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Jordan Chivers (Director of W.L. Chivers Plumbing) - Jimmy Talks Construction
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- Jimmy Talks Construction
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- Apr 21, 2026
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- 4314
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Summary
Jordan Chivers runs WL Chivers Plumbing - a 17-man Melbourne maintenance and emergency plumbing business that turns up in under an hour, 365 days a year. From a 14-year-old operating a Takeuchi TB108 to running one of Melbourne's go-to emergency plumbing outfits, Jordan has been on the tools since before he was out of Year 9. In this episode, Jimmy sits down with him - Managing Director of WL Chivers Plumbing - to talk about the reality of running a reactive, no-BS trade business: being raised by his old-school maintenance plumber dad Wayne, talking his way into an excavator at fourteen, digging sewers before he had a driver's licence, and how a handshake operation turned into a team doing 150–200 jobs a week for the RACV Emergency Home Assist program. It's a wide-ranging, operator-to-operator chat about the trade shortage, the fuel crisis, the PVC pipe shortage hitting the whole industry, and why the phone will always dictate the day. What we cover: • The trade shortage — how Melbourne went from graduating 1,000 plumbers a year to 200–300 • Why young tradies are choosing lollipop sticks on government infrastructure over apprenticeships • The fuel crisis, the PVC shortage, and the ripple effect through construction • Politicians, payroll tax, fuel excise and the Victorian business environment • Compliance, the "TikTok Inspector," and the new Building Plumbing Commission • Women in construction — pink trucks, pink excavators, and female managers • Why neither Jimmy nor Jordan has a written business plan • Showing up: the Australia Day call for a $1.5M job • Why AI will never install a toilet — and why trades are the most future-proof career going If you got something out of this one, drop a review — five stars, three thumbs up, whatever your platform lets you leave. It…