Stationary Engineer

About the role

Maintains and operates the university's high-pressure boilers and steam lines. Works on critical infrastructure per Texas Executive Order GA‑48, requiring the ability to maintain the security and integrity of university infrastructure. The department is willing to accept education in lieu of experience.

Responsibilities

• Starts and stops plant equipment, such as chillers, boilers, and pumps.
• Monitors control systems and reviews logs; adjusts operations to run within defined parameters.
• Performs preventative maintenance on cooling towers, chillers, boilers, pumps, valves, and air compressors.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Researches, works on, or has access to critical infrastructure and requires the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the university infrastructure.
• Personnel are routinely reviewed to determine whether criminal history or continuous connections with a foreign adversary’s government or political apparatus might prevent the employee from maintaining security or integrity of the infrastructure.

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of grammar, spelling, punctuation and simple mathematical functions (percentages, ratios) – typically acquired through a high school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of three (3) years of directly job‑related experience.
• Technical certification or licensing directly related to the job (as specified in the job description addendum).
• Education may be accepted in lieu of experience.
• Position is security sensitive; a criminal history check is required.