Plant Operating Engineer

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality that has resulted in some of the lowest mortality rates in the nation. For the fourth consecutive year, Vizient Inc. ranked NYU Langone No. 1 for quality care in the nation and U.S. News & World Report recently placed 12 of its clinical specialties among the top 10 in the nation.

NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and over 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition-free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise with over $1 billion in active awards from the National Institutes of Health.

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We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Plant Operating Engineer.

• Makes rounds to ensure that appropriate corrective and preventative maintenance measures are taken to continue operation efficiently and uninterrupted. Identifies problems in areas, equipment and other issues. Communicates issues to other shops and management. Repairs equipment under domain.
• Ensure plant operations are performed safely and efficiently; monitor and respond to changes in operating conditions and system load demands to maintain continuous plant performance and prescribed plant output; perform preventive maintenance duties and routines. As required, receive plant fuel and material deliveries. Maintain qualifications for, perform stack emissions observations, document and write/generate reports satisfactory to the authorities having jurisdiction, and maintain/operate emissions equipment.
• Operate manual and automatic valves and controllers in the plant. Respond to field emergencies as needed. Perform lock out tag out as directed. Operate the plant either in the field or via the plant computerized control systems
• Provide complete and effective shift turn-over to oncoming shift. On an ongoing basis, be aware of and up-to-date with, plant conditions by reviewing the operations communication binder, work orders, outage work packages, log book, shift turn-over reports, night orders, standing orders, lock out tag out log, plant control systems or other communication protocols as directed.
• Respond to emergencies in central plant and other locations and restore plant and building systems to stable and safe operations; troubleshoot and fulfill/resolve work orders as directed by Engineer or plant management.
• Perform rounds and prepare work orders for required maintenance work. Respond to and record completed activities in work order system relative to job duties, including daily or frequent activities such as fuel changeovers, cleaning and changing strainers, water chemistry readings, reports and physically adding chemicals to the plant etc. Perform cleaning stations tasks and duties, operations work orders and night work orders completely and safely.
  
  Additional tasks and duties as directed by the Engineer or plant management.
• Perform plant rounds and record plant parameters on prescribed frequencies with required details as directed. Troubleshoot any abnormal plant conditions and report to plant management as required and directed. Provide safe and efficient operation and maintenance of the cogeneration facility.
• Maintain all relevant licenses including steam operator, fire safety director, emergency action plan director, standpipe/sprinkler, fuel oil operator, fire alarm, etc.
• Demonstrate leadership and interpersonal skills and following accepted procedures and techniques in conformance with N.Y.U. Langone Medical Center requirements.
• Maintain plant equipment and work areas in a safe, clean and healthful manner. Observe all Human Resource employee guidelines, departmental guidelines, policies, procedures and plant safety requirements including work rules and guidelines at all times and supervise personnel accordingly.
• Respond to emergencies in central plant and other locations and restore plant and building systems to stable and safe operations; troubleshoot and fulfill/resolve work orders as directed. Perform operations preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance as directed.
• Prepare work orders…