Boiler Tender

The Boiler Technician performs preventive maintenance, inspection preparation, operational testing, troubleshooting, repair, water-treatment support, condition assessment, and documentation for boilers, gas-fired water heaters, unfired pressure vessels (UPVs), and all mechanically or electrically interlocked ancillary equipment. The position supports safe, reliable operation, minimizes breakdowns, maximizes useful life, maintains current certifications, and records work and asset-condition data in NAVFAC MAXIMO in accordance with the contract, approved programs, OEM instructions, and applicable codes.

• Execute the approved preventive maintenance program and monthly work schedule for boilers, UPVs, burners, heat exchangers, tanks, meters, pressure vessels, pumps, piping, valves, distribution lines, condensate return lines, monitoring systems, and controls.
• Inspect, clean, adjust, lubricate, test, troubleshoot, repair, replace, start up, shut down, and perform operational checks on assigned equipment in accordance with OEM requirements and accepted industry practices.
• Prepare boilers and UPVs for Government inspection, testing, and NAVFAC certification; provide required cleaning, access, operation, test support, and assistance to the Government Certified Boiler Inspector.
• Immediately remove equipment from service and notify supervision when a safety deficiency is identified; do not operate a boiler or UPV without a valid NAVFAC inspection certificate.
• Provide five working days advance notice through supervision when equipment is ready for testing and certification, and promptly return equipment to service after certification is issued.
• Perform or support boiler-water sampling, testing, chemical treatment, trend review, and corrective adjustment in accordance with OEM requirements and UFC 3-240-13FN. Coordinate independent laboratory testing when applicable.
• Comply with boiler attendance requirements; monitor operating conditions, combustion, flame, pressure, temperature, safety controls, fuel supply, alarms, and system efficiency.
• Maintain operable knowledge of applicable DDC systems at programmer level; monitor and troubleshoot boiler controls and coordinate approved control adjustments and software/firmware activities.
• Complete annual dynamic-equipment condition assessments during invasive PM activities and whenever equipment is repaired, replaced, or experiences a significant condition change.
• Enter accurate work-order, PM, meter-reading, deficiency, parts, labor, and asset-condition information in NAVFAC MAXIMO in real time during normal hours or by the next working day for after-hours work.
• Identify asset inventory discrepancies, including missing assets, incorrect data, unreadable serial numbers, incorrect MAXIMO names, and removed or replaced equipment; report changes before updates are made.
• Respond to emergency, urgent, and routine service requirements as assigned, protect Government property, minimize service interruption, and provide clear status updates.
• Notify supervision within two hours when expected work exceeds contractual recurring-work or incidental-repair limits. Do not commit out-of-scope work without authorization.
• Use lockout/tagout, confined-space, hot-work, fall-protection, respiratory-protection, hazard-communication, and other controls required by the accepted APP and AHA.
• Maintain orderly work areas, remove debris, protect adjacent systems and finishes, and complete touch-up and restoration required to return the asset and work area to serviceable condition.
• Maintain accurate inspection reports, certificates, test reports, service records, warranty information, equipment history, and technical-library updates.

• Journeyman-level boiler, HVAC/mechanical, or stationary-equipment maintenance capability demonstrated through recognized training and relevant experience.
• Training and certification by the OEM or a recognized training organization for assigned equipment, with Florida licensing where applicable.
• For boiler/UPV inspection, test witnessing, report preparation, or certificate-support functions: qualifications consistent with UFC 3-430-07 and EPA Method 9 Visible Emissions Testing Protocol.
• For boiler operation and maintenance: applicable Florida licensing as required by the contract, EPA Method 9 qualification, and combustion-optimization operator training sponsored by FDEP, EPA, or an equipment vendor at least…