Position Overview:

The University of Kigali (UoK) invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of a Plumber. A university plumber installs, maintains, and repairs plumbing systems, fixtures, and piping (water, steam, gas) across campus buildings, including student’s residential, academic, and laboratory facilities. Key duties include preventative maintenance, responding to emergency repairs, reading blueprints, ensuring code compliance, and managing work orders.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintenance & Repair: Repair water leaks, mend burst pipes, unclog drains, and maintain water heaters, toilets, faucets, and showers.
• Preventative Maintenance: Perform scheduled inspections and maintenance on plumbing, heating, and sprinkler systems, including exercising valves.
• System Installation: Install new pipes and fixtures to accommodate renovations, repairs, or system expansions.
• Emergency Response: Respond to urgent, 24/7 emergency calls (e.g., floods, burst pipes) during weekends, nights, and holidays.
• Specialized Systems: Maintain specialized equipment such as laboratory water softeners, distillation units, reverse osmosis systems, and backflow preventers.
• Infrastructure Support: Maintain high-pressure steam lines, sewage systems, and external drain systems.
• Administrative & Technical Duties
• Work Order Management: Utilize smartphones, tablets, or computers to manage, record, and close maintenance work orders.
• Material Management: Order parts, source materials, and maintain an inventory of equipment.
• Documentation & Compliance: Interpret blueprints, adhere to safety codes (OSHA, building codes), and prepare reports on inspection findings.
• Contractor Liaison: Monitor and support external contractors performing major repairs or refurbishments.

Key Qualifications, Experience & Skills

• Education: A University Degree in Plumbing or Advanced diploma(A1) in Plumbing or its equivalence.
• Experience: Must have 3 years for degree holders(A0) & 5 years of experience for advanced diploma(A1) holders.

Skills:

• Licensure: Completion of a recognized apprenticeship and relevant licensure (e.g., Journeyman or Master Plumber).
• Technical Skills: Strong ability to read technical drawings, troubleshoot complex systems, and use specialized plumbing tools.
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to work well in a team, communicate with university staff, and mentor apprentices or assistants.
• Safety Focus: Knowledge of environmental protection practices and health and safety regulations.
• Other Skills: Must have basic welding skills.

• Repair water leaks, mend burst pipes, unclog drains, and maintain water heaters, toilets, faucets, and showers.
• Perform scheduled inspections and maintenance on plumbing, heating, and sprinkler systems, including exercising valves.
• Install new pipes and fixtures to accommodate renovations, repairs, or system expansions.
• Respond to urgent, 24/7 emergency calls (e.g., floods, burst pipes) during weekends, nights, and holidays.
• Maintain specialized equipment such as laboratory water softeners, distillation units, reverse osmosis systems, and backflow preventers.
• Maintain high-pressure steam lines, sewage systems, and external drain systems.
• Utilize smartphones, tablets, or computers to manage, record, and close maintenance work orders.
• Order parts, source materials, and maintain an inventory of equipment.
• Interpret blueprints, adhere to safety codes (OSHA, building codes), and prepare reports on inspection findings.
• Monitor and support external contractors performing major repairs or refurbishments.

• Completion of a recognized apprenticeship and relevant licensure (e.g., Journeyman or Master Plumber).
• Strong ability to read technical drawings, troubleshoot complex systems, and use specialized plumbing tools.
• Ability to work well in a team, communicate with university staff, and mentor apprentices or assistants.
• Knowledge of environmental protection practices and health and safety regulations.
• Basic welding skills.

• A University Degree in Plumbing or Advanced diploma(A1) in Plumbing or its equivalence.
• Must have 3 years for degree holders(A0) & 5 years of experience for advanced diploma(A1) holders.
• Completion of a recognized apprenticeship and relevant licensure (e.g., Journeyman or Master Plumber).