Highlights
This hands-on plumbing and maintenance role focuses on responding to daily plumbing service requests, diagnosing issues, and completing repairs to keep facilities operating safely and efficiently. This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring plumber, maintenance technician, building maintenance worker, or facilities professional looking to expand their skills and gain commercial plumbing experience in a campus environment.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Jacksonville, FL |
| Industry | Food and Beverage Production |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1936 |
| Website | https://www.aramark.com/ |
Description
Job Description
Title: Plumber I - Jacksonville University Facilities
Requisition #: 682739
Location: jacksonville, FL, US
Career Area: Facilities
Information at a Glance
Job Description
Aramark Facilities Management is hiring a Plumber I to support residential dormitories and administrative buildings at a university campus in Jacksonville, FL. This hands-on plumbing and maintenance role focuses on responding to daily plumbing service requests, diagnosing issues, and completing repairs to keep facilities operating safely and efficiently. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, providing consistent daytime hours. While a plumbing license is not required, candidates with plumbing repair, maintenance, or facilities experience are encouraged to apply. This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring plumber, maintenance technician, building maintenance worker, or facilities professional looking to expand their skills and gain commercial plumbing experience in a campus environment. Information derived from and hiring manager feedback.
Job Responsibilities
Respond to daily plumbing service requests in residence halls, dormitories, and administrative buildings.
Troubleshoot and repair plumbing issues such as clogged drains, leaking faucets, running toilets, defective fixtures, and damaged piping.
Perform preventive maintenance and routine inspections of plumbing systems and equipment.
Replace washers, valves, fixtures, and other plumbing components as needed.
Open clogged drains and perform minor pipe repairs or replacements.
Complete daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance checks and work orders.Identify larger maintenance concerns and escalate recommendations for corrective action.
Maintain accurate records of completed work and service requests.
Use standard plumbing hand tools, power tools, drain cleaning equipment, and maintenance equipment safely.
Interact professionally with students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors while providing customer-focused service.
Follow all Aramark safety policies, PPE requirements, and facility procedures.Support general facility maintenance activities as assigned.
At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.
Qualifications
- Required
- 1+ year of plumbing repair, plumbing maintenance, facilities maintenance, building maintenance, or related skilled trade experience.
- Basic knowledge of plumbing systems, fixtures, drains, valves, and piping.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve common plumbing issues independently.
- Ability to safely use plumbing and maintenance tools and equipment.
- Availability to work 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM on a regular schedule.
- Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull maintenance materials and equipment.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, climb, and work in mechanical spaces for extended periods.
- Strong reliability, attendance, and customer service skills.
Preferred
- 2+ years of commercial, institutional, campus, healthcare, hospitality, or multi-unit residential plumbing experience.
- Experience working in dormitories, educational facilities, or large commercial buildings.
- Plumbing license or trade school training (not required).
- Experience using computerized work order or maintenance management systems.
This role may have physical demands including, but not limited to, lifting, bending, pushing, pulling and/or extended walking and standing. This role may also require uniforms and/or usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Education
About Aramark
Our Mission
Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.
At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
About Aramark
The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what youre pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About Company
We focus on enriching and nourishing the lives of millions all over the world, providing a wide range of services—food, facilities and uniforms—to a diverse group of clients in 19 countries. We serve world champion sports teams, Fortune 500 companies, state-of-the-art healthcare providers and the world’s leading educational institutions. And every day, we dream of ways to do it better through our commitment to innovation and our passion for excellent customer service.
Innovation inspired by you
The better we know the people we serve, the greater the experiences we can develop. Whether it’s food service, facilities or uniforms, our proprietary programs allow us to understand the wants and needs of our audiences.
Armed with that knowledge, our Service Stars spring into action, combining insights and ingenuity to deliver moments that make a difference. These innovations could be game-changing campus transformations. Or a simpler, quicker way for you to access condiments at the ballpark. In any case, our innovations help create experiences that make an impact.
Beyond great service
Another key part of what makes us different is something we call service excellence.
To us, service excellence isn’t just about providing great customer service. It also means using time-tested practices and proven processes to get it right every day, everywhere, in everything that we do. And it's also about striking the perfect balance between doing something well over and over again and being responsive enough to the changing needs of clients and customers. It’s being open to the continuing cycle of innovation. Excellent, but never satisfied. Process-driven, but never locked in place.
We never stop thinking of new, better ways to get it right when our people impact the lives of clients and consumers every day.
Our people make all the difference—we make sure of it
Our commitment to hiring, training and rewarding the right people ensures that our employees are more than just hard workers. They’re Service Stars, and that means they can be counted on to go above and beyond, every single day.
We understand that many times our people are literally the face of your business. That’s why all 270,000 Service Stars receive continual access to professional development and proprietary skills training.
The bottom line is this: when you work with Aramark, you can be confident you’ll be collaborating with the right people with the right skills and the right attitude. That’s true whether it’s for strategic expertise, operational excellence or just serving a morning coffee. That’s our commitment as trusted partners and Service Stars. That’s the Aramark way.