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WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

Regular

Job Highlights:

This Plant Operations Technician position is a full time, day shift position including weekends.

Are you an self-driven, motivated technical professional looking to join a exceptional organization? Do you have one to two years skilled, technical experience? Are you interested in working to ensure the safety of the patients and customers at St Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin? If so, This role is responsible to monitor and operate all hospital equipment and power plant machinery as required. Records all data (electrical loads, steam loads, etc.) from Building Automation System. Communicates with power utility to inform them of the hospitals' status. You will solve problems by using remote controls available (computerize building automation system). You will also be observing and interpreting the information available from meters, gauges, instruments, and equipment operations to make the necessary adjustments properly, promptly and confidently within St Mary's Hospital to ensure the environment is safe for patients and customers.

Job Summary:

Operates and performs repairs and preventive maintenance on heating and air conditioning systems, boilers and power plant equipment.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitors operate and adjust facility equipment and power plant machinery following defined procedures. Performs scheduled inspection of various equipment for preventive maintenance programs and maintains records per policy.
• Repairs broken water and/or steam lines and install new lines. Performs water and air balancing to ensure proper distribution per system design. Overhauls and maintains all types of pumps, including centrifugal, rotor, positive displacement and multiple stage feed pumps. Overhauls and maintains multiple stage air compressors
• Overhauls and maintains hot water heating systems.
• Cleans and repairs: pneumatic and low voltage regulating controls; steam pressure control valves; various types of heat exchangers; and electrical motors and vacuum pumps.
• Maintains and upgrades the building automation system and integral components to the system such as but not limited to, variable air volume (VAV’s), thermostat’s, air handling unit (AHU) controllers, and makes adjustments to control strategies as conditions change
• Makes rounds to check all mechanical equipment in the facility to ascertain that it is working properly. Performs troubleshooting when and where required
• Performs maintenance welding and occasional silver soldering and brazing, and sweat copper as needed.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

• Two years' experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent reaching, gripping and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Rare use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Rare driving.

Licenses / Certifications:

FUTURE Boiler Operator License - within 12 months - State of Oklahoma, FUTURE - Boiler Operator - within 12 months - City of Oklahoma City, Licensed Energy Center/Boiler Operator - State of Work Location, Mechanical Contractor - State of Oklahoma, Mechanical Journeyman - Oklahoma Construction Industries Board

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Employee

9231000007 PLO - St. Mary's Madison

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