Boiler Maintenance Operator, Evening Shift (4pm-12am, Tues-Sat) - Campus Facilities Management

About the role

A UMKC employee within the Boiler Operator position, you’ll belong to an engaged, diverse community and will get to interact and engage with faculty, staff, and students from a variety of backgrounds daily. UMKC offers many competitive benefits, including health, dental, life and other insurance plans; a comprehensive retirement program; and educational assistance and tuition reduction programs for employees and their spouse/dependents.

Responsibilities

• Periodically clean boilers inside and out, removing soot and other residue from floors, firesides, and boiler tubes, using electric tube cleaners, water hoses, and other hand tools.
• Inspect for excessive scaling, cracks or other defects.
• Disassemble and reassemble such parts as necessary to facilitate cleaning of the boiler and its working parts.
• Maintain freeze protection system.
• Maintain and properly respond to alarms from the automated system.
• May be required to evacuate a building in the event of a dangerous situation.
• Perform various cleaning and maintenance duties such as sweeping, dusting, vacuuming, lubricating equipment, and painting floors, pipes, fixtures, and equipment in the power plant.
• Make routine repairs on boilers, related equipment, and power plant fixtures. Replace packing, and some worn parts.
• Periodically overhaul solenoids, fans, and repairs leaks in water and steam lines and assist in major repairs as directed by your supervisor.
• Read and record information from various gauges and instrumentation devices; manipulate controls to attain desired level.
• Must be able to change system from gas fuel to fuel oil when required by the gas company.
• Maintain chemical treatment of boilers to keep boilers and pipes from deteriorating and as energy efficient as possible.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent; demonstrated skills may offset this requirement.
• Knowledge of heating boilers with ability to operate boilers and associated equipment.
• Knowledge and skill in the maintenance and use of tools, equipment, and materials used for general building maintenance.
• Manual dexterity and physical coordination.
• Ability to read blueprints, plans, drawings, wiring diagrams, and electrical codes.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Qualifications

• Shift 4:00pm - 12:00am, Tuesday through Saturday.
• Minimum Qualifications: High school graduate or equivalent; demonstrated skills may offset this requirement. Knowledge of heating boilers with ability to operate boilers and associated equipment. Knowledge and skill in the maintenance and use of tools, equipment, and materials used for general building maintenance. Manual dexterity and physical coordination. Ability to read blueprints, plans, drawings, wiring diagrams, and electrical codes. Valid driver’s license required.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

The anticipated hiring range for this position has been established as $28.00 to $33.00 hourly. Shift differential of $1.00 per hour for eligible shifts (see HR-213 Shift Differential for more information).

Schedule

Shift 4:00pm - 12:00am, Tuesday through Saturday.