Plumber-Certified
Lexington Medical CenterAbout the role
Engineering Services
Full Time
Day Shift
7am to 3:30pm
Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #2 in the state and #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina.
The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs more than 8,000 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.
Job Summary
Performs a variety of skilled tasks that includes but is not limited to construction and maintenance of hospital facilities and equipment. Primary emphasis will be in the plumbing field. Also serves as technical advisor to other mechanics.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: 3 Years of Experience in
Maintenance/Construction
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Certification from the Municipal Association of South Carolina, or other approved licensing board, in plumbing;
Acceptable driving record.
Required Training: Must be able to read technical service manuals and blue prints
Essential Functions
- Makes general installation and repairs of water, steam, vacuum, compressed gases, sewerage, drainage, and automatic sprinkler lines and systems. Able to install “pro-press” copper fittings. Able to solder and braze copper pipe joints.
- Installs, maintains, and repairs plumbing systems, plumbing fixtures, and such apparatus as pumps and gauges. Inspect backflow prevention devices.
- Inspects connections and other parts of systems for leaks, repairs, damage and replaces as needed.
- Works on both low and high temperature and pressure piping and equipment.
- Performs troubleshooting, diagnostics, and repairs to Sterile Processing Instrument washers, robotic conveyor system, sterilizers, cart washers, ultrasonic washers, nitrogen system, etc. Coordinate extensive repairs with equipment vendors.
- Repair wheel chairs and stretchers. Including troubleshooting, ordering correct parts and performing repairs. Repair and install pneumatic control systems and troubleshoot and repair LMC’s pneumatic tube systems.
- Installations and repairs to medical gas systems including branch piping and main equipment pumps and compressors. Receive on the job training to prepare for medical gas installation certification.
- Constructs and repairs building parts and fixtures, furniture and special equipment; inspects worksite to determine work to be done, calculates quantities of materials needed and requisitions hardware and supplies; performs such other tasks as necessary to complete the work, using hand and power tools. Locksmith functions, including cutting keys and repairs to door hardware.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Evaluate work orders and project requirements and coordinate with appropriate personnel to plan/execute completion of the task.
- Works with minimal supervision with projects such as; erecting walls/ infection control barriers, applying plasterboards, repairing or installing building fixtures such as; doors, locks, windows, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing equipment. Must be able to produce a finished product.
- Operates a variety of tools and equipment indigenous to facilities construction and maintenance such as pipe cutters, reamers, threading machines, sawzall, phase rotation meter, voltmeter, etc.
- Assists as assigned with construction projects where his/her expertise is needed.
- Works as a team member to ensure both hospital and work area safety at all times and in accordance with infection control requirements.
- Trains, instructs, and directs helpers and coworkers and as assigned, assists other trades in building maintenance operations.
- Head work teams on projects as assigned by manager.
- Assure maintenance and construction projects conform to all regulatory code requirements (DHEC, NFPA, etc.). Keeps department informed of non-conformities.
- Maintains skills current and project requirements and coordinate with appropriate pe
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