Health Services Journeyman Plumber II

Job Summary

Performs maintenance and repairs work in all general areas, including electrical, plumbing, HVAC, carpentry, and the ability to prioritize. Responsible for preventative and corrective maintenance on a daily, weekly, monthly, semi-annual, and annual basis, depending on equipment. Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Responsible for maintaining, repairing, modifying, renovating, and construction of plumbing distribution and fixtures steam distribution and heating.

Performs all required inspections, testing and preventative maintenance on all the plumbing systems. Strong knowledge of NFPA 25, 70, 72, 99, and 110. Good working knowledge of State and local codes and their application in healthcare.

• Oversees all plumbing activity in the Cherokee Nation Health Care facility and properties. Uses blueprints, sketches, and drawings to renovate, construct, and install new equipment and existing equipment.
• Inspects major piping systems and sub‑systems regularly and performs preventative maintenance and repairs as required in compliance with established standards and codes as related to renovation and construction work required in compliance with established standards and codes for health care facilities.
• Operates, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs major plumbing breakdowns for such equipment as boilers, pipes, pipe fittings, and fixtures, air compressors, pumps, reducing stations, traps, valves, and heaters, medical gas and oxygen lines in areas that are renovated and new construction work.
• Assists in general maintenance of buildings and grounds as directed and may monitor the Energy Management System program.
• Assists in maintaining the parts and supply inventory for plant equipment and reports supply requirements. Provides technical guidance and direction to maintenance staff.
• Performs water treatment program to central energy plant, repairs kitchen equipment, repairs and services ice machines, performs preventative maintenance on medical air, medical suction, and medical gas systems.
• Installs, repairs, and maintains air, gas, sewer, and steam lines and systems. Cuts, bends, and threads pipe, fitting valves and couplings to pipe sections by screwing, bolting, or soldering.
• Installs pipe assemblies and plumbing fixtures such as sinks, toilets, showers, emergency eyewashes, special laboratory equipment, water heaters, etc., roughing‑in when needed.
• Repairs and cleans sewer pipes and clears clogged lines; installs, maintains and repairs domestic water pumps, water piping lines, water filters, and plumbing fixtures.
• Repairs and maintains steam stations, valves, heating, and condensation return stations and sewer and storm drains. Tests fire system valves, tamper switches, fire pumps, and dry deluge fire systems.
• Maintains the piping and supply of cylinder and bulk medical gas systems using the latest techniques to cut, fix, and connect copper, plastic, rubber, vinyl, neoprene, aluminum, and stainless steel tubing; cut, thread, and fit black, galvanized, and brass pipe; use compression techniques and tools (Pro Press) for copper and bronze pipe.
• Accurately completes all required documentation including Infection Control Risk Assessment, Alternative Life Safety Measures, etc., for compliance with Cherokee Nation Health policies and procedures and other authorities including the Health Care Facilities Accreditation Program, DNV, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• Reviews DNV findings, identifies missing or incorrect documentation, and takes appropriate corrective action to ensure DNV reports meet current standards.
• Provides regular on‑call duties and responds to weekend, holiday, and after‑hours emergencies. Must be able to work in confined spaces, heat/cold extremes, inclement weather, and assist in unrelated tasks when required.
• Actively participates in disaster response, recovery, or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation.
• Other duties may be assigned.

No supervisory responsibility.

Educational Requirement
Associates degree from a 2‑year college or technical school; or two…