Job Posting:
Department of Transportation
Application Methods:
- Electronic (Using your CalCareer Account)
- By Mail
- Drop-off
Job Description and Duties
Performs plumbing repairs at maintenance facilities, facilities restroom, safety roadside rest areas and restrooms, CHP scales, and other Program's facilities as needed. Work includes drainage, waste, and vents such as, basins, tubs, faucets, lavatories, sinks, hydrants, water heaters, dishwashers, ice machines, hot water heaters, pumps, sewage systems, back flow devices and other plumbing fixtures and equipment. Repair and maintain plumbing by replacing defective parts or replacing or mending broken pipes. Maintain, repair, and lubricate sewage equipment, using hand tools and power tools. Maintain sewage lines, tanks, floats, pumps, valves, and filter beds, using hand tools and power tools. Assemble pipe sections, tubing, and fittings, using screws, bolts, solder, plastic solvent, and caulking. Cut openings in structures to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings. Use measuring instruments, such as a measuring device or devices and level to locate and mark pipe position for installation and passage holes in structures. Cut, thread, and bend pipe to required angle, using pipe cutters, pipe-threading and pipe bending machines. Fill pipes or plumbing fixtures with water or air and observe pressure gauges to detect and locate leaks. Will repair plumbing issues in facilities and restrooms at all rest area and maintenance stations. Maintains and repairs mainline breaks, valves (over 1") in irrigation systems along highway right of ways. Will occasionally need to dig up/or around mainline breaks and irrigation valves along highway right of ways to perform repairs.
Semi-annually, checks all vacuum breakers. If certified to perform such functions, repair, and certify back flows. At the request of area landscape supervisor, investigates irrigation problems/ complaints; develops and recommends solutions; performs work to upgrade or modify system for more effective water use. Install, repair, and replace pipes, valves, potable and non-potable water systems. Works with supervisor and/or crew members to evaluate and access damage to effect repair to irrigation and facility systems. Incumbent will work with staff providing instruction on maintenance techniques and repairs to minimize re-occurrence of problems. Maintain Inventory stock, including inventory counts, preparing warehouse orders, soliciting vendors, preparing purchase orders, and costing out parts in IMMS. Prepare reports of stock usage and labor costing for both facility and irrigation systems repairs.
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