Senior Plumber - (Aviation) (Civil Service)

City of Dallas

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Dallas is seeking a Senior Plumber to install, repair, and provide routine maintenance of natural gas, water, or wastewater lines and fixtures in City-owned buildings. This role involves ensuring safe and effective service, providing journey-level instruction and leadership to lower-level plumbers, and contributing to the city's growth and infrastructure maintenance.

Requirements

Current Texas Journeyman (or higher) Plumber's license.
Valid driver's license with good driving record.
Knowledge of Uniform Plumbing Code and safety guidelines.
Knowledge of welding procedures and guidelines.
Knowledge of plumbing hand tools and ability to use them.
Ability to plan and schedule the work of a group of plumbers, and facilitate training and other educational opportunities.
Ability to cut and thread iron pipe with appropriate machines.
Ability to read blueprints.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
Must be able to pass 10-year TSA Federal background check.

Responsibilities

Installs, repairs, and maintains water fixtures on or in city property to improve or maintain level of service; checks restroom fixtures, repairs any toilets, urinals, seats, or other plumbing, and addresses clogs and damages.
Plans and implements the installation of natural gas pipelines and potable or wastewater pipes, including the cost projection for parts and man-hours to support the installation of improvement projects.
Instructs and educates lower level plumbers in the uniform plumbing code, the use of plumbing tools, and plumbing practices to qualify them for more responsibility and promotion.
Serves as a crew leader to ensure jobs are completed according to code and maintains leave use, hours worked, and performance records on lower level plumbers.
Measures, cuts, and threads iron pipe for natural gas pipelines or water/wastewater lines.
Removes clogs from wastewater systems using manual and/or small power tools.
Makes minor mechanical repairs to small water or fuel pumps; maintains, repairs, and fixes irrigation lines and related issues.
Performs any and all other work as needed or assigned.