Campus Plumber-Pipefitter: Install, Repair, Maintain

University of California; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UC benefits

Job summary

The University of California, Berkeley seeks a Plumber Pipefitter to install, repair, and maintain water, gas, waste, and related piping across RSSP facilities. You will read blueprints, prepare project drawings, and ensure systems meet specifications.

Expect a role with on-campus duties, safety compliance, and emergency responsiveness. Applicants should have a four-year apprenticeship or equivalent experience, with strong knowledge of codes and the ability to communicate with diverse campus

Qualifications

• General pipe fitting; utilizing all hand tools, including brazing, copper, soldering copper fittings, and connecting pipes with threaded, caulked, soldered, brazed, fused, and cemented joints.
• Applied knowledge of system operations.
• Follow specifications on isometric drawings to fabricate and install piping.
• Perform residential service calls, including faucets, tub and shower valves, water heaters, drain repairs, and sump pumps.
• Must have served a four-year apprenticeship and/or equivalent combination of skill/work experience
• Must have been employed as a journey-level plumber/pipefitter for a minimum of 4 years.
• Must have a thorough knowledge of local, state, and plumbing codes and plumbing standards.
• Must have the ability to read and interpret blueprints and drawings

Responsibilities

• Installation, alteration, maintenance, and repair of plumbing systems, fittings, and fixtures in on-campus and RSSP buildings and facilities.
• Understanding and planning the methods and procedures required to complete installation and repair work on piping systems.
• Prepares detailed isometric drawings, showing measurements and materials.
• Fabricates a wide variety of campus piping systems and related components.
• Installs and repairs campus plumbing systems, including gas lines, domestic water heating systems, sewer systems, vent systems, acid-waste systems, water lines, backflow prevention systems.
• Demonstrates the ability to join similar and dissimilar metals.
• Communicates effectively with management, campus community, including students and staff.
• Executes assigned work in a timely manner.

Skills

Pipe fitting

Hand tools

Blueprints reading

Isometric drawings

Safety compliance

Education

Four-year apprenticeship

Engineer/license preferred

Tools

Copper brazing/soldering

Pipe threading

PVC and metal piping

Job description

The University of California, Berkeley seeks a Plumber Pipefitter to install, repair, and maintain water, gas, waste, and related piping across RSSP facilities. You will read blueprints, prepare project drawings, and ensure systems meet specifications.

Expect a role with on-campus duties, safety compliance, and emergency responsiveness. Applicants should have a four-year apprenticeship or equivalent experience, with strong knowledge of codes and the ability to communicate with diverse campus