# Market evidence report — plumbing-supervisor

Source: **42 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 42), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 31 | 74 % |
| lead | 11 | 26 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Office | 5 | 12 % |
| 2 | iPad | 4 | 10 % |
| 3 | iPhone | 3 | 7 % |
| 4 | power tools | 3 | 7 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plumbing installation | 18 | 43 % |
| 2 | blueprint reading | 16 | 38 % |
| 3 | project coordination | 5 | 12 % |
| 4 | quality control | 5 | 12 % |
| 5 | troubleshooting | 5 | 12 % |
| 6 | commercial plumbing | 4 | 10 % |
| 7 | crew leadership | 4 | 10 % |
| 8 | plumbing | 4 | 10 % |
| 9 | quality assurance | 4 | 10 % |
| 10 | safety management | 4 | 10 % |
| 11 | schedule management | 4 | 10 % |
| 12 | commercial plumbing installation | 3 | 7 % |
| 13 | cost control | 3 | 7 % |
| 14 | crew supervision | 3 | 7 % |
| 15 | fixture installation | 3 | 7 % |
| 16 | leadership | 3 | 7 % |
| 17 | plumbing maintenance | 3 | 7 % |
| 18 | plumbing system installation | 3 | 7 % |
| 19 | project planning | 3 | 7 % |
| 20 | project scheduling | 3 | 7 % |
| 21 | quality control inspection | 3 | 7 % |
| 22 | safety compliance | 3 | 7 % |
| 23 | team leadership | 3 | 7 % |
| 24 | technical support | 3 | 7 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crew supervision | 7 | 17 % |
| 2 | system installation | 6 | 14 % |
| 3 | crew leadership | 4 | 10 % |
| 4 | installation oversight | 4 | 10 % |
| 5 | safety enforcement | 4 | 10 % |
| 6 | material management | 3 | 7 % |
| 7 | quality assurance | 3 | 7 % |
| 8 | quality control | 3 | 7 % |
| 9 | schedule coordination | 3 | 7 % |
| 10 | technical support | 3 | 7 % |
| 11 | technician support | 3 | 7 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 42 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

42 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- plumbing installation — 43 % (18 ads)
- blueprint reading — 38 % (16 ads)
- project coordination — 12 % (5 ads)
- quality control — 12 % (5 ads)
- troubleshooting — 12 % (5 ads)
- commercial plumbing — 10 % (4 ads)
- crew leadership — 10 % (4 ads)
- plumbing — 10 % (4 ads)
- quality assurance — 10 % (4 ads)
- safety management — 10 % (4 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Office — 12 % (5 ads)
- iPad — 10 % (4 ads)
- iPhone — 7 % (3 ads)
- power tools — 7 % (3 ads)
- forklifts — 5 % (2 ads)
- hand tools — 5 % (2 ads)
- laptop — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 5 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 74 % · lead 26 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Plumbing Foreman | 7 |
| Foreman | 2 |
| Plumbing Supervisor | 2 |
| CDOC Journeyman Plumber Supervisor (Sterling) | 1 |
| Commercial Plumbing Foreman | 1 |
| Commercial Service Plumbing Supervisor | 1 |
| Field Foreman - Plumbing | 1 |
| Field General Plumbing Foreman | 1 |
| Field Representative, Plumbing | 1 |
| Foreman - Plumber ($32-$49/per hour) | 1 |
| Foreman HVAC/Plumbing | 1 |
| Lead Campus HVAC & Plumbing Shop Supervisor | 1 |
| Lead Commercial Plumbing Field Supervisor | Weekly Pay | 1 |
| Lead Commercial Plumbing Foreman | 1 |
| Lead Journeyman Plumber Supervisor — Facility Maintenance | 1 |
| Lead Residential Plumbing Foreman: Mentor Crew & Quality | 1 |
| Mechanical Plumbing Superintendent | 1 |
| Night Shift Plumbing Supervisor | 1 |
| Plumber And Mechanical Foreman | 1 |
| Plumber/Pipefitter Foreman | 1 |
| Plumbing Field Supervisor | 1 |
| Plumbing Foreman – Commercial & Industrial | 1 |
| Plumbing Foreman Commercial & Industrial | 1 |
| Plumbing Foreman WV license | 1 |
| Plumbing Mechanic/Commercial Plumbing Foreman | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.