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Posting Reason:
Replacement of a regular position
Job Type:
Employee
Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments):
N/A
Job Family:
Maintenance and Operations
# of Open Positions:
1
Faculty/Service - Department:
Infrastructure - Plumbing
Campus:
Main Campus
Union Affiliation:
IUOE/772B - Employees of the trades, grounds and transportation
Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):
2026/06/11
Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):
2026/06/22
Hours per week:
40
Salary Grade:
Plumber - 772B
Salary Range:
$40.20 - $40.20About the faculty/service: Facilities
Facilities services are characterized by a dynamic and creative growing team where the winds of change are blowing, offering people like you opportunities to use your leadership and innovation skills to contribute to the achievement of their inspiring mission: to deliver best in class research infrastructure, reshape campus life and student experience, and provide a sustainable environment for students, researchers, teachers and community.
uOttawa’s facilities encompass three main sites that are comprised of over 600,000 square meters of building space (over 6.4 million square feet), 42.5 hectares of grounds, 125 buildings and 4,500 beds in 11 residences. There are over 150 employees in Facilities, including Project Managers, Energy and Commissioning Specialists, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Architects, and space Planners. The facilities capital and operating expenditures are in the range of $100M for the University’s $2.0 billion assets under management. The 20-year Capital spending plan envisions $4.0 billion of new investment highlighted by uOttawa launch of project Top Shelf, a $300 million capital investment to build a new facility for the Faculty of Health Sciences at uOttawa’s River Campus, as well as a tower at the Roger Guidon campus to house uOttawa’s new Advanced Medical Research Center (AMRC).
Position purpose:
Under the authority of the supervisor, performs audit work, repair, maintenance, modification and installation in the areas of plumbing, heating and automatic sprinklers in University's buildings . When necessary, performs welding, cutting and forging equipment and installations in buildings University.
In this role, your responsibilities will include:
Repairs or replaces pipes and installs new accessories for plumbing upgrades.
Connects indoor air ducts, pipes and drains to supply and return networks.
Unblocks drains, tanks, showers, urinals, toilets and return pipes.
Ensures maintenance of plumbing, taps, valves and other accessories.
Turns external sprinkler systems on and off.
Checks and maintains the campus water supply and sewer network.
Welds and cuts sheets or steel frames, pieces of equipment or other metal objects with a torch, an electrical arc or similar welding and cutting devices.
Forges to manufacture or repair pieces of machinery, tools, furnishings and equipment.
Conducts various tests to determine if system is waterproof.
Installs, replaces, repairs and reconnects pipes and steam or hot water heating devices.
Drills openings through walls or floors for pipes.
Welds, bends, cuts, bores, threads, installs and reconnects pipes.
What you will bring:
P lumbing certification issued by the Ministry of Ontario
At least 5 years of relevant experience in the field of plumbing
Experience in plumbing maintenance inside commercial buildings
Certification of backflow is an asset.
Experience in welding is an asset.
Knowledge of safety rules according to WHMIS legislation
Bilingualism (oral and written)
Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.
The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.
If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.
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