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Req #: 7909
Type: Regular Full-Time
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Chugach Government Solutions

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				Overview:

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders. 

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences - then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

Responsibilities:

Assembles, installs, and repairs pipes, fittings and fixtures of heating, water, and drainage systems, according to specifications and plumbing codes. Service, maintain, install, and test water, natural gas, sewer distribution mains including fire hydrants and wet, dry, deluge, backflow prevention, and pre-action fire suppression systems.

Work Model: Onsite

Qualifications:
Essential Duties & Job Functions:
* Study building plans and working drawings to determine work aids required and sequence of installations.
* Inspects structure to ascertain obstructions to be avoided to prevent weakening of structure resulting from installation of pipe.
* Locate and mark position of pipes and pipe connections and passage holes for pipes in walls and floors, using ruler, spirit level and plumb bob.
* Cut openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings, using hand tools and power tools.
* Cuts and threads pipes, using pipe cutters, cutting torch, and pipe-threading machine.
* Bends pipe to required angle by use of pipe-bending machine or by placing pipe over block over block and bending it by hand.
* Assemble and install valves, pipe fittings, and pipes composed of metals, such as iron, steel, brass and lead, and nonmetals, such as glass, vitrified clay, and plastic, using hand tolls and power tools.
* Join pipe by use of screws, bolts, fittings, solder, plastic solvent, and calk joints.
* Fills pipe system with water or air and reads pressure gauges to determine whether system is leaking.
* Connect, install and repair plumbing fixtures, such as sinks, commodes, bathtubs, water heaters, hot water tanks, garbage disposal units, dishwashers, and water softeners.
* Repair and maintain plumbing by replacing washers in leaky faucets, mending burst pipes, an opening clogged drains.
* Locate, identify, and mark water, sewer, and natural gas systems to prevent damage during construction.
* Repair or replace damaged and worn distribution system pipes, valves, and fittings.
* Weld holding fixtures to steel structural members.
* Reads utility meters and submit report to proper agency.
* Use portable radios to communicate with supervisors, and service call desk.
* Determines materials needed for repair work and prepares requisition.
* Responsible for timely reporting of accidents, injuries, and hazardous situations.
* Required to stay knowledgeable with the latest software programs such as NexGen, CEMS, etc. as well as any electronic devices to include computers, tablets, scanners, etc.
* Perform all other work-related duties as assigned.
			
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