Maintenance Engineer 8 HR

Job Details:

Start Date:

Open Until Filled.

• High School Graduate or Equivalent with related shop courses preferred
• Up to one month’s on-the-job training to learn location of equipment, supplies and hospital layout. Working knowledge of related sections of public building and safety codes
• Must possess a valid California’s driver’s license with a clean DMV record
• Ability to interact with co-workers, patients, families and physicians

Job Summary

The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for maintaining buildings, grounds, equipment, utilities and their use. The Maintenance Engineer attends maintenance/engineering training, attends staff meetings, safety meetings and other meetings as directed by the Director of Plant Operations.

Duties

• Repairs, installs, replaces and tests electrical circuits, equipment and appliances using hand tools and testing instruments to supply electrical power for lighting and equipment operation in the hospital
• Inspects and tests electrical lighting, signal, communication, and power circuits and equipment
• Isolates defects in wiring, switches, motors and other electrical equipment using testing instruments such as ammeter, ohmmeter, voltmeter, or testing lamp
• Examines and tests such elements of systems as distribution panel, controls, circuit fixtures and motors to locate obvious faults such as blown fuses, short circuits, broken wires, loose connections, and worn motors
• Replaces faulty switches, sockets, plugs, fuses, insulators, and other simple elements of electrical systems, fixtures and appliances
• Renews circuits either by isolating and cutting out defective wiring and replacing it with new wiring, or by splicing ends of broken wires
• Dismantles electrical machinery with hand tools and unsolder or unscrew wiring connections
• Replaces such defective mechanical parts as gears, bushings and bearings and such related electrical parts as armatures, commentators, and transformers, assembling components according to diagrams
• Checks clearance of moving parts with precision gauges
• Restores electrical connections to complete circuits
• Installs new wiring and electrical machinery
• Studies blueprints and diagrams to ascertain layout, location and specifications of items to be installed
• Estimates quantities of materials needed
• Cuts and shapes conduit with hand tools and fastens it in place with brackets
• Fastens fixtures, switches and outlet boxes in positions
• Runs wire through conduit and makes connections to complete circuits
• Assembles, installs, and connects components of switchboards and distribution panels and connects them to units controlled
• Mounts motors, transformer, lighting fixtures or other equipment into position and completes circuits, according to diagram specifications
• May perform related work, such as recording time and materials expended on each work order; operating lathe, grinding, and polishing machines, on making finishing, and rebuilding parts of equipment, and performing minor carpentry, plastering, and painting in connection with repair work
• Performs a variety of duties in and around buildings and grounds of the hospital complex and off site facilities in completing their tasks
• Assists by transporting materials and tools by hand or dolly and by performing tasks as directed
• Makes repairs, cleans, lubricates and stores maintenance tools and equipment
• Observes mechanical devices, pumps, engines, motors, air conditioning systems, laboratory equipment and plumbing systems in operation and listens to their sounds to locate causes of trouble
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts
• Repairs or replaces defective parts
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments or may install special functional and structural parts
• Lubricates and cleans parts
• Starts devices to test their performanceinetriar lt et exact aulic:
• Set-up and operate lathe, drill press, grinder and other metal-working tools to make and repair parts
• Keep records for equipment showing type, model number, date of installation, and extent of service
• Repair toolkit, ammeters, ohmmeters, test lamp, volt ammeter, wattmeter and wiring diagrams
• Fans, pumps, motors,…