Job description
It's more than a career, it's a calling
MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Highlights:
Join a team where your work matters – every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.
In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced care environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with clinical teams will help create a safer, smoother care experience. If you enjoy interacting with patients and want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you.
Department: Plant Operations
Schedule: Full time, Day shift
Apply today. SSM Health – We bring out the incredible in you, every day.
Job Summary:
Plans, assembles, installs, maintains and repair plumbing systems as well as steam, compressed air, oxygen, vacuum lines, etc. throughout the hospital complex and adjunct facilities.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Maintains existing water, gas, air, steam and other utilities in proper working condition.
• Completes work orders, and maintains records of time spent on each job. Completes documentation of preventive maintenance and work orders on a daily basis. Uses verbal and written feedback to keep peers and team members informed of progress and problems.
• Complies with safety policies and regulations and ensures safety practices for patients, staff, and visitors and attends mandatory safety in-services and safety competence assessments. Complies with regulatory, accreditation, hospital and department policies and procedures.
• Provides support during various codes and/or emergencies.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
EXPERIENCE
• Two years' experience required in Missouri and Illinois
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent reaching, gripping and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Rare use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Rare driving.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location: Oklahoma
• Plumbing Contractor - Oklahoma Construction Industries Board
• Or
• Plumbing Journeyman License - Oklahoma Construction Industries Board
• Or
• Inactive Plumbing Contractor - Oklahoma Construction Industries Board
State of Work Location: Wisconsin
• Plumbing Master License - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri
• N/A
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
Job Type:
Employee
Department:
9231000037 PLO
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
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