Service Mechanic-Plant Services Eve

Role Overview

Maintains all Plant Services operating systems including steam, electricity, air, heat, cooling, water, vacuum, medical gases, and provides emergency alternatives in the event of failures. Responds to any and all facility issues that may arise anywhere throughout the hospital.

• Ensures patient comfort and safety by reducing impact of basic service interruptions.
• Ensures staff and visitor comfort & safety.
• Ensures equipment operates efficiently and safely by rounding mechanical rooms and monitoring equipment through the building management system (BMS).
• Performs boiler water analysis and treatment.
• Corrects and reports hazardous conditions noted on rounds; monitors boiler pressures, tank levels, various leaks, etc.; responds to Code Reds.
• Reports and logs all defective equipment, particularly if safety is implicated.
• Repairs equipment, including patient items, during off‑shifts.
• Conducts routine nightly rounds to all equipment rooms and machine spaces.
• Answers all calls from the facilities dispatcher and responds to all computer alarms.
• Responds to elevator problems.
• Performs preventive maintenance on air handling equipment.
• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:

High school graduate or equivalent.

Minimum experience:

Seven years related experience in a hospital or industrial environment.

Required experience:

Operating air‑handling units, heating, cooling, boilers, chillers, refrigeration equipment, and preventive maintenance of mechanical equipment, including filter changes and greasing bearings on pumps and motors.

License:
Required OE‑2, S1, or S2.

Manual:
Significant manual skills, motor coordination, and finger dexterity.

Occupational:
Significant occupational risk.

Physical Effort:
Very heavy effort, may exert up to 50 lbs. force.

Physical Environment:
Exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Company:
Danbury Hospital

Org Unit: 247

Department:
Plant Services

Exempt:
No

Salary Range: $28.78 - $53.45 hourly