Powerhouse Stationary Engineer

Pay

The position pays $44.35 / hour. Potential earnings range from $120,000 to $140,000 per year with overtime.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, renovate, and repair boiler systems and all other mechanical systems in the facility.
• Monitor and regulate equipment, ensuring safe and economical operation within established limits.
• Perform repairs and maintenance on various equipment, including but not limited to pumps, motors, filters, and bearings.
• Record relevant events and facts concerning operation and maintenance in an equipment log.
• Install, operate, repair, and maintain all boilers, controls, components, and attached wiring.
• Install, operate, repair, and maintain all air compressors, air dryers, glycol cooling lines, towers, controls, components, and attached wiring.
• Install, operate, repair, and maintain all refrigeration and freezer systems, including drains, water cooling lines, controls, components, and attached wiring.
• Install, operate, repair, and maintain all HVAC systems, including drains, water cooling lines, controls, components, and attached wiring.
• Install, operate, repair, and maintain all refrigerated cooling devices for control panels and drinking fountains.
• Install, operate, repair, and maintain air and water sprinkler tank lines from Powerhouse to sprinkler tanks, including main valves, check valves, sight glasses, and tank drain lines located at the tanks.
• Install, operate, repair, and maintain all portable refrigerated cooling units (NESLAB, SPOT COOLERS), controls, components, and attached wiring.
• Fill out clear and concise daily logs of activities for record keeping and shift exchange, including fuel and water consumption, steam produced, and fuel gas content.
• Supervise maintenance on all types of air conditioning equipment.

Qualifications

• A good work ethic and responsible attitude.
• The ability to do shift work, and to work on weekends and holidays.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with others.
• Good motor, hand, and eye coordination.
• Good computer knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• The ability to read and interpret mechanical blueprints, schematics, and parts specifications.
• Own hand tools.

Education and/or Experience

• A high-school degree or equivalent is required.
• A First-Class Stationary Engineers License from the City of Buffalo Universal Certificate for Refrigeration Transition and Recovery is preferred.
• Two (2) - three (3) years Powerhouse, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning experience is preferred.

Reasoning Ability

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out both oral and written instructions.

Physical Demands

• Regularly stand and walk for extended periods.
• Regularly lift up to 50 pounds.
• Frequent bending, squatting, and kneeling.
• Work in cold and hot environments.
• Tolerate exposure to flour and yeast materials.
• Climb steps frequently.

Safe Performance Requirements

• Perform the essential job functions identified above consistent with safety standards and practices with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Work independently in a safety-sensitive environment with little or no supervision.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.