Maintenance Assistant (Plumbing)

Maintenance Assistant (Plumbing)

Summary:

The Maintenance Assistant (Plumbing) is responsible for proactively addressing plumbing related projects for the District under the direction of the Director of Facilities and the Assistant Director of Facilities. The District includes ten schools and one administrative building. General work hours are between 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and hours may require adjustment to address emergency repairs or work that needs to be done outside of when students/employees are in buildings. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Installs and repairs plumbing fixtures such as sinks, commodes, bathtubs, water heaters, hot water tanks, garbage disposal units, dishwashers, and water softeners.
• Repairs and maintains plumbing by replacing washers in leaky faucets, mending burst pipes, and opening clogged drains.
• Studies building plans and working drawings to determine work aids required and sequence of installations.  
• Inspects structures to ascertain obstructions to be avoided and to prevent weakening of structures resulting from installation of pipes.
• Locates and marks position of pipes and pipe connections and passage holes (in walls and floors). 
• Directly administers repairs that may include but are not limited to welding holding fixtures to steel structural members; cutting openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings; and cutting and threading pipes.
• Assembles and installs valves, pipe fitting, and pipes composed of metals, such as iron, steel, brass, lead, and nonmetals such as glass, vitrified clay, and plastic.
• Fills pipe system with water or air and reads pressure gauges to determine whether system is leaking.
• Aids in the general maintenance of school building when required.  
• Works with Assistant Director of Facilities to procure parts appropriately through the EPS Finance Office. 

Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Massachusetts Plumber License

Qualifications:

• At least 10 years’ experience as a Master Plumber with significant experience servicing large school districts. 

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.  

Salary: Commensurate with Experience 

The Everett Public Schools, in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies, does not
discriminate in its programs, facilities, or employment or educational opportunities on the
basis of race, color, age, criminal record (inquiries only), disability, homelessness,
sex/gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetics
or military status, and does not tolerate any form of retaliation, or bias-based intimidation,
threat or harassment that demeans individuals’ dignity or interferes with their ability to

learn or work.