Stationary Engineer

What this job involves:

This position involves operating and maintaining critical building systems including high-pressure steam boilers, hot water systems, centrifugal chillers, and a cogeneration plant with two electricity-generating turbines.Â

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Understand and comply with all Environmental, Safety and Health (ES&H) programs and procedures.
• Operate, troubleshoot, and maintain high-pressure steam and hot water boilers to ensure in full compliance with the manufacturer’s recommendations and applicable permits/regulations.
• Operate, troubleshoot, and maintain site centrifugal chillers, pumps, cooling towers and related functional equipment to ensure reliability, efficiency and compliance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.
• Operate, troubleshoot, and maintain of Cogen Plant which includes 2 turbines generating electricity and steam.
• Monitor water testing, treatment and associated chemical usage for the boilers and chilled water systems ensuring compliance with the site water safety management plan.
• Operate control room for immediate response and corrective action to alarm conditions on a 24hr 7day basis. (backup support available)
• Monitor building automation systems to ensure proper operation of the Boiler and Chiller plants as well as air handling equipment.Â
• Document and record all activity as accurately as required.
• Monitor fuel storage systems and maintain usage logs and reports for various utilities in compliance with all applicable permits and regulations.
• Review, understand and follow site operations procedures for equipment.
• Write reports documenting incidents and equipment failures.

• Record buildings rounds and readings, and update engineering logs and engineering data sheets as needed.
• Responds and provides service and feedback to the Chief Engineer complying with codes, regulations and industry standards.

• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Interacts professionally and efficiently with other members of the operations team on a routine basis
• Reading and understanding repair manuals, specifications, drawings, and schematic diagrams.
• Monitor subcontractor activities
• Assists craft technicians in other facility maintenance trades and services as necessary.Â
• Perform other duties as assigned
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Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum Massachusetts 3rd class stationary engineer’s License

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work any shift as required for shift coverage
• 2+ Years operating 2nd class steam plants