence Life is passionate about the Georgia Tech residential student experience. With 97% of all first-year students choosing to live on campus, we create spaces and opportunities for Yellow Jackets to grow and connect from their first day of college through their graduate studies. We are proud to support our students¿ personal development and academic endeavors while providing a safe and comfortable living environment. Our department is a large and complex organization supporting over 8,700 on-campus residents among 49 traditional halls, suites, and apartments, some of which were constructed for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Our team of 200+ professional staff and 300+ student staff from six departments supports residents directly and indirectly with their unique talents. We are housed within the Student Engagement and Well-Being division, which includes many student service offices. Mission Housing and Residence Life offers quality, safe, well-maintained residential facilities. We encourage, promote, and facilitate customer-focused programs and services that attract students to our facilities and Georgia Tech. We provide physical, programmatic, and technological systems to enhance the quality of life on campus, support the academic needs of resident students, and complement the academic goals of the institute. Job Summary Inspect, repair, install, modify and maintain plumbing and piping systems and support equipment. Systems include sewer and domestic water, natural gas and hot water reheat or chilled water. Determine work required, sequence of tasks based on type assignment and perform and/or direct others in performing operations and maintenance functions. Follow-up as required. May be required to coordinate contractor personnel's services and provide work direction regarding plumbing systems to maintenance personnel and others. When working in a multi-craft environment, may be directed to assist others in non-plumbing-related duties. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: Facilities co-workers, building contact personnel, D&C staff, vendors, contractors, environmental health and safety personnel and utility providers. This position typically advises and counsels plumbers and maintenance workers.
This position will supervise:
NA. Responsibilities Job Duty 1- Perform installation, repair, replacement, testing, and troubleshooting of sewer and domestic water system components, such as surge tanks, circulating pumps, flow meters, sand filters, hot water solar systems, backflow preventers, piping, valves, controls, and storage tanks. Job Duty 2
- Operate, clean, repair, replace, test, and troubleshoot natural gas and propane burner and supply system components, including piping, pumps, valves, and controls. Job Duty 3
- Locate, inspect, clean, maintain, repair, replace, test, and troubleshoot components of hot water reheat or chilled water systems, including pumps with motors, various types of piping, valves, strainers, and controls. Job Duty 4
- Operate, inspect, maintain, repair, replace, and test components of air compressor systems, including piping, valves, and controls. Job Duty 5
- May obtain, schedule, coordinate, and reconcile contract resources. Job Duty 6
- Provide work direction to Plumber I-level personnel. Job Duty 7
- Obtain necessary materials and supplies; may include direct purchase from vendors if authorized. Job Duty 8
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Proposed Salary Pay Range:
$23.78- 32.