Job Description
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience: 3 to less than 5 years
Work Setting
- Various locations
- Commercial
- Institutional
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Install, repair, and maintain domestic, commercial, or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
- Read blueprints, drawings, and specifications to determine plumbing system layouts
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- Locate and mark positions for pipe connections, passage holes, and fixtures
- Cut openings in walls and floors for pipes and fittings
- Join pipes using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement, soldering, brazing, or welding equipment
- Schedule personnel, tools, and equipment
- Test pipes for leaks using air and water pressure gauges
- Determine piping system requirements and pipe sizing
- Estimate costs and materials
- Measure, cut, thread, and bend pipes to required shapes and sizes
Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses
- Confined Space Entry Training
- Plumber Red Seal Certificate
Specialization or Experience
- Environmental skills and knowledge
Security and Safety
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation / Travel Information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Physically demanding work
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye coordination
- Ability to work under pressure
Own Tools / Equipment
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal Suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Judgement
- Team player
Additional Questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside near the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field?
- Do you possess the required certifications?
- Does this role involve duties leading to positive environmental outcomes?
Benefits
- Disability benefits
- Paramedical services coverage
- Bonuses
- Commission
- Group insurance benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- Maternity and parental benefits
- Training paid by employer
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)