Stationary Engineer Controls Specialist

Position: STATIONARY ENGINEER CONTROLS SPECIALIST
EXAM NUMBER

W7200K

When to Submit Your Application:

We are accepting application beginning January 4, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. (PT) and will remain open until the needs of the Service are met and is subject to closure at any time without prior notice.

Type of Recruitment:  Open Competitive Job Opportunity

NO OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE WILL BE ACCEPTED

Check Out Our Outstanding Benefits!

Los Angeles County offers one of the strongest public-sector packages in the nation.

* Flexible Benefit Plans - Benefits may be purchased using tax-free County contribution of an additional 14.5%-17% of the employee's monthly salary.

* Robust Retirement Packages - Contributory-defined benefit plan; optional tax-deferred income plans that may include a County matching contribution up to 4% of employee's salary.

* Generous Maternity and Family Leave Benefits

* Flexible Schedules (Telework - where appropriate)

* Rideshare, Parking, and Transit Benefits

* 13 paid holidays per year

for more details on employee benefits.

Who We Are:

The Internal Services Department (ISD) plays a major role in supporting all County of Los Angeles departments and commissions. With an annual budget of over $885M and 2,162 budgeted positions along with over 5,120 contracted workers of varying professions in facilities management, information technology, environmental, administrative, purchasing, and contracting, ISD is the County's trusted partner and provider of choice.

The Opportunity:

The Power Plant Section is seeking an exceptional individual to join our team operating and maintaining seven heating and refrigeration plants. This is a great opportunity to use your skills in a professional environment focused on safety, reliability, efficiency, and regulatory compliance. Our plants provide the critical infrastructure to keep things running smoothly. With your expertise, we can continue delivering the behind-the-scenes energy that enables success across the organization.

Our team takes pride in upholding the highest standards while continuously improving these vital facilities.

What You Will Do

Uses hand tools and precision instruments to install, maintain, adjust and repair indicating, recording, telemetering, and control instruments used to measure and control variables, such as pressure, flow, temperature, motion, force and chemical composition of boiler and refrigeration water.

Troubleshoots control system components and replaces or repairs defective parts.

Operates, troubleshoots, and repairs electronic, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems, and high voltage systems and equipment.

Performs annual boiler testing for emissions.

Disassembles malfunctioning instruments, and inspects and tests mechanisms and circuitry for defects.

Operates, maintains, repairs, and inspects manual and automatic gas and oil fired high pressure steam or high temperature hot water boilers.

Disassembles, inspects, and tests instruments for conformance with specifications, using test instruments such as potentiometers, resistance bridges, manometers and pressure gauges.

Prepares drawings for the fabrication and modification of instrument parts and components.

Operates, maintains, repairs, and inspects motors, steam-driven equipment, steam reducing stations expansion tanks, air compressors, supply and exhaust fans, various kinds of pumps and valves, steam traps, water treatment systems, water heaters and other heating plant auxiliary equipment.

Operates, maintains, repairs and inspects reciprocating, centrifugal or absorption central air conditioning machinery including condensers, evaporators, cooling towers, pumps, purge tanks and related equipment.

Tests boiler water, condensate, cooling tower water, and water from other systems, and adds corrective chemicals.

Inspects, adjusts, repairs and maintains refrigeration units for food storage boxes.

Inspects oxygen and vacuum systems for proper pressure, leaks or stoppages and makes emergency repairs.

Tests, operates and maintains emergency diesel powered electric generating equipment.

Maintains logs of plant operations and records maintenance and repair work performed.

Drives automotive equipment to and from work sites, in order to transport the…