PLUMBER, MAINTENANCE- UNION - Chugach Government Solutions

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

The Plumber assembles, installs and repairs pipes, fittings and fixtures of heating, water, and drainage systems, according to specifications and plumbing codes; studies building plans and drawings to determine work aids required and sequence of installations. The Plumber maintains various mechanical supply and drains lines; to include clearing clogged lines, repair or replacement of plumbing fixtures, conduct preventative maintenance on pumps, water filters, water heaters, high- and low-pressure steam lines, gas lines, gas meters, gas fixtures, gas regulators, vessels, drains and other plumbing appliances.

This is a union position.

Work Model: Onsite/Office-based

Essential Duties & Job Functions:

• Troubleshoots, repairs, replaces, and maintains all plumbing and its associated components, i.e., waterless urinals, eye washing/safety showers, floor drains, sinks, tubs, toilets, urinals, basins, faucets, lavatories, water fountains, showers, garbage disposals, etc.
• Inspects, maintains, repairs, replaces, and modifies non-privatized backflow prevention devices of facility, industrial, and irrigation systems.
• Performs cross connection inspections.
• Removes backflow prevention devices no longer required, such as those connected to abandoned irrigation systems or demolished facilities.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, replaces, and maintains all water heaters (gas, electric, steam) and associated control and safety devices.
• Cuts openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings, using hand tools and power tools, cuts and threads pipe, using pipe cutters, cutting torch, and pipe-threading machine, bends pipe to required angle by use of pipe bending machine, or other means.
• Assembles and installs valves, pipefittings, and pipes composed of metals.
• Performs basic electrical wiring for water heaters, pumps, and control devices.
• Plans and lays out work from blueprints, drawings, models, and verbal and written instructions.
• Performs on-call and preventive maintenance duties.
• Coordinates with other trade and warehouse personnel in the identification of proper and correct materials, parts assemblies, and requirements for a variety of requisitions necessary for the job/task.
• Performs periodic stock inventories to prepare material requisitions for replacement.
• Operates customer and company motor vehicles and/or other equipment in a safe manner.
• Adheres to the established safety and personnel policies and standard operating procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Mandatory:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• FIve (5) years of relevant work experience.
• Shall be licensed in accordance with Florida state law unless under the direct supervision of a technician having the appropriate licensure in accordance with Florida State law.
• Current State of Florida Backflow Certification.
• Journeyman Plumber.
• Secret Security clearance.
• Ability to acquire and maintain government identification/common access card.
• Ability to deal with a variety of people in a professional, courteous manner in diversified situations.
• Valid state Driver’s License with acceptable driving record pertinent to the position.
• Ability to successfully pass any background checks and/or drug testing required on the contract.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain access to U.S. Government Installations through the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS).  
• Ability to obtain Government credentials that may be required. 

Reasonable Accommodation:
It is CGS, LLC business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.