Boiler Inspector, Williamsville (NY HELPS

Boiler Inspector

Under the direction of a Senior Boiler Inspector, the incumbent will:

• Make scheduled regulatory safety inspections of high/low pressure boilers and boiler installations to ensure their safe operating condition.
• Enforce compliance with statutory provisions of the Labor Law and industrial rules relating to boiler operations.
• Conduct inspections as the result of complaints or accidents.
• Inspections may require climbing through small openings and climbing on top of boilers.
• Employees will be required to travel, multiple days/nights, for training purposes, not to exceed one week at a time.
• Participate in change in organizational transformations, ensuring successful adoption and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Engage in technology and innovation by leveraging emerging technologies to optimize processes and enhance customer experiences.
• Proactively manage relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally.
• Think strategically about current and future organizational needs.
• Adapt to shifting priorities.
• Participate in the comprehensive process of implementing changes, ensuring smooth transitions, effective communication, and minimal disruption.
• Proactively identify, address, and resolve conflicts to foster constructive dialogue and a productive, collaborative work environment.
• Analyze issues, make sound judgments, and implement effective solutions to drive positive outcomes.
• Proactively identify potential challenges and identify preventative solutions.
• Take part in team collaboration and achieve agency objectives.
• Effectively convey information, ideas, and expectations to diverse audiences through various channels, ensuring clarity and understanding.
• Foster an inclusive and equitable environment that values and leverages the strengths of a diverse workforce.
• Ensure exceptional customer service by proactively addressing needs and expectations.
• Demonstrate self-awareness and empathy to effectively manage relationships, build trust, and foster productive interactions.
• Uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct and professional integrity in all actions and decisions.
• Maintain and apply an understanding of relevant technologies and digital tools to optimize performance and drive innovation.

NY HELPS Non-Competitive

Minimum Qualifications:

• Four years of commercial, residential, or military experience in boiler making, boiler installation or inspection or in the operation and maintenance of high and/or low pressure boilers including all firing apparatus and control devices.
• Substitution:
  An associate degree in engineering technology, marine engineering, mechanical engineering, or mechanical technology and either two years of commercial, residential, or military experience in boiler making, boiler installation or inspection or in the operation and maintenance of high and/or low pressure boilers including all firing apparatus and control devices.
• Your degree must have been awarded by an educational institution accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the United States (U.S.) Department of Education/Secretary of Education. If awarded by an institution outside of the U.S. and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency.
• It is expected that employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status in the future, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded 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.
• As this position requires travel, the appointee must have a valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State and have a motor vehicle or otherwise demonstrate their capacity to meet the transportation needs of the position.

Competitive

Minimum Qualifications:

• 55 B/C
  
  Qualifications:
  
  This position is designated 55b/c and is subject to verification of applicant eligibility. Please provide a copy of your 55b/c letter when applying. You must meet the open competitive qualifications from the most recent examination announcement.
• Reassignment
  
  Qualifications:
  
  Current Department of Labor employees only, with at least one year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55b/c service in a Boiler Inspector; if you have less than one year, you must be reachable on the current Boiler Inspector eligible list for this location, if one exists.
• 70.1 Transfer
  
  Qualifications:
  
  One year of permanent or contingent-permanent as a Plant Utilities Engineer 1 SG14.
• 70.4 Transfer
  
  Qualifications:
  
  One year of permanent or contingent-permanent service as a Grade 12 or higher and a passing score on the Boiler Inspector exam.
• Note:
  
  Candidates must not have failed the most recent examination for this title.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to initiate and maintain relationships across a diverse set of stakeholders.

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