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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Finance and Business is a values driven organization that supports thousands of university faculty, staff, and students, while also providing services to the broader community and society. The Office of Physical Plant is part of the Finance and Business team and is an organization driven by its mission to “Provide Excellent Facilities Services for Penn State.” The Office of Physical Plant's values follow those of Penn State’s and we are especially committed to our vision to be nationally recognized as a leader in Higher Education facilities, environmental, and safety management.  In our search for excellence we foster a unified high-performing team with mutual respect for each person's uniqueness, talents, value, and perspective.  We also firmly believe in Penn State’s value of Respect, which encourages us to "respect and honor the dignity of each person, embrace civil discourse, and foster a diverse and inclusive community." As an incoming team member of the Office of Physical Plant, it will be expected that all employees embody and model Penn State's and Finance and Business's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Perform assigned piping repairs and installations on all distribution systems, including high pressure steam, medium pressure steam, low pressure steam, water, gas, air, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, chlorine systems, condensate systems, chemical injection systems, effluent line systems, etc.
• Operate various types of hand and power tools to cut, thread, bend, and join pipe
• Operate water tapping equipment, gas tapping equipment, and air tapping equipment to perform taps with systems under pressure
• Operate acetylene torch for removal of old abandoned lines and old support brackets to facilitate repairs
• Plan and layout the installation of taps for by-passes, connections, and isolation of systems for repair of leaks