Plant Engineer II, Facilities, Maintenance, 40 hrs, Night

About the role

This position performs various maintenance tasks and repairs most equipment and machinery utilized in the Medical Center. Essential responsibilities include operating machines vital to maintenance and repair, conducting electrical safety tests, unclogging pipes, and performing preventative maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Upholds Kaiser Permanente’s policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities, and applicable state, federal, and local laws.
• Performs various maintenance tasks such as replacing filters, lubricating bearings, repairing cabinets, and operating machines vital to maintenance and repair.
• Performs electrical repairs including bed lamps, non-complex electrical devices, changing balasts, repairing electrical line cords, fixing light switches, isolating electrical problems, and replacing fuses.
• Conducts electrical safety tests on equipment, electrical plugs and outlets.
• Unclogs pipes and plumbing fixtures and related equipment as necessary.
• Completes work assignments to include routine installations of plant equipment, hanging of signs and pictures, adjusting and maintaining time clocks.
• Determines type and extent of equipment malfunction, adjusts, disassembles, repairs or replaces parts and components; reassembles and tests equipment for safe and proper operations by reading blueprints, diagrams and repair manuals.
• Performs preventative maintenance to include cleaning, oiling, painting, calibration and other related services to extend the life cycle of equipment, or to maintain a clean, safe, hygienic environmental work area.
• Through on-the-job training, assists skilled maintenance persons in trade tasks in which the employee is not certified.
• Repairs and maintains air conditioning and refrigeration equipment to include related electrical circuit analysis.
• Troubleshoots and repairs related equipment to include but not limited to thermostats, ice machines, air dampers and other associated equipment.
• Repairs complex electrical devices and components requiring the use of schematic and wiring diagrams. Performs circuit analysis to localize, isolate and identify defective electrical components using precision test equipment to include volt, ohm meters and oscilloscopes to repair circuit boards and transistorized components, replacing defective components, restoring equipment to operation state and performing calibration and electrical safety tests.
• Performs locksmithing tasks to include cutting keys, fitting and installing locks and maintaining a key control system.
• Performs other related duties as required to include driving trucks or vans to outlying clinics or remote areas to facilitate or expedite maintenance requirements.
• Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organization’s philosophy or providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.
• Assumes other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.

Requirements

• Basic Qualifications: Meeting two (2) of the following skill levels: LAUnlimited Steam Engineers License and EPA Rule 608 Universal Certification, or Riverside Medical Center - Possession of the LA Unlimited Steam engineers License or the 500 HP LA City Steam License and EPA Rule 608 Universal Certification.
• Extensive knowledge of HVAC systems, ability to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems required.
• Working knowledge of applicable federal, state and local codes required.

Qualifications

• Four (4) years experience in building plant operations and maintenance preferred.
• Three (3) years experience in a hospital setting preferred.
• Steam License Required.

Skills

• Knowledge of HVAC systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems.
• Working knowledge of applicable federal, state and local codes.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$42.15 - $46.49 / hour

Schedule

Full-time