WDVA Stationary Engineer 2 - Boiler, HVAC & Facilities Systems, Full-Time, Washington Veterans Home

About the role

The Washington Veterans Home is seeking a skilled Stationary Engineer 2 to join our Facilities Management team. This role involves operating, troubleshooting, repairs, and maintaining critical systems that support the care and comfort of Washington's Veterans.

Responsibilities

• Operate, troubleshoot, repairs, and maintains steam distribution systems and flow control components.
• Install, maintain and repair piping, valves, pumps, and switches for chilled water, steam, and heating hot water systems.
• Conducting safe Steam Plant start up, adjustments and optimization, monitoring gauges, meters, and operating panels.
• Operating, repairing, and maintaining Steam Plant and associated systems.
• Ensuring that plant equipment operates safely, efficiently and within established operating parameters.
• Maintaining proper boiler chemistry, through feed water testing and water treatment.
• Record relevant events and facts concerning the operation and maintenance of plant equipment.
• Providing operating and maintenance support for power distribution, sewer, fireman, and domestic water distribution systems.
• Carrying out all scheduled fire drills and coordinating fire alarm, sprinkler, extinguisher, and fire door and hood inspections.
• And much more!

Qualifications

• Three (3) years of experience in the operation, maintenance and/or repair of stationary or marine high pressure boilers and heating systems.
• Certification of completion of an advanced Stationary Engineer course from an accredited vocational/technical school or community college AND two (2) years of experience in the operation, maintenance and/or repair of stationary or marine high pressure boilers and heating systems.
• One (1) year of state service as a Stationary Engineer 1.
• Must be proficient in the English language.

Agency Required Competencies

• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.
• Knowledge of boilers, controls, pumps, valves, regulators, fuels, diesel generators, and tools used in the operation and maintenance of high-pressure boilers, related systems, auxiliary equipment, boiler room safety, heating, lighting, ventilation, and other related mechanical equipment.
• Ability to test and analyze operation of steam boilers and auxiliary equipment, instruct and supervise others, keep records, make written reports, perform heavy manual labor, work under and withstand extremes of temperature.
• Ability to use hand and power tools applicable to maintenance trades.
• Ability to read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures.
• Ability to read commercial blueprints and apply building codes through the full range of commercial and industrial maintenance and construction work.
• Experience using maintenance tracking and reporting programs.