Plumber Cover Letter Example

Carrying the parts for the 30 most common faults in my van lets me fix about 85% of callouts on the first visit. I am applying for the Lead Plumber role at Blackwater Heating and Plumbing, as a registered gas installer with current RGII registration.

At Lee Valley Plumbing and Heating I lead boiler replacements and bathroom installs, about eight jobs a month worth up to €9,000 each. Every quote goes to the customer in writing with parts and labour shown separately, and disputes over price are rare. When a job is done I leave the site clean and walk the customer through what was fitted before they sign off. Before this role I spent two years fitting bathrooms and kitchens in new housing, up to six units a week, after a four-year apprenticeship.

Blackwater Heating and Plumbing covers north Cork, where a second visit can cost an hour on the road, so a first-visit habit counts for more with you than it does in the city. My way of working saves the most where your customers live, and that is the plainest reason I want this job. A firm that has stayed family-run since 1998 also tells me apprentices stay long enough to be trained properly. You want a lead who can train and supervise an apprentice; I train one now in pipework and soldering, and I remember my own four years well enough to know what a good teacher checks.

Meeting on one of your current sites would let you see how I set out a boiler swap, and Saturdays suit me as well as weekdays. One question I would bring along: how do you split the callouts between your vans across north Cork?