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Overview

The Plumber A position involves maintaining, repairing, installing, and replacing various plumbing systems including water, gas, steam, and medical gas systems. The role requires flexibility to work during emergencies, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains, repairs, installs and replaces water, gas, steam, air and medical gas and drainage systems.
  • Threads, solders, fits and welds pipes.
  • Installs, connects, repairs and replaces pipes.
  • Assembles plumbing fixtures such as sinks, toilets, showers and water heaters.
  • Maintains fire systems, checking sprinklers and standpipes.
  • Fits gaskets, seals joints, makes connections using weld, solder, nuts and bolts.
  • Repairs autoclaves, sterilizing equipment and distilled water units.
  • Paints, plasters or replaces tile and floor boards when necessary.
  • Maintains cleanliness of all equipment and shop.
  • Performs related duties as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED, required.
  • Vocational high school graduate with 2 years plumbing courses or equivalent, required.
  • G38Torch use of O-2 COMB GAS Certificate, required.
  • Burning and Welding Certificate, required.
  • Minimum of two (2) years general experience as plumber or steamfitter, required.
  • Knowledge of shop tools, pipe threading, electric drills, rotary hammers, required.
  • Ability to interpret building and plumbing codes.
  • Ability to read blueprints and schematics in accordance with NYC Code.
  • Working knowledge of all building, grounds, facilities and department work areas, required.
  • Computer literacy preferred.
  • Experience working in a Hospital / Healthcare setting strongly preferred.

Additional Information

  • In the event of emergency, must be able to work weekends, holidays and other shifts.
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Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in New York, NY currently run a median of $40/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $36–$48/hr across 29 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in New York, NY

We're tracking 46 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 37 different employers. 27 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 165 other active welding openings from 107 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to New York.

Northwell Health currently has 1 other opening live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (16), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (8), and Veterans Health Administration (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Bronx at $43/hr, New York at $40/hr, and Brooklyn at $40/hr. New York is among them.

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