Journeyman Plumber

Summary

General Excavating is an award-winning contractor serving public and private owners throughout the state of Nebraska. General Excavating specializes in the construction of; underground utilities, environmental remediation, excavation shoring, directional drilling, hydro-excavation, and heavy civil including bridge and concrete structures.

General Excavating is searching for a highly motivated and experienced Journeyman Plumber to assist our Master Plumber in underground utility site work. This position must be licensed to inspect and perform work in the city of Omaha and state of Nebraska.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Possess and maintain a Journeyman Plumber License for the City of Omaha, Nebraska.
• Performs skilled technical work in the installation, repair, replacement, and maintenance of underground systems, including water main, sanitary and/or storm sewer systems.
• Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications to determine layout of plumbing systems, water supply networks, and waste disposal systems.
• Possesses a strong familiarity with plumbing codes, both nationally and locally.
• Position, align, cut, join and fuse pipes together using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement, soldering sealants or welding equipment.
• Measure distances, set elevations and install pipe to grade as defined in drawings and specifications.
• Practices preventive maintenance of plumbing tools and equipment by performing daily inspections of equipment to determine their working condition, oiling moving parts, cleaning and servicing tools and equipment as directed or specified in the operator's manual, and returning damaged tools and equipment for repair or replacement.
• Procures materials, tools and rental equipment at specified times to conform to work schedules.
• Confers with supervisory personnel, owners, engineers, contractors, inspectors, material suppl...