Service plumber, Elm Park

The job

You cover Elm Park on your own, so you get to know its streets and its houses. Many homes there are older, with galvanized supply pipe, cast-iron drains, and shut-off valves that have not turned in years, so a simple tap repair often comes with a short talk about what else is close to failing. You find the cause, write the price, and fix it once the customer approves. You also handle the area’s maintenance plan visits: a yearly check of valves, the water heater, and the visible pipe.

A normal day

Your first call is rarely more than ten minutes from home, and a day is usually five or six visits because the drives are short. Between calls you restock from the parts cabinet at the Elm Park base, read the next customer’s notes and photos, and call ahead if you are running late. When a job needs a second pair of hands, such as a water heater swap, the dispatcher sends a plumber from the next area. You finish by 16:30 unless it is your on-call week.

What you need

• A current plumbing licence for our area
• Two years of residential service work
• Experience with older materials: galvanized steel, cast iron, and lead service lines to report
• A driving licence
• 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 for every call-out
• A take-home van and the Elm Park parts cabinet
• One area, so no cross-town driving
• Licence renewal, 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.