
Utilities Plumber
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Job overview
The Utilities Plumber installs, repairs, operates, and maintains campus utility distribution systems and plant equipment. The role monitors systems for safe installation and operation, completes work orders and maintenance records, and coordinates with other trades supporting power plants, chilling stations, utility tunnels, and buried utilities. It also includes on-call responsiveness, safety practices, and job-related training.
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Install, repair, operate and maintain distribution systems for water, sanitary and storm sewer, compressed air, natural gas, and high-pressure steam using industry-standard methods of fabrication and assembly. Monitor and inspect systems for safety of installation and proper operation. Unstop obstructed lines.Install, maintain, modify, and repair plant equipment or utility systems. Maintain records of equipment repair. Ensure compliance with standards of workmanship and safety.Clean and maintain all equipment and work areas as needed. Inform appropriate personnel of unusual conditions and known or diagnosed problems or deficiencies, and take appropriate action as needed.Keep accurate computer and/or paper based records, such as equipment inventories, maintenance logs, estimates, outage requests, campus building plan sets, etc. Complete work orders using integrated work management system.Work in conjunction with other trades or crafts personnel in support of systems within the power plant, chilling stations, utility tunnels or direct-buried utilities.Follow all University and UEM safety policies and procedures, take required safety training, and identify and report safety hazards. Perform work tasks in a safe manner, wear the proper personal protective equipment, and report near misses and incidents. Attend staff meetings, safety training and meetings. Attend job-related training and complete assigned training modules. Training certification required within 18 months.Perform other related functions as assigned. Perform work in accordance with normal trade practices to pass inspection for conformity to standards, quality and quantity by journey-level employees or supervisors. Abide by Utilities and Energy Management's set of core values: Safety, Respect, Integrity, Reliability, Teamwork, and Excellence. Carry a UT-provided cell phone during work hours and on-call hours and respond to calls received. Drive a UT vehicle and maintain an acceptable driving record required by UT System Policy UTS157.
How this job compares
Set against the 635 open Plumber jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$85–100K/yr100 salary ranges
- US median$30–38/hr221 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 73 open Plumber jobs in Texas and 635 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- CBRE16 open
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- Experience
- Plumber postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (291 postings).
- Education
- 14 of the 635 open Plumber jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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