Service Plumber — Residential service calls, Bellevue Eastside
Service plumber role focused on residential repair and small installation work — the bread-and-butter calls that make up the bulk of Eastside dispatch volume. You'll run 4–6 calls a day across leaks, faucet and fixture replacements, water heater swaps, drain clearing, and minor repipes. Less re-pipe and remodel work than the journeyman role; more variety per day.
What you'd be doing
- Run 4–6 residential service calls per day across the Eastside
- Diagnose and repair leaks at fixtures, supply lines, and water heaters
- Replace faucets, garbage disposals, toilets, and shower valves
- Swap conventional water heaters (gas and electric) under WA energy code
- Provide written flat-rate quotes; clear customer-facing communication
- Coordinate with dispatch on schedule changes and parts runs
What you bring
- Washington State journeyman plumber license (PL01 or PL02), or trainee with strong service experience
- 3+ years residential service plumbing experience
- Driver's license, clean MVR, ability to lift 50 lb regularly
- Strong customer-facing communication — homeowners are present on most calls
- Comfortable working in occupied homes (shoe covers, drop cloths, clean exit)
Skills we're looking for
- Residential leak detection and repair
- Faucet, fixture, and disposal replacement
- Water heater swap (tank, gas + electric)
- Drain cleaning with hand auger and small machines
- Customer communication and flat-rate quoting
Compensation and benefits
- Hourly rate $32–42 depending on license and experience
- Time-and-a-half after-hours premium for emergency dispatch coverage
- Health insurance, paid time off, and 401k via the contracting company
- Service van provided; tool reimbursement program
- Less on-call than the journeyman role — most weeks are 8–5 service calls
Schedule
Full-time, 8am–5pm core hours with occasional emergency rotation
What working in Bellevue looks like
Our network covers all 17 Eastside neighborhoods out of Downtown Bellevue. Most jobs are within a 15-minute drive. The highest-volume areas you'd rotate through:
- Somerset plumber — 1980s-90s construction on the hill. Slab leaks, polybutylene supply lines, and high static water pressure from elevation are the recurring patterns.
- Bridle Trails plumber — Wooded lots, mature western red cedars and Douglas firs, and aging cast-iron sewer laterals. Root intrusion is the dominant repair pattern here.
- Sammamish plumber — Mostly 1990s-2010s construction. Polybutylene replacements from the 1990s era remain a regular call.
- Issaquah plumber — Issaquah Highlands new construction, Squak Mountain slope, and Issaquah Creek Valley. Some rural pockets are on private well water with moderate hardness.
- Bothell plumber — Canyon Park and North Creek areas. Newer construction north, older bungalows along Main. Polybutylene replacement still common from 1980s-90s.
The core services you'd be running daily:
- Water Heater Repair and Replacement — tank, tankless, gas, electric, hybrid heat-pump. installed today in most cases.
- Leak Detection and Pipe Repair — slab leaks, pinhole leaks, ceiling drips. located with acoustics and thermal — not drywall demolition.
- Faucet and Fixture Installation — kitchen, bath, shower valves, bidets. bring the fixture or we'll source it.
- Sump Pump Service — basement sumps and crawlspace pumps. critical for the november–march wet season.
Background reading on the work
Editorial we've published on the kind of jobs that come through this dispatch. Useful context if you want to know what the day-to-day actually looks like:
- Hard water in Bellevue and the Eastside: hardness, effects, softener payoff
- Plumber cost and pricing in Bellevue, WA: hourly rates, flat-rate jobs, and emergency surcharges
About the hiring contractor
This role is recruited by Bellevue Plumber Pro on behalf of our network of independently licensed Washington State plumbing contractors. Bellevue Plumber Pro screens applications and forwards shortlisted candidates to the contractor partner that will be the direct employer for this position. You'll be introduced to that contractor — by name, with their WA Department of Labor & Industries license number, and an opportunity to verify it at secure.lni.wa.gov/verify — during the interview stage. The contractor handles your hire, paycheck, benefits, and the WA plumbing license you'll work under. Bellevue Plumber Pro operates the dispatch network and the recruiting process; the contractor is the legal employer.
Apply for this role
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Other open positions
Different role might be a better fit? Other current openings in the network:
- Journeyman Plumber — Bellevue Eastside — WA-licensed journeyman plumber, full-time, dispatched out of Downtown Bellevue across the Eastside.
- Apprentice Plumber — Bellevue (WA L&I-registered apprenticeship) — Entry-level apprentice role. Learn the trade under a journeyman with full WA L&I apprenticeship registration.
- Master Plumber / Lead — Bellevue Eastside (crew lead, PL01) — Senior master-licensed plumber to lead a 2–3 person crew on complex residential and light commercial work.
- Drain and Sewer Specialist — Bellevue Eastside (hydro-jetting + camera) — Specialty role: drain clearing, sewer camera inspection, hydro-jetting, cedar-root intrusion work across older Eastside homes.
- Dispatch Coordinator — Phone, scheduling, and customer follow-up — Operations role coordinating residential plumbing dispatch across the Eastside. Not a field plumber role.