Embarking on a career as a pipefitter in Rapid City, SD, typically begins with a structured apprenticeship that blends hands-on experience with extensive classroom instruction, allowing individuals to earn while they learn. These apprenticeships span approximately four to five years, requiring a substantial commitment to on-the-job training under seasoned professionals. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are currently 2,066 pipefitters employed in Rapid City, with an average weekly wage of $685.33. The trade outlook is promising, with projections indicating a 6% growth in employment opportunities from 2023 to 2033. Aspiring pipefitters can explore apprenticeship opportunities through trade schools, unions, and specialized platforms, paving the way for a lucrative career with the potential to exceed $832 per week for experienced professionals.
Job Overview: We are seeking a skilled and licensed plumber to join our team in Rapid City, South Dakota. As a master plumber, you will play a crucial role in providing high-quality plumbing services to our customers. Job Details: The ideal candidate will be responsible for installing, repairing, and maintaining plumbing systems in residential and commercial properties throughout Rapid City, South Dakota. Responsibilities: • Install and repair plumbing systems • Inspect plumbing systems and identify issues • Provide estimates for plumbing projects • Adhere to plumbing codes and regulations • Maintain accurate records of work performed Requirements: • Valid plumbing license • Proven experience as a plumber • Knowledge of current plumbing codes • Ability to work independently Benefits: • Competitive salary • Health insurance benefits • Opportunities for professional development Other Details: This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute to the plumbing industry in Rapid City, South Dakota. Join our team and showcase your plumbing expertise! We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to our team in Rapid City, South Dakota.
See More Details >>Job Summary This position is assigned a wide variety of duties of a journeyman plumber involving installation, repair, and maintenance of water, gas, and other pipes, valves, fittings, drainage systems, and fixtures at the Oyate Health Care Center. Essential Functions • Read blueprints and follow state and local building codes. • Determine the materials and equipment needed for a job. • Install pipes and fixtures. • Inspect and test installed pipe systems and pipelines. • Troubleshoot malfunctioning systems. • Maintain and repair plumbing systems. • Collaborate with general contractors, electricians, and other construction professionals. • Keep all hand and power tools in good working order. • Maintains safe working conditions in shops and other working areas. • Other related tasks as assigned. Professional Behavior • Effectively plan, organize workload and schedule time to meet the demands of the position. • Work in a cooperative and professional manner with OHC and GPTLHB staff. • Treat Great Plains tribes and collaborators with dignity and respect. • Utilize effective verbal and written communication skills. • Advance personal educational development by attending training sessions and seminars as appropriate. • Exemplify excellent customer service with tribal stakeholders, health board colleagues, program partners, service recipients, visitors and guests. • Foster a work environment of wellness, courtesy, friendliness, helpfulness and respect. • Relate well and work collaboratively with coworkers and all levels of staff in a professional manner. • Consistently demonstrate respect for and acceptance of differing capabilities, cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation and/or personalities. • Maintain and ensure organizational privacy and confidentiality. • Handle crisis and tolerate stress professionally. • Be self-directed and take proactive initiative to assist others. • Resolve issues with other departments and coworkers without direct supervision if needed. • Exercise flexibility to alter plans/routines when situations require and continue to perform without projecting stress/frustration that would adversely affect the work environment. • Promote an alcohol, tobacco and drug-free lifestyle. • Embrace modes of appearance and attire that reflect a professional presence. • Adhere to GPTLHB policies and procedures. • Other duties as assigned by the Supervisor. Requirements • Participates in Core Connections training, and applies GPTLHB Core Connections concepts and practices in their work. • Exemplify excellent customer service with tribal stakeholders, health board colleagues, program partners, service recipients, visitors, and guests. • Foster a work environment of wellness, courtesy, friendliness, helpfulness, and respect. • Relate well and work collaboratively with coworkers and all levels of staff in a professional manner. • Familiarity and/or experience working with American Indian populations and respect for and knowledge of traditional, cultural, and spiritual practices of diverse American Indian communities, as well as an ability to work with other culturally and ethnically diverse populations. • Consistently demonstrate respect for and acceptance of differing capabilities, cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation and/or personalities. • Maintain and ensure organizational privacy and confidentiality. • Must be able to handle crisis and tolerate stress professionally. • Must be self-directed and take proactive initiative to assist others. • Possess the ability to resolve issues with other departments and coworkers without direct supervision. • Able to exercise flexibility to alter plans/routines when situations require and continue to perform without projecting stress/frustration that would adversely affect the work environment. • Ability to maintain a flexible work schedule, including evenings, weekends and overnight or extended travel as necessary. • Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to community members, consumers, and other employees of the organization. • Proficiency with computer programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other Internet technologies. • Valid driver’s license must be kept current, and certificates, credentials or licenses must be kept current and consistent with regulations required by applicable federal, state and/or grant regulations. • Ability to promote an alcohol-, tobacco- and drug-free lifestyle. • Embrace modes of appearance and attire that reflect a professional presence. • Adhere to GPTLHB policies and procedures. Supervisory Controls The supervisor makes assignments by defining objectives, priorities, and deadlines and assists the employee with unusual situations that do not have clear precedents. The employee plans and carries out the successive steps and handles problems and deviations in the work assignments in accordance with instructions, policies, previous training, the scope of license/certification, or accepted practices in the occupation. Completed work is usually evaluated for technical soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements. The methods used in arriving at the end results are not usually reviewed in detail. Guidelines Guidelines are available but are not completely applicable to the work or have gaps in specificity. The employee must use judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines, such as agency policies, regulations, precedents, accreditation requirements, advanced clinical protocols, and work directions for application to specific cases or problems. The employee analyzes results and recommends changes. The employee uses initiative and resourcefulness in deviating from traditional methods or researching trends and patterns to develop new methods, criteria, or proposed new policies. Complexity The work consists of related steps, processes, or methods. The decision regarding what needs to be done involves various choices that require the employee to recognize the existence of and differences among a few easily recognizable situations. Actions to be taken or responses to be made differ in such things as the source of information, the kind of transactions or entries, or other differences of a factual nature. Scope and Effect The work involves treating a variety of conventional problems, questions, or situations in conformance with established criteria. The work product or service affects the design or operation of systems, programs, or equipment; the adequacy of such; the social, physical, and economic well-being of people; or the social or economic well-being of the organization. Personal Contacts The personal contacts are with employees in the organization but outside the immediate department. People contacted generally are engaged in different functions, missions, and kinds of work, and may be representatives from various levels and departments within the organization, partner organizations, Tribal affiliate organizations, and employees of other healthcare organizations. Personal contact, at this level, may also made with members of the general public, as individuals or groups, in a moderately structured setting. Purpose of Contacts The purpose is to obtain, clarify, or give facts or information regardless of the nature of those facts; i.e., the facts or information may range from easily understood to highly technical. Physical Demands The work requires considerable and strenuous physical exertion, such as frequent climbing of tall ladders, lifting heavy objects over 50 pounds, crouching or crawling in restricted areas, and defending oneself or others against physical attack. The employee must be able to read, write, speak and hear. Work Environment The work environment involves high risks with exposure to potentially dangerous situations or unusual environmental stress that require a range of safety and other precautions, e.g., working at great heights under extreme outdoor weather conditions, subject to possible physical attack or mob conditions, or similar situations where conditions cannot be controlled. Supervisory and Management Responsibility This position has no formally assigned supervisory responsibility or authority. The employee is responsible only for the performance of their own assigned work. They may be asked to train new employees in the fundamentals of the jobs or to participate in cross‑training of other employees in the department, but such assignments do not include the on‑going authority to assign and review work of other employees or to recommend or take corrective action with regard to other employees' performance. Minimum Education & Experience Requirements Education/Relevant Experience: Bachelor’s degree and one (1) year of experience, or associate’s degree and three (3) years’ experience, or high school diploma or GED and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience. This position requires post-secondary education and/or experience. Individuals must have applicable education and/or experience applying an extensive body of rules, procedures, or operations to perform a wide variety of interrelated or nonstandard procedural assignments and resolve a wide range of problems or to apply standard procedures in a technical field to perform such work as adapting equipment (requires consideration of the functioning characteristics of equipment), interpreting results of tests based on previous experience and observations (rather than directly reading instruments or other measures), or extracting information from various sources (requires considering the applicability of the information and the characteristics and quality of the sources). Preferred Education Requirements Completion of a formal training program and three (3) years apprenticeship; or a high school diploma and four (4) years apprenticeship as required by the state of South Dakota, for licensure as a Journeyman Plumber. The GPTLHB is a tribal organization that follows tribal preference laws. Our policy is to give preference to qualified Indian/Tribal candidates over qualified non-native candidates in hiring decisions if all other qualifications are equal. Employment is contingent upon the outcome of all required criminal background checks. Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment. Jobs require that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, T-dap (Tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19 vaccination is required.
See More Details >>Are you a Journeyman Plumber that would benefit from a leadership opportunity with a primarily Monday – Thursday schedule with overtime on Fridays and no weekend work? Join a Loyal, reputable service company that can offer you competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and a top-notch company culture where you will be truly valued for your skills and expertise. Due to promotion, Loyal Plumbing Heating, & Cooling, a local premier HVAC and plumbing company, is seeking a skilled Lead Journeyman Plumber to join their close-knit team in Rapid City, SD. If you have at least 5 years of journeymen plumbing experience and leadership experience within a skilled trade, and a valid driver’s license, Loyal Plumbing wants to hear from you! Why Journeymen Plumbers join the Loyal team: • Desirable schedule that allows you a great work/life balance! 4–10-hour shifts. Primarily Monday – Thursday from 6:00am – 4:00pm with overtime opportunities on Fridays for you to earn even more! • Competitive compensation: Starting at $28/hr, with a review after your first 90 days with a possible raise up to $32/hr+. • Excellent benefits package including health, dental, vision options and more! • Company vehicle and specialty tools are all provided! Loyal Plumbing also has a tool program for any other tools you may need. • Advancement opportunities: Loyal is always looking for key players to advance throughout the company. If you have the drive to grow your career, Loyal wants to help you get there. • Exceptional company culture: Loyal Plumbing prides themselves on their culture of empowering development in the trades and giving back to the community through service. In this critical role, you will handle the installation of plumbing systems in residential, new construction and commercial settings. With opportunities for on-the-job training, mentorship, and career advancement, this position is perfect for those eager to grow their expertise in the plumbing trade. About the Company: At Loyal Plumbing, Heating and Cooling, their mission is to Restore and Redefine the Trades to Give Back and Empower Development. They believe in excellence, integrity, and leadership in every project they undertake. Since 2012, they’ve been at the forefront of Residential and Commercial New Construction and Service, providing expert solutions while fostering professional development and growth opportunities for their team. Guided by their core values—Excellence, Candor, Trust, Curiosity, Growth, and Leadership—they aim to build a team that is passionate about making a real difference in the industry and their community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to the individual's race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, status as a military veteran or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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