Stationary Engineer
The College of Wooster // Wooster, Ohio
The College of Wooster is a community of Independent Minds, Working Together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. We engage motivated students in a rigorous and dynamic liberal education.
Description
The Stationary Engineer operates and maintains mechanical equipment such as boiler feed pumps, circulating pumps, water treatment equipment, air compressors, generators, motors, turbines, and natural gas fired steam boilers to generate steam and electricity for campus buildings. The Stationary Engineer is in direct charge of all stationary engines and mechanical equipment and responsible for the continuous uninterrupted (24 hour / 7 day) safe and efficient operation of all systems and equipment. Participates in the maintenance, repair, rebuild, and new installation of equipment. Makes competent decisions regarding normal operations of the Powerhouse as well as emergency situations that may occur.
Essential Departmental Duties and Responsibilities:
Provides reliable steam and electrical supply to the campus by monitoring operating conditions, recording data, adjusting controls, inspecting and maintaining equipment.
Maintains continuous operation of Powerhouse under various load and seasonal conditions, to assure the safe and efficient operations of all equipment.
Performs water titration tests and adds appropriate chemical additives into treatment tanks to treat boiler waterside surfaces and distribution condensate return line.
Assists other Facilities Operations staff by performing miscellaneous plumbing, steam fitting, and mechanical work across campus.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education and/or Experience:
High school diploma and one – three years verifiable experience operating and or maintaining boilers and boiler room equipment.
Minimum requirement of a current Third-Class Ohio Stationary Steam Engineer’s License.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Skills: (Language, communication, reading and reasoning)
Strong problem solving and technical skills.
Customer Service mindset.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work effectively independently and as a team member.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with staff members and employees of outside contractors/service companies.
Knowledge: (Math, Computer/Tech, May list soft skills)
Uses computerized maintenance management system to provide work order status to customers.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to interpret charts and graphs.
Abilities: (Safety, Mission, Ethics and Code of Conduct)
Acknowledge and comply with all departmental SOP, safety, and college requirements.
Strong professional ethics and discretion with an attitude of respect for all employed at the College of Wooster.
Additional Information:
Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this job, the staff member regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock.
The employee frequently works in high, precarious places.
The individual occasionally works in outside weather conditions and is occasionally in close proximity to toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
COMMENTS: This is a 24 hour/365-day operation. Stationary engineers must be able to work any of the three 8-hour work shifts, to be able to work a 40-hour week, and to be able to work overtime when the workload demand and/or available manpower requires it. A salary screening will be provided once an applicant is established to provide total compensation, not just an hourly rate.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the staff member is regularly required to use hands or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and work at heights above 30 feet; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and enter confined spaces; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
The employee frequently is required to stand and walk and is occasionally required to sit.
The individual must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
