Plumber

Job Details

Position Overview

Duties

• Serves as a Plumber installing, maintaining, altering, and repairing plumbing facilities.
• Troubleshoot and repair advanced water heaters, standalone condensing boilers used for domestic water heating, and components.
• Performs the full range of journeyman level plumbing tasks including estimating material requirements.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, installs, and maintains gas and steam fired kitchen equipment.
• Connects natural gas piping, installs vent pipe, and lights gas burners.
• Operates underground pipe locating instruments and leak detectors.
• Make repairs to steel and PVC service lines.
• Works with threaded, solvent weld, and acetylene weld pipes and fittings.
• Performs maintenance on four (4) Tactical Vehicle Wash Facilities (TVWF).
• Cleans lines (up to 18 inches in diameter) and troubleshoots clogged equipment and similar operational problems.
• Installs, removes, and performs repair on water circulating pumps, gas ejectors, pipe, and other tubing in systems.
• Performs maintenance to several large industrial/commercial type swimming pools.
• Services/repairs circulating pumps, filters of various kinds, chemical feed systems, and pipe and pipe fittings up to 12 inches in diameter.
• Tests water for chlorine residual, PH, alkalinity, and calcium carbonate. Adjusts system to ensure proper water quality.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Physical Effort: Work involves considerable standing, stooping and bending. The employee is required to work on ladders and scaffolds which frequently involve working in uncomfortable or awkward positions. Frequently lifts and carries materials and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds.
• Working Conditions: Work is performed both inside and outside. The employee is exposed to mud and water and is subject to infection from unsanitary work sites. Injury may occur from use of power and hand tools and occasional use of caustic soda and hot lead.

Conditions of Employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315. While probationary the incumbent can be terminated with limited appeal rights.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• This position has a requirement to lift up to 40 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.
• The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• This position requires incumbent to work an on-call work schedule to respond to after-hours emergencies. This may include evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.

Evaluations

Required Documents

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable

How to Apply

• To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application (https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13036000).
• Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. For additional information, refer to the 'Required Documents' section.
• You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
• After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
• You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. Your resume selected in USAJOBS will be included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application may be incomplete.
• It is your responsibility to verify that your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
• Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center.