Healthcare Building Trades Apprentice Pipefitter

MU Healthcare is looking for a Healthcare Building Trades Apprentice Pipefitter ( Repairs, maintains, and replaces plumbing and pipe related items of Commercial, Industrial, Hospital, and Office Buildings). This candidate will work along with skilled trades/journey-leveled workers to provide assistance to trade services and provide an opportunity to expose entry-level personnel to the inner workings of healthcare facilities maintenance support. Trainees will be assigned to learn Building Trades or facility improvement skills. Building Trades are defined as: Electrical, Mechanical - (HVAC, Plumbing); Facility Improvement - (Painter, Carpenter, Floor Covering, and Plasterer) and Maintenance Mechanics.
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Shift: Monday - Friday, 7am to 3:30pm
Department: Engineering Services
Salary Range: $15.50 starting (Full Salary or hourly range required)
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MU Health Care is a growing academic health system in mid-Missouri comprised of multiple hospitals - including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital - and over 50 specialty clinics located throughout the region.
As an MU Health Care employee, you'll be part of an exceptional team committed to our mission of saving and improving lives. Our core values of inclusion, respect, service, discovery, responsibility and excellence foster a collaborative work environment where you can grow your career.
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Job Description:
Trainees in Building Trades Services (BTS) will work along with skilled trades/journey-leveled workers to a) provide assistance to trade services and b) provide an opportunity to expose entry-level personnel to the inner workings of healthcare facilities maintenance support. Trainees will be assigned to learn Building Trades or facility improvement skills. Building Trades are defined as: Electrical, Mechanical - (HVAC, Plumbing); Facility Improvement - (Painter, Carpenter, Floor Covering, and Plasterer) and Maintenance Mechanics.
Essential Functions:

Assist Building Trades with work meeting accepted trade standards.

Gain insight and skill in troubleshooting and repair of trade accountability items.

Gain knowledge and skill in the use of trade related tools and equipment.

Learn to work from verbal and written plans and technical data including blueprints.

Work with related trade teams to effect finished projects.

Demonstrate basic computer skills.

Learn appropriate safety protocols for work in healthcare such as restricted areas, isolation, infection control /universal precautions, life safety, regulatory guidelines and personal protective equipment.

Ability to apply creative solutions to unique problems encountered in the healthcare setting.

May complete unit/department specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents. Operate and maintain electrical chillers and steam absorbers. Maintain and repair heating, air conditioning, ventilation systems, boiler, or cooling tower systems from single room units to complete building systems.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities can be acquired.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Vocational training.
• Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and may require ambulating, remaining in a stationary position and positioning self to reach and/or move objects above the shoulders and below the knees. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.
Applicants with diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.