Engineer, Blue Seal-Full-Time-Flexible Schedule - Holy Name Medical Center
Teaneck, NJ 07666
About the Job
Description
Holy Name is New Jersey's last remaining independent, Catholic health system, comprising a comprehensive 361-bed acute care medical center, a cancer center, medical fitness center, residential hospice, nursing school, and physician network. The system has a national reputation for providing culturally sensitive care to a diverse population, drawing patients from across the New York City region to its specialty centers and renowned doctors. Holy Name's mission to provide technologically advanced, compassionate and personalized care extends across a continuum that encompasses education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and wellness maintenance. The system is known as a high-quality, low-cost provider of extraordinary clinical care given by compassionate, highly trained physicians and staff.
A Brief Overview
Blue Seal Engineer operates and maintains high pressure boilers and mechanical equipment. Repairs, inspects, and performs preventive maintenance on boiler room equipment, systems, and related devices. A Black Seal high pressure in charge license will be considered with the understanding that a Blue Seal will be obtained within six months. Union shop Local 68 operating engineers
What you will do
- Tests boilers water samples as required and adds proper chemical treatment to water as need is indicated in tests
- Operates and maintains boilers, observes various meters, gauges and control equipment and takes appropriate action for safe and efficient operation
- Performs periodic inspections of boiler room to ensure proper operation of heating, cooling, ventilation and utility equipment
- Cleans and prepares all boilers for the annual inspection
- Maintain boiler plant operations in accordance with local and State fire and safety codes
- Performs a variety of preventative maintenance tasks on all boiler room equipment including but not limited to: boiler work, HVAC equipment maintenance, etc as assigned
- Follows established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, safety and quality assurance standards
- Read gauges, meters, and documents observations to track boiler operations.
- Monitor boiler water, chemical, and fuel levels. Activate valves to change the amount of water, air, and fuel in boilers.
- Inspect equipment to ensure that it is operating efficiently.
- Check safety devices routinely. Record data and keep logs of operation, maintenance, and safety activity.
- Strive to make good use of time and seek out work that requires completion
- Complete work left from the previous shift and assist others as requested
- Assist in the orientation and skill development of new staff members as required
- Supports the overall maintenance of the interior/exterior of the work environment which may include changing bulbs, ballasts, switches, outlets etc., plumbing of toilets and sinks, repairs holes in walls, painting, changing ceiling tiles and moving furniture.
Education Qualifications
- High School Diploma required or
- High School Diploma Equivalent experience required
Experience Qualifications
- 1-3 years three years prior mechanical and boiler operating experience required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Strong ability to read and understand technical manuals/detailed work instructions
- Strong ability to interpret mechanical and electrical engineering drawings and schematics
- Skill in exercising initiative, judgement, problem solving, decision-making
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate clearly
Licenses and Certifications
- Requires a valid New Jersey Blue Seal Engineer License as a High-Pressure Steam Boiler Operator upon hire required
Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.