POSITION SUMMARY Responsible for the safe equipment operation and maintenance in the Boiler Room. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Education: Experience: • Should meet all portions of one of the following categories: • Two years of Vo Tech training with above average performance in electrical and/or plumbing courses; two years full time experience in plumbing/electrical work; 3 years boiler room experience or, • Three years full time experience in plumbing/electrical work, four years boiler room experience or, • One year as Environmental specialist or Preventive Maintenance Specialist or Plumbing/Electrical Specialist; two years boiler room experience or, • Two years in hospital general maintenance; two years boiler room experience or, • One year Centre Community Hospital general maintenance and three years fireman. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: • The applicant must demonstrate a proficiency in the following areas: • Reading and interpreting; electrical plumbing and HVAC prints and schematics. • An understanding of combustion and heat transfer. • An understanding of refrigeration and chilled water cooling systems. • Water treatment. • The ability to setup and adjust our boilers and chillers. • The ability to diagnose malfunctions, repair and alter; electrical plumbing and HVAC systems. • If the applicant does not meet all criteria under Experience but demonstrates a high degree of ability as described under Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, applicant will be considered equivalent to meeting all criteria under Experience. License/Certification/Registration: • Within one year of hire/transfer, successful completion of American Society of Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) NFPA-99-2012, “Health Care Facilities Code”. SUPERVISION RECEIVED Receives supervision from the Facility Supervisor. SUPERVISION GIVEN None ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS • Equipment Operation and maintenance. • Controls and maintains boilers, generators, pumps, and compressors. • Start-up, regulate, repair, and shut down equipment as needed. • Monitors boiler alarms, controls, and computerized controls at least every 20-30 minutes. Makes adjustments to ensure equipment operates safely and within established limits. • Records system and/or equipment operating temperatures, pressures, performs water tests daily to confirm accuracy, and performs weekly soft water tests. • Performs weekly tests of the emergency generating equipment and keeps appropriate records of the same. • Performs all routine building operating procedures, such as, but not limited to, starting equipment at specified times, checking and adding salt to softeners, recording data throughout the building. • Routine and typical duties • Performs tasks such as but not limited to: snow removal; grounds care; painting; cleaning etc.; within the parameters of 25 feet of the Central Utility Plant. • Performs maintenance duties in the boiler room and mechanical rooms such as, but not limited to, gage glass replacement/repair, valve leakage repairs, lubrication of equipment, leak checking, and activate valves to change the amount of water, air, and fuel in boilers. • Fire or feed boilers, using gas feeds or oil pumps. • Assists other maintenance men on jobs that require assistance and responds to emergency calls throughout the building when others are not available. • Use sophisticated electrical and electronic testing equipment to perform electrical and/or plumbing and/or mechanical alterations and repairs, such as but not limited to, boiler equipment, chiller equipment, generating equipment, medical gas equipment, mechanical equipment, etc. • Performs preventive maintenance inspections, adjustments, repairs, alterations, record keeping, etc. • Check safety devices within the Central Utility Plant routinely. • Reviews daily, all water tests and water treatments. • Shares in call duties for non-covered working hours. • Performs other duties related to the employee's job classification and department operations as assigned by the supervisor. • Recommends improvements to existing system and may be asked to help specify new equipment. • Recommends and specifies materials for repairs/replacements and refers these to the Inventory Expeditor. • Performs pump and associated equipment repairs. NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Performs related and miscellaneous duties as assigned.