Plumber

Location
Downtown Seattle
Workplace
On-site

About this role

As the licensed and experienced Journey level Plumber, you will help us maintain our commercial properties. You will provide quality maintenance repairs, ensuring our equipment/buildings are operating properly and efficiently.

  • You will service and repair the plumbing systems and equipment such as water heaters, lift station pumps, backflow assemblies, and plumbing fixtures installed in buildings managed by the Marine Maintenance team.  
  • You will visit customers throughout the Maritime division to service and repair equipment and respond to emergencies immediately and drive a Port vehicle that will contain Port tools. 
  • You will represent the Port while performing repairs, maintenance, and delivering excellent customer service to our internal and external customers throughout the Port.


  • Experienced – You have five (5) years of related Plumbing maintenance and repair experience in a commercial environment at a Journey level.
  • Educated – You possess a High School Diploma or GED equivalent. You must have a current PL01 Plumbing License. 
  • Desired – We hope you have a backflow testing license, a Seattle gas piping license, a Washington State boater’s card, and OSHA 10 certification. 
  • Committed to Equity – You will apply equity and exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices in all aspects of the work.  At the Port of Seattle, equity is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all Port employees.
  • Knowledgeable – You have a strong technical knowledge in a variety of commercial Plumbing systems and designs, and knowledge of local plumbing codes.
  • Good Communicator – Your communication is excellent, and you are able to adapt to a multitude of interpersonal situations, clearly relaying and synthesizing information.
  • Customer Service Oriented – You understand and anticipate customer needs with the ability to deliver service with care and calmness under pressure during stressful/emergent situations.

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