Summary:Under the supervision of the Steam and Power Plant (SPP) V, the Steam and Power Plant II performs work related to the operation, maintenance and minor repairs of steam and central cooling plants. Work is typically mechanical in nature and performed on buildings throughout campus. This employee will be engaged in operating and maintaining boilers, chillers, air handling units, and auxiliary equipment needed to provide steam, hot water, heating, cooling, and humidity management. This position requires routine coordination of effort between F&S staff, the campus community, various outside contractors, and campus craftsmen.
Duties & Responsibilities:

Performs predictive and responsive maintenance and minor troubleshooting tasks related to plant mechanical systems for heating, cooling, and associated supporting infrastructure to include but not limited to circulating pumps, isolating valves, vibration isolation devices, compressors, pneumatic controls, thermostats, dampers, diffusers, coils, pipes, and ejection pits. : 30%

Performs routine and unexpected cleaning, repair, lubrication, and minor maintenance of the plant, boiler and mechanical 5equipment, condensers, coils, regulating valves, duct work, diffusers, and similar equipment. : 15%

Review and actively check and modify current operating conditions within the campus Building Automation System and inspect for anomalies, critical alarms, and erroneous set points and reports corrective actions to higher-level operators. : 10%

Record daily, weekly, and monthly inspections of equipment, meter readings from utilities, and activities in the Steam and Power Plant logbook(s), for purposes of historical record, cost accounting, and communication. : 10%

Performs detailed burner maintenance and general boiler preventive maintenance on low pressure, condensing and non-condensing boilers and auxiliary equipment; performs boiler safety checks to include but not limited to low water cutoffs and high temperature/high-pressure cutoffs. : 5%

Starts and stops equipment, checks gauges and logs on the boilers, tests and treats boiler water with needed chemicals; monitors boiler water, makes adjustments to maintain required levels; keeps chemical tanks filled and makes needed adjustments to feed water and chemicals. : 5%

Adjusts manual controls or overrides automatic controls, on systems that training has been provided, to bring equipment into recommended or prescribed operating ranges, switch to backup equipment or systems, or to shut down equipment. : 5%

Elevator Mechanicals: Check on the operation of elevators and related equipment, and coordinate trouble calls and repairs with the elevator service company. : 5%

Perform monthly safety checks on life safety systems and devices such as exit lighting, fire extinguishers, and building fire sprinkler systems. : 5%

Actively receives training and guidance from internal and external partners on plant maintenance, observes, studies, and learns approved methods and tool applications for maintaining and repairing boilers and plant equipment; detects malfunctions and notifies operators of any malfunctions. : 5%

Adheres to all workplace safety standards, guidelines, and best practices; recommends and researches new safety procedures to higher-level operators for consideration and inclusion as a best practice. Performs other duties as assigned. : 5%