Plant Utilities Assistant (NY HELPS

Position: Plant Utilities Assistant (NY HELPS)
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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 08/03/26

Applications Due
08/19/26

Vacancy ID221075

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NY HELPYes

Agency University at Albany

Title Plant Utilities Assistant (NY HELPS)

Occupational Category Skilled Craft, Apprenticeship, Maintenance

Salary Grade
09

Bargaining UnitOSU - Operational Services Unit (CSEA)

Salary Range From $42641 to $52413 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Other (see below)

"Other" Explanation Sunday thru Thursday
11:00PM to 7:00AM (pass days Friday/Saturday)

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 11 PM

To 7 AM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? Yes

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address University at Albany (Power Plant)

1400 Washington Avenue

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code
12222

Duties Description Plant Utilities Assistants perform semiskilled tasks in a safe and efficient manner by operating and maintaining steam or high temperature hot water boilers rated at 15 pounds per square inch or more; maintain and repair boilers for heating systems, air conditioning, chillers, pumps, domestic hot water, ventilation, other power plant auxiliary equipment, and electrical distribution and mechanical stationary equipment.

May supervise Plant Utilities Helpers in performing routine manual labor. Experienced incumbents may be assigned a limited number of activities requiring the full performance level skills of a Plant Utilities Engineer
1. Positions involve shift work within a 24-hour work schedule which includes night and holiday shifts.

Minimum Qualifications This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title maybe filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination.

Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

NON-COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (NY HELPS):

Either
1. Graduate of heating, HVAC, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration apprenticeship program from the U.S. Air Force;

Or 2. Must have been an enlisted machinery technician (MK) with the U.S. Coast Guard OR possession of a certificate as a Marine Engineer issued by the U.S. Coast Guard;

Or 3. Must have been an enlisted power generation equipment repairer with the U.S. Army;

Or 4. Must have been an enlisted gas turbine systems technician, submarine nuclear propulsion plant operator reactor control, utilities man, machinist mate, or engineman with the U.S. Navy;

Or 5. Must have a Merchant Mariner's Document (MMD) and have been a qualified member of the engine department (QMED) as an oiler, fireman/water tender, refrigerating engineer or engineman with the U.S. Merchant Marine;

Or 6. Completion of a New York State Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program for stationary engineers, plant maintenance (plumber/steamfitter), HVAC Mechanic or plant maintenance (refrigeration/AC) (See Note #1);

Or 7. Possession of a High-Pressure Boiler Operating Engineer License or Stationary Engineer License;

Or 8. A bachelor's degree in Facilities Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Marine Engineering;

Or 9. An associate's degree in HVAC;

Or 10. One year of full-time hands-on experience in the maintenance and operation of commercial, residential, industrial, institutional facility, computer applications of digital energy platforms and building analytics and/or performing diagnosis, maintenance, and/or repair of HVAC systems or boilers or auxiliary equipment

Or 11. Completion of an HVAC certificate or diploma from a BOCES program (440 hours) OR completion of an approved certificate in HVAC, electrical, refrigeration, boiler operations and maintenance, or plumbing from an accredited technical school or technology college (See Note)

Or 12. Successful completion of a…