Job Details

Plumbing Foreman

Essential Duties:

• Supervises a team of Plumber journeyman, contractors, and apprentices to ensure completion of work orders in timely manner and ensures all city codes, OSHA, IPC, and IBC regulations have been followed.
• Performs general plumbing work including installation, repair, and preventative maintenance.
• Oversees the repairs, replacements and installations of any plumbing issues within the district.
• Performs, plans and lays out work, develop cost estimates, and identify/order required materials.
• Assists team on plumbing task to complete work orders, follows maintenance schedules, log work accomplished and interact with building based personnel to determine problems and locations of repairs.
• Communicates effectively with all OKCPS personnel, students and visitors.
• Promotes the overall effectiveness of the organization by performing tasks and sharing responsibilities of other members of the Department during peak periods or when there is an overload of duties.
• Participates in the training, development and mentoring of less experienced employees.
• Assigns tasks to workers and specifies methods of coordinating workflow to facilitate completion of all jobs in a timely manner.
• Schedules, plans, and prioritizes the work to meet timelines.
• Drives district owned vehicles to assigned sites
• Responsible for completion of work relative to deadlines and review of work quality of direct reports.
• Core work schedule may change due to operational needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required):

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Current Oklahoma journeyman plumbing license.
• Five (5) years' experience in service and repair of commercial facilities.
• Two (2) years supervisory/foreman experience managing crews of multiple journeyman.
• Possession of a valid operator's driver's license and acceptable driving record as determined to meet district motor vehicle insurance coverage requirements.
• Ability to troubleshoot plumbing systems.
• Knowledgeable of IPC regulations, jobsite safety, current city and building codes.
• Ability to perform, plan, and coordinate routine preventative maintenance.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• General knowledge or experience of practices, tools and terminology of plumbing trade.
• Ability to read and work from blueprints, manufacturing and structural drawing plans, and factory service manuals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build and maintain schedules for manpower.

Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities):

• Contractor license.

Physical/Mental Requirements:

• Must have adequate manual dexterity to write legibly and perform required duties on the computer.
• Must have adequate visual acuity to read, interpret and transcribe written material and other required duties.
• Requires normal range of hearing and clear speaking abilities to interact appropriately with others in person and on the telephone.
• Requires heavy physical work; heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling required of objects up to 75 pounds
• Ability to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, work in small spaces, walk and reach overhead and work from a lift.
• Ability to perform duties in confined spaces and awkward positions when necessary.
• Physical work is a primary part (more than 70%) of job.

Work Environment:

• Work involves frequent exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, toxic chemicals bio hazardous materials, dirt dust, fumes, smoke, and/or loud noises.
• May periodically require work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, under sometimes stressful conditions in order to meet business needs and strict deadlines.