What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plumbing Apprentice position at CEC COMPANIES?
Job Details
Description
CEC is one of the top specialty subcontractors in the country. With our rapid growth, we’re looking for passionate, talented, and creative individuals to join our team. If you’re ready for a challenge that will elevate your career, this is the right place, right time, right people.
Position Summary
This position works under direct supervision and assists the Journeyman and Master Plumber in the installation, alterations, and/or repairs of plumbing systems within the commercial and industrial plumbing industry. This is a safety sensitive position.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
- Plumbing- Must obtain and renew annually a State approved Plumbing Apprentice License (must be licensed in TX).
- High school diploma, GED or equivalent.
Required Skill, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Must have a current Drivers License and reliable transportation.
- Must meet attendance standards and comply with late/absence notification procedures.
- Must be able to pass drug and background check.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong believer in Safety.
- Demonstrate basic understanding of English (ability to read, speak and write) while performing work-related tasks
- Capable of digging trenches, either by use of hand tools or power equipment
- Operates two (2) handed tools/equipment, hammer drills, compression tools, and jack hammers
- Reads and interest maps, instructional manuals, specifications, work site directions, blueprints, and written instructions; install as specified
- Operates and works from mechanical personnel lifts (electric or gas powered)
- Comprehends reading and drawing prints and schematics of the same
- Verifies dimensions, alignments and clearances per drawings or plans
- Properly uses measuring devices, hand/power tools and equipment to perform plumbing work
- Possess solid interpersonal and communication skills
- Analyzes and interprets data and uses good judgment to solve problems and resolve issues
- Understands and adheres to safe work procedures per Company policy and OSHA guidelines
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics 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.
May work inside or outside. Possible exposure to hot and cold temperatures, in all-weather elements such as rain, heat, cold and snow. This position also requires work at extreme heights, in areas that are under construction, or in restricted areas such as a switchgear room, manhole, utility tunnel, crawl space, or attic, in confined spaces, and on slippery or uneven surfaces; works on ladders, scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks, in ditches and excavations; works in and around single and multi-story buildings with all exposures typical of a heavy construction site, including portable sanitary facilities.
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.
- Must be able to bend, stoop, squat, crawl, climb, kneel, balance, push, pull and reach overhead.
- Lift 51 pounds, routinely. Constantly move about on the feet.
- Climb ladders of all types.
- Complete full day assignments involving overhead work.
- Must be able to make transition from employee parking area or street into construction work areas and to access all levels of the building, even if the only means of access is by O.S.H.A. approved site construction ladder or stairs still under construction, but acceptable for use.
- Must be capable of securing tools and materials from storage areas to complete assigned tasks.
- Possess good vision, normal or corrected. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision to discern color coded wires, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Possess good hearing, normal or corrected.
- Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, safety vest) at all times.
- Must be able to work 8 hours a day, 40 hours per week, and overtime as required and night shifts, as needed. This position requires flexible work hours. In order to get a project completed on time, this position is often required to work overtime, weekends, and night shifts.
- Must be able to work in the presence of customers and their representatives with little or no interference or disruption to the customer while maintaining a professional and courteous image.
CEC Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in our workforce. It is our policy to attract and retain the best-qualified people available, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, status as a military veteran, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
