Plant Operating Engineer

Responsibilities

• Prepares, fires, repairs and operates gas fired, oil fired, coal fired and/or dual fuel boilers to meet ASME and ANSI codes.
• Controls generation of a continuous supply of steam for heating hospital and related buildings, for supplying power to machinery and auxiliary equipment, and for sterilizing equipment.
• Tours boiler room to observe boilers, their appurtenances and other operating equipment, to insure that operation is in accord with specified instruction.
• Responsible for assuring that all boiler room and related steam generation equipment is operating normally, that proper pressures and temperatures are developed and maintained, that water in the boiler is at proper level, that combustion requirements for efficient and economic operation are being met, and that boiler room area is clean and maintained in an orderly state.
• Makes entries in boiler room and mechanical area logs which are official journals of the operation of machinery and all related activities of importance that take place daily.
• Tours entire facility grounds as well as mechanical areas for fire and safety checks, observes operations and records specified data.
• Makes adjustments to heating and/or cooling controls and adjust, clean, or replace such items as belts, strainers, or related items that would assure normal operations of equipment.
• Inspects oxygen supply system, records data as specified and notified approved source in case of malfunction or need of additional oxygen.
• Operates, tests, and logs emergency power system(s) on schedule and perform basic maintenance or adjustment as required.
• Performs minor repairs to patient related equipment such as wheel chairs, beds, nursing call systems, oxygen and medical gas system and other patient room equipment, and completes preventive maintenance assignments within scope of specific training.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or GED equivalent.
• One year of training in a technical school in the electrical/mechanical or plant operators field and one year of experience, or
• Three years of documented experience from previous employer(s) performing electrical/mechanical or plant operators duties.
• Six months to one year on-the-job training is required to attain proficiency of performance of assigned duties.