Engineer

Schedule

Full Time: 80 Hours/Biweekly

Hours: 7:00am - 3:30pm and 3:00pm - 11:30pm

Every Other Weekend and Holiday, Required

Perform tasks of maintenance, inspection and repairing of mechanical equipment, medical gas system, fire alarm system, plumbing system and others.    

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Technical Excellence
1.   Thinks critically; utilizes sound judgment; promptly reports potential risks.
2.   Maintains state of art knowledge of area of specialty, healthcare trends and practice, and populations served.
3.   Maintains a level of computer literacy appropriate to their role.
4.   Meets and maintains current all unit specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required.
5.   Completes hospital-required reviews, e.g. HIPAA, safety, health screening,
care concerns, and others as assigned.
6.   Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals.

Job Class Specifics
1.   Demonstrates responsibility for the containment of Hospital costs and conservation of supplies and equipment.
2.   Communicates with fellow employees in a courteous manner at all times; maintains appropriate interdepartmental relationship.
3.   Establishes a good rapport and professional working relationship with all department and Hospital personnel.
4.   Always provides proper notification and advance notice for absence or tardiness.
5.   Performs skills above the basic operating level on steam boilers; prepares boiler for inspection by local, state or hospital authorities. Disassembles, repairs, and reassembles boiler.
6.   Performs skills above the basic operating level on boiler support equipment; repairs electric pump and DA tank; repairs floats, sight gauges, switches and plumbing.
7.   Performs skill above the basic level on building water systems; installs and repairs valves, plumbing pumps, regulators and tanks.
8.   Performs skill above the basic level on building sewer system.  Removes and replaces commodes, sinks, and faucets; installs new sewer lines, commodes, sinks, showers and plumbing.
9.   Performs skills above the basic level on building electrical system; installs new service, understands load requirements and equipment protection.  Demonstrates trouble-shooting skills, installs new equipment within limits set by the Hospital.
10.   Performs skills above the basic operating level; services diesel engines, demonstrates knowledge of control panels, understands minimum and maximum operating limits of electrical output, repairs emergency panels and generators within limits set by the Hospital.
11.   Performs skills above the basic operating level; drains system and refills systems. Repairs pumps, replaces switches, sprinkler heads and plumbing, performs operational check of system, all within limits set by Hospital.
12.   Performs skills above the basic level on laundry equipment; repairs and/or replaces electrical, air and mechanical component.  Shows trouble-shooting skills.
13.   Performs skills on Hospital beds and stretchers; repairs mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and air component.  Completes safety inspections.
14.   Repairs vacuum, oxygen and medical air wall pumps and controls.
15.   Operates and maintains steam boiler. Performs basic operating skills on steam boiler, places boiler on-line, takes boiler off-line; clears malfunction code, knows correct pressures.
16.   Performs tests to comply with state/federal EPA regulations.
17.   Performs water chemical test, fills chemical tanks with the correct ratios.
18.   Performs basic operating skills on boiler support equipment, stops and starts feed and transfer pumps, knows operation of DA tank.
19.   Has skill to operate boiler on different types of fuels.
20.   Performs basic skills on building air systems, tightens fittings, checks oil level in compressors.
21.   Performs skills above the basic level on building air system, installs and repairs plumbing, regulators, compressors, and installs new equipment.
22.   Performs basic skill on building water system, repairs leaks, repairs faucets.
23.   Performs basic skill on building sewer systems, opens stopped drains, commode repairs, flush valves, cleans grease traps.
24.   Performs basic operating skills on building electrical system, replaces circuit breakers, receptacles, switches, electric motors, light fixtures.
25.   Performs basic operating skills for emergency generators, starting/stopping and monitoring.
26.   Performs basic operating skills for operation of sprinkler system, knows location of control valves, starts and stops pumps.
27.   Performs basic skills on laundry equipment, clears stoppage, repairs leaks, switches and motors.
28.   Repairs chairs, desks, staplers, holepunches, sharpeners, and clocks.
29.   Repairs stoves, ovens, food warmers, steam and electrical food preparing devices and sanitary equipment.
30.   Repairs equipment used for housekeeping, but not limited to sweepers, floor cleaner/waxer, mop buckets.
31.   Performs preventive maintenance on all equipment and systems assigned Plant Operations.
32.   Performs casualty prevention on all equipment and systems assigned.
33.   Plans the requirement for the job in advance and follows the work plan.
34.   Keeps a log on equipment to show operating status.
35.   Submits daily documentation on work completed, understands the paperwork required for ordering parts.

Education:   High School graduate or equivalent required; formal training in stationary engineering-related field preferred.

Experience:   Experience applying customer service behaviors and communication skills required.   1-2 years experience in electric, plumbing and mechanical systems required. Completion of school in stationary engineering-related field may be substituted for 1-2 years experience requirement. 

Certifications/Licensure:     Valid driver's license required.