Plumber (Dayshift, Permanent, Full-Time

As per the current Public Health Orders (Long Term Care/Seniors Assisted Living Provincial Health Order and the Health Sector Order), as of October 26, 2021, all employees working for Providence Health Care must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination status will be required.

Are you a Journeyman Plumber looking for stability and a fantastic working culture? Does the idea of joining a tight-knit, multi-trade facilities maintenance team that is part of the backbone of public health care supporting our clinical teams sound like a strong values fit?  Did we mention competitive compensation?

Providence Health Care's Facilities Maintenance (FM) team is accepting applications for Plumbers to join their team. This is a unique opportunity to join a team with a fantastic culture, caring management, and strong leadership. Our FM team provides essential maintenance services in a public healthcare setting, ensuring the smooth operations of facilities so our clinical teams can deliver the exceptional level of patient care we strive for on a daily basis. 

If you'd like to learn more about what a career in public health care might be like, apply today! No cover letter required.

Job Description Summary

As a Plumber at St. Paul's Hospital, you would work in collaboration with the rest of the Facilities Maintenance team, supporting with a range of maintenance duties, including installing, altering, repairing, and testing plumbing systems and equipment, according to local and provincial building codes and regulations.

Who we are:

Providence is a non-profit healthcare provider with over fifteen sites, including a large tertiary hospital in the heart of Vancouver’s beautiful and vibrant Downtown, a smaller community hospital in the idyllic Mount Pleasant neighborhood, one of the largest referral centres for rehabilitation in British Columbia, and five long-term care facilities, as well as other clinics.

As a leading teaching and research organization, and the provincial referral center for Cardiac, HIV/AIDS, and Renal Care, we provide services ranging from acute and long-term care to leading substance use and addiction treatment supporting some of BC’s most marginalized communities. Guided by the motto “how you want to be treated”, delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care is our mission.

Providence is already currently building the New St. Paul's hospital, which is expected to open in 2027. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research and teaching, providing a new model of care for patient-centred healthcare in B.C., with integrated services across the continuum of care bringing care closer to people in their communities. 

Why Providence?
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Qualifications Education, Training, and Experience

• Certificate of Apprenticeship or Trades Qualification Certificate as a journeyman Plumber, Class B level Gas Fitter's License with an electrical endorsement recognized by the Province of B.C. Valid Certificate of Competency as a Cross Connection Control Specialist issued by the American Water Works Association, British Columbia Section
• Two (2) years’ recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal effectively with others.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and drawings.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.

Duties 3.1 Reviews work requests and consults with Supervisor regarding specifications and other project requirements; interprets blueprints, drawings and specifications in order to determine materials and equipment required. 3.2 Prepares for work projects by performing operational and safety risk assessments, arranges works schedules with departments and assembles supplies, tools and equipment. 3.3 Installs and repairs pipe and plumbing systems by methods such as bolting, soldering and caulking. 3.4 Repairs and/or replaces items such as pipes, valves and fixtures by methods such as cutting, bending, threading and assembling. 3.5 Carries out the plumbing preventative maintenance program by inspecting piping systems and other plumbing fixtures for repair and maintenance needs and for conformance to applicable codes and regulations. 3.6 Inspects and tests a variety of cross connection control devices such as reduced pressure backflow assemblies, double check valve assemblies, and pressure vacuum breaker assemblies using equipment such as water columns and differential gauges 3.7 Maintains an inventory of supplies, equipment and tools; completes related reports and records; recommends purchase of related equipment and supplies. 3.8 Installs, tests, maintains, and repairs natural gas lines, appliances, equipment and accessories in accordance with the British Columbia Gas Safety Code. 3.9 Performs other related duties as assigned.