Plumber

Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board Inc•Rapid City, SD

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is assigned a wide variety of duties of a journeyman plumber involving installation, repair, and maintenance of water, gas, and other pipes, valves, fittings, drainage systems, and fixtures at the Oyate Health Care Center.

Requirements

Participates in Core Connections training, and applies GPTLHB Core Connections concepts and practices in their work.
Exemplify excellent customer service with tribal stakeholders, health board colleagues, program partners, service recipients, visitors, and guests.
Foster a work environment of wellness, courtesy, friendliness, helpfulness, and respect.
Relate well and work collaboratively with coworkers and all levels of staff in a professional manner.
Familiarity and/or experience working with American Indian populations and respect for and knowledge of traditional, cultural, and spiritual practices of diverse American Indian communities, as well as an ability to work with other culturally and ethnically diverse populations.
Consistently demonstrate respect for and acceptance of differing capabilities, cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation and/or personalities.
Maintain and ensure organizational privacy and confidentiality.
Must be able to handle crisis and tolerate stress professionally.
Must be self-directed and take proactive initiative to assist others.
Possess the ability to resolve issues with other departments and coworkers without direct supervision.
Able to exercise flexibility to alter plans/routines when situations require and continue to perform without projecting stress/frustration that would adversely affect the work environment.
Ability to maintain a flexible work schedule, including evenings, weekends and overnight or extended travel as necessary.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to community members, consumers, and other employees of the organization.
Proficiency with computer programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other Internet technologies.
Valid driver’s license must be kept current, and certificates, credentials or licenses must be kept current and consistent with regulations required by applicable federal, state and/or grant regulations.
Ability to promote an alcohol-, tobacco- and drug-free lifestyle.
Embrace modes of appearance and attire that reflect a professional presence.
Adhere to GPTLHB policies and procedures.
Education/Relevant Experience: Bachelor’s degree and one (1) year of experience, or associate’s degree and three (3) years’ experience, or high school diploma or GED and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience.
This position requires post-secondary education and/or experience. Individuals must have applicable education and/or experience applying an extensive body of rules, procedures, or operations to perform a wide variety of interrelated or nonstandard procedural assignments and resolve a wide range of problems or to apply standard procedures in a technical field to perform such work as adapting equipment (requires consideration of the functioning characteristics of equipment), interpreting results of tests based on previous experience and observations (rather than directly reading instruments or other measures), or extracting information from various sources (requires considering the applicability of the information and the characteristics and quality of the sources).
Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment. Jobs require that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, T-dap (Tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19 vaccination is required.

Nice To Haves

Completion of a formal training program and three (3) years apprenticeship; or a high school diploma and four (4) years apprenticeship as required by the state of South Dakota, for licensure as a Journeyman Plumber.

Responsibilities

Read blueprints and follow state and local building codes.
Determine the materials and equipment needed for a job.
Install pipes and fixtures.
Inspect and test installed pipe systems and pipelines.
Troubleshoot malfunctioning systems.
Maintain and repair plumbing systems.
Collaborate with general contractors, electricians, and other construction professionals.
Keep all hand and power tools in good working order.
Maintains safe working conditions in shops and other working areas.
Other related tasks as assigned.