Senior Plumber
Published Date: Apr 14, 2025
Location: US
Company: Los Angeles Unified School District
SALARY DETAILS
$58.91 Hourly
APPLICATION FILING DATES
Application Open Date: April 14th, 2025
Application Close Date: April 30th, 2025
INFORMATION ABOUT LAUSD
We are LAUSD. We are at the forefront of innovation in public education, focused on a clear and inspiring vision of the future for all of our students as they venture forward on their journey as lifelong learners. Here, you will have the opportunity to exercise your potential in a role supporting the business of education. Our work directly contributes toward the goal of ensuring that our students graduate ready for the world – ready to thrive in college, career and life. LAUSD is the second largest school district in the nation with an enrollment of nearly 575,000 students. We serve an area totaling 710 square miles, with over 1,190 schools and educational centers, and we employ over 74,000 individuals, making us one of the largest employers in our city.
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BENEFITS
Insurance: Paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
Retirement: Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS).
Vacation: Full-time employees earn up to two weeks of paid vacation to start. Three weeks after five years of year-round paid service.
Paid Holidays: Up to 13 days. NOTE: Positions in this job classification may be offered on a 10 or 11 month basis - salary and paid time off for 10 or 11 month positions will be adjusted accordingly.
JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
A Senior Plumber assists in managing the overall plumbing operations in a local district maintenance and operations area.
Some typical job duties will require that a job incumbent:
- Surveys sites, plans, schedules, inspects, and certifies completion of operations performed by District and contract personnel involving the construction, maintenance, repair, and alteration of facilities.
- Develops, reviews and revises work schedules.
- Confers with supervisors on job requirements, plans, and schedules.
- Prepares job estimates, scope of work, and sketches of work required.
- Plans, coordinates, and schedules projects with District personnel, community representatives, contractors, vendors, and the public.
- Prepares correspondence, reports, instructions, descriptions of tasks, and related documents.
- Provides emergency responses and related services to minimize safety hazards to students, employees, and the public.
- Orients work crews in the proper and safe use of tools, equipment, and materials, and implements safe work practices.
- Provides work direction to craft personnel.
- Identifies and evaluates equipment, supplies, techniques, and systems.
- Ensures compliance with procurement procedures.
- Coordinates resolution of construction project issues in accordance with District policy and applicable laws, and regulations.
- Obtains contracts from private vendors and interacts with, coordinates, and inspects the work of contractors.
- Performs journey-level duties as needed.
- Substitutes for the supervisor during absences.
- Enters work order and requisition data utilizing computer systems
- Applies provisions of collective bargaining agreements.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
PROMOTIONAL STATUS IS REQUIRED. You must be a current or retired employee of LAUSD with 130 paid days in regular status in the Classified Service or permanent status in the Certificated Service or have been laid-off within the past 39 months from a regular, permanent LAUSD position in which you passed probation. Laid-off employees' eligibility as a promotional candidate expires at the end of their 39 month period; as such, laid-off employees applying for promotional career opportunities may not be eligible to complete the assessment process or may be removed from the employment eligibility list once their eligibility as a promotional candidate expires.
EDUCATION:
Graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educational proficiency.
EXPERIENCE:
One year of experience as a Los Angeles Unified School District Plumber.
SPECIAL:
A Los Angeles City Journey-level Plumber License or a Los Angeles County Certificate of Registration as a Journey-level Plumber.
A valid driver’s license to legally operate a motor vehicle in the State of California
Use of a motor vehicle.
SPECIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, crawl, climb, reach overhead, crouch, kneel, balance, push, pull, and safely lift up to 100 pounds in inspecting or assisting projects when needed
- Ability to work safely at heights including the use of ladders, scaffolds, and other related equipment
- Ability to work safely in confined spaces
- Normal sense of smell to detect natural gas, stagnant water odors, sewer/septic gas odors, and odors associated with methane gas
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal Senior Plumber candidate will possess a strong understanding of the job-related knowledge related to:
- Principles of organization, personnel management, and progressive disciplinary procedures
- Pertinent employee health and safety laws, regulations, and District policies and procedures
- Pertinent provisions of labor contracts
- City, County, State, Federal, and other codes pertinent to plumbing work
- Practices, processes, materials, and tools used in plumbing construction, maintenance, and repair of gas, water, and sewer systems, including fire-sprinkler systems, cafeteria equipment, appliances plumbed with water or gas, irrigation systems, and swimming pools
- Energy and water conservation and pollution prevention methods, including solar water heating and back flow prevention
- Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
Additionally, we are seeking candidates with a demonstrated ability to:
- Read and interpret blueprints, plans, drawings and specifications
- Enter and retrieve information using computers
- Recognize, analyze, and deal effectively with problems and issues
- Estimate cost of materials and labor
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
- Work effectively with administrators, other District personnel, and the public
- Manage and direct multiple projects simultaneously
- Promote equal opportunity in employment and maintain a work environment that is free of discrimination and harassment
- Maintain confidentiality
EMPLOYMENT SELECTION PROCESS
The Senior Plumber assessment tentatively consists of an Interview. Please be sure to include correspondence from @lausd.net AND @successfactors.com as approved senders to prevent our correspondence from accidentally being placed into your spam or junk e-mail folder. We anticipate receiving a number of well qualified applicants for this position; therefore, there will be a competitive process. The hiring departments have requested that we proceed with the selection process in an expeditious and timely manner. To honor this request we will be adhering to a pre-planned employment assessment schedule. If you are unable to attend the scheduled assessment dates, please note that we recruit for this position on a regular basis. We encourage you to visit our website, http://www.lausdjobs.org periodically to check for the next recruitment and we encourage you to apply again. For more information about the LAUSD employment assessment process, visit the hiring process section of our website at http://www.lausdjobs.org.
If you have questions regarding the employment selection process, please contact Stephanie Ramirez at s.ramirez8@lausd.net.
APPLICATION PROCESS
ADDITIONAL POSTING INFORMATION
The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a working and learning environment free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abusive conduct, or bullying. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abusive conduct or bullying based on actual or perceived race or ethnicity, gender/sex (including gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, religion, color, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart disease), medical condition (cancer related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance. For inquiries or complaints contact our Equal Opportunity Section, (213) 241-7685. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive employment assessment process. Candidates who pass all parts of the assessment process are placed on a hiring (eligibility) list based on their assessment score. Hiring departments may make job offers to candidates on the top three ranks of the hiring list. Eligibility typically lasts for 12 months. The hiring list resulting from this assessment process may be used to fill open positions in related job classifications.
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