Licensed service plumber

The job

You run service calls on your own, in a stocked company van, across all four areas. Most jobs are repairs: a leak under a sink, a running toilet, a shut-off valve that will not close, a water heater that has stopped heating, a corroded section of pipe. The office books each visit with a price range; on site you find the cause, give the customer a written price, and do the work once they approve it. Larger jobs, such as whole-house repipes and bathroom rough-ins, you measure and hand to our estimator.

A normal day

The dispatcher sends your route the evening before, usually four to six calls, with the customer’s photos and notes. You take the van home, so the day starts at the first address, not at a depot. The van carries copper, PEX, and PVC fittings, common valves and cartridges, a press tool, a drain machine, and a moisture meter, so most calls finish on the first visit. You test the repair with the customer, photograph it, and close the job on the tablet, which sends the invoice. You finish by 16:30 unless it is your on-call week.

What you need

• A current plumbing licence for our area
• Three years of service or repair work, not only new construction
• A driving licence with no recent serious offences
• A background check before the trial day
• A place on the on-call rota: one week in five, evenings and weekends

What we provide

• Pay every Friday, plus an on-call payment for your week and the hourly rate, minimum two hours, for every call-out
• A take-home van, fuel card, power tools, press tool, and parts stock
• A tablet with job notes, our price list, and the van’s stock count
• Licence renewal and continuing education hours, paid
• A paid trial day with our lead plumber

The trial day is one paid day with one of our leads, on real jobs. At the end you both say whether it is a fit; if it is, you start the following week.