Maintenance Engineer

About the Role

As a critical technical leader, you will ensure optimal performance, reliability, and longevity of facilities, equipment, and systems. You will design and implement preventive maintenance programs, conduct root cause analyses, develop repair strategies, oversee projects, manage budgets, ensure compliance, and collaborate to improve efficiency and operational integrity.

To be successful in this role, you will need a strong engineering foundation, advanced technical troubleshooting skills, proven project management abilities, and a proactive, analytical mindset to minimize downtime and maximize asset life.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance on critical building systems and respond to calls for equipment issues.
• Perform repairs and preventive maintenance on equipment and systems such as Medical Gas, Vacuum systems, fire detection, Energy Plant Equipment, Building HVAC, and other facilities equipment and controls.
• Document work orders in the electronic work order system.
• Regularly inspect buildings, grounds, and facility equipment for unsafe or malfunctioning conditions; report findings and make corrections.
• Respond to calls from the work call center, accurately complete work orders, and coordinate repairs and other service requests with the customer’s schedule.
• Respond quickly to requests from departments utilizing our services and provide timely status reports about the condition of equipment being serviced.
• Locate and purchase repair parts, maintain inventory consistent with budget and priority of equipment, and ensure appropriate management approvals and policies are followed.
• Complete special projects such as installation, relocation, or removal of equipment, as well as other duties as assigned.
• Coordinate repair of equipment and systems performed by outside contractors and ensure work is recorded in the facility management system database.
• Escalate issues to facility management as needed.

Requirements

• Required: Driver’s License (NE), upon hire.
• Preferred: High School Graduate or GED in General Studies, upon hire.
• Preferred: Technical Training in HVAC, Refrigeration, or Building Controls, upon hire.

Where You’ll Work

At CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, patients are at the heart of our care. Our campus is designed to heal the body, mind, and spirit in a comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes a new pavilion featuring enhancements in heart and vascular care, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

Pay

$20.86 - $29.46 per hour.