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Boiler Operator

State of Iowa - Executive Branch
Mount Pleasant, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/2/2026
Job Description

The Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility is a minimum custody, male facility that houses approximately 1150 incarcerated individuals.

Our goal is to offer treatment, work, education, and apprenticeship opportunities in order to prepare them for their entry back into the neighborhoods of Iowa.

The mission of the Iowa DOC is “Creating opportunities for safer communities, and our MPCF mission is, “Helping people become their best,” and we need talented and passionate people to fulfill our mission!

We are looking for a Power Plant Engineer 3 (Boiler Operator) to join our Power Plant team.

Opening is for a 4 day-10-hour shift position working 8pm-6am, Thursday and Friday nights and 12pm-10pm, Sunday and Monday afternoons.

Job Duties

This position will operate and control the high-pressure boiler system and electrical generation equipment to supply the institution with heat, hot water, and backup electrical power.

Monitor building automation and make adjustments as necessary.

Perform routine and preventive maintenance on power plant/boiler equipment, pumps, motors, fans, generators etc.

Make repairs on equipment such as rebuild of steam regulators, valves and traps.

Repair pumps and motors, minor welding repair and fabrication for the institution. This includes catwalks, frameworks and various campus equipment.

Supervision of Incarcerated Individual workers to complete routine maintenance and cleaning of the powerhouse and boiler area.

What We Offer The Selected Candidate

Collaborative and respectful team environment. Opportunities for professional development and personal growth

Excellent pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending and life insurance

Biweekly vacation accrual and separate sick leave

Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) retirement package

Optional 401A plan with employer contributions

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov .

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Experience equal to three years of full-time work in the operation, maintenance and repair of steam generating boilers, centralized air-conditioning or electrical power generating equipment and auxiliary systems;

OR

an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting 30 semester hours of accredited coursework from a military school or recognized trade or vocational school in power plant engineering principles including the operation, maintenance and repair of steam boilers for each year of the required experience to a maximum substitution of one year;

OR

employees with current continuous experience in the state Executive Branch that includes experience equal to one year of full-time experience as a Power Plant Engineer 2.

For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.

Additional Qualification Requirements

Within a period of time as determined by the appointing authority, certain employees in this class may be required to obtain a Fire Sprinkler Installer and Maintenance License in accordance with Chapter 100D, Iowa Code.

Designated positions in this job class require applicants to obtain the required certification, license and endorsements within a period of time as determined by the appointing authority at the time of hire.

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