Utilities Systems Repairer-Operator

Found in: beBee jobs US - 2 weeks ago


Togus, United States Department Of Veterans Affairs Full time
Summary

This USRO position is in Facility Management at the VA Maine Healthcare System located at the Togus location. This position is full time at 40 hours per week.



Duties

This Utilities Systems Repairer-Operator works in both the Boiler and the Chiller Plants performing operation, maintenance, and repair of four high pressure boilers, three centrifugal chillers, three cooling towers, one steam absorption chiller, and all associated equipment, piping, and controls. Duties include, but are not limited to:

  • Check operating equipment in Boiler plant regularly; monitors the building automation system; medical gas alarm panels; elevator emergency call systems; and temperature monitors for temperature and humidity.
  • During normal working hours, the incumbent fields, and routes hot and cold calls as well as other Engineering service calls.
  • Check the operational safety of equipment to ensure optimal operation such as flame extension, low water cutout, low and high-water alarms, and high-pressure cutouts.
  • Repack and replaces pumps, valves, greasing oil pumps, valves, and control linkages.
  • Operate the equipment, initiates the regeneration of water softeners when tests indicate hardness in the water. Operates, repairs, and maintains support equipment such as deaerator tank, condensate storage tanks, associated pumps, chemical injection systems, and air-control systems.
  • Chiller Plant operations, repair and maintenance duties include hourly checks of all operating equipment in the chiller plant; each shift making inspections of the cooling towers and utility tunnels, and daily checking the bulk oxygen storage facility.
  • Maintain the chiller plant and all peripheral equipment including pumps, piping, etc.; heating and ventilation units, exhaust fans, and all other similar equipment involved in the chiller plant.
  • Perform operator-level preventative and corrective maintenance on boilers, chillers, cooling towers, exhaust equipment, pumps, steam traps, compressors, and other associated equipment.
  • Inspect, adjusts, and repairs all boiler control safety devices, instrumentation, flow meters, etc. and must inspect repairs and adjustments made by contractors.
  • Use tools such as manometers, multi-meters, combustion analyzers, test gauges, infrared thermometers, and dead weight testers.
  • Perform major and minor repairs to equipment in accordance with VA regulations and directives, ASME boiler and pressure vessel codes, ASHRAE standards, facility policies, and good engineering practice.
  • Check the operation of Honeywell and Centrak systems.
  • Maintain daily log sheets of boiler operations and checks all readings for indications of

    inefficient or dangerous operating conditions of chillers and auxiliary equipment.
  • In the case of power failure, the incumbent is responsible for operating boilers and chillers under the emergency power generators provided at each building, which are used for the continuous operation of all electrical equipment in the power plant.
  • After normal business hours, the operator receives calls directed to Facilities Management and performs first response actions to trouble calls, including elevator entrapments, throughout the campus and corrects problems within training and capabilities that can be done in a short time.
  • Responsible for maintaining an accurate and complete log of conditions and events during his/her tour, and the turnover of items requiring further attention to the appropriate shop.
Work Schedule: Full Time Sunday-Saturday - All hours

Position Description Title/PD#: USRO/PD035490

Compressed/Flexible Work Schedule: Not Authorized

Telework/Virtual/Remote Work: Not authorized

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: May be authorized

Financial Disclosure: Not required

Notifications:
  • This position is in an AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
  • This position is in the Competitive Service.
  • Veterans' preference does not apply
  • Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

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