Central Heating Plant Supervisor

Core Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, hire, and evaluate approximately 5 hourly staff members who maintain and operate the Central Heating Plant 24/7.
• Recommends staffing needs, schedules staff, and approves overtime and time off.
• Evaluates staff; counsels and handles disciplinary procedures, resolves employee issues, and keeps morale high.
• Full responsibility to oversee and manage the 24/7 schedule of CHP operations staff.
• Essential ownership to access/grow/manage individual strengths and opportunities to support of CHP operations staff for success of team and support the needs of the department and college.
• Support training program for CHP operator development and continuous training of existing team.
• Collaborates with Associate Director - Mechanical & Utilities to support all campus energy goals.
• Ensures plant safety procedures are followed, including: lockout / tag-out, confined space and PPE for in-house personnel and contracted services.
• Serves as CHP Operator as part of the weekly schedule, and meet all requirements of that job description.

Requirements

• 3 - 5 years of previous related experience required.
• Related education and certifications in power plant operations and maintenance.
• Knowledge of steam and electric generating systems.
• Trouble shooting skills for heating plant electrical, steam, condensate, oil, biomass, feed water, propane, air systems and equipment.
• Control System operations and trouble-shooting experience.
• Deep practical knowledge and skills of equipment maintenance and service.
• Strong interpersonal skills required.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• Work is performed in a heating plant, conditions can be loud/dusty on occasions.
• Requires the ability to operate equipment.

Benefits

As an employee of Middlebury College in Vermont, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community. Middlebury offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, and a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs. The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting. Middlebury College offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:

• MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the college store, library privileges, and cultural and sporting events.
• Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College's Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Outdoor Center.
• Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.

A full listing of our benefit offerings can be found on our website or click to see some of the other fun perks of working at Middlebury, whether in Middlebury, VT or Monterey, CA!

Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.