DSHS FTAA Stationary Engineer
Listed on 2026-06-12
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Trades / Skilled Labor
HVAC Tech / Heating Engineer, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic -
Engineering
HVAC Tech / Heating Engineer, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic
Overview
Salary
: $61,644.00 - $71,472.00 Annually
Location
:
King County - Shoreline, WA
Job Type
:
Full Time - Permanent
Job Number
:
Department
:
Dept. of Social and Health Services
Division
: FTAA
Opening Date
: 05/21/2026
Closing Date
: 5/31/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
Our Maintenance and Operations Division is looking to add an experienced Boiler Operator (Stationary Engineer
2) to join our team of dedicated professionals at in Shoreline, WA. As a Stationary Engineer 2, you ll perform skilled engineering and repair work related to boiler and HVAC operations. This role is essential for maintaining a safe, comfortable, and efficient environment for our residents and staff. This is for hands-on operators of steam generators (also known as steam boilers, marine boilers, or hydronic heating boilers).
You ll be working directly with high-pressure steam systems, utilizing advanced combustion control systems such as Cleaver-Brooks HAWK, Allen Bradley, Fireye, Metasys, and similar platforms.
- Ensure the safe, efficient operation and maintenance of a high-pressure steam plant with two high-pressure steam boilers (natural gas with #2 diesel backup)
- Operate, monitor, and repair gauges, valves, metering pumps, boilers, electronic controls, and safety equipment for continuous operation
- Work with auxiliary systems: feedwater pumps, condensate pumps, deaerators, air compressors, fuel oil pumps, chemical treatment pumps, pneumatic and hand tools, and emergency generator
- Inspect, monitor and repair internal mechanical heating rooms in individual buildings
- Repair steam infrastructure across 68-acre campus
- With HVAC systems, knowledge of work and repair for DOAS systems and Citygate and Samsung VRF systems
- Troubleshoot and make major and minor adjustments to boiler and HVAC equipment
- Interpret schematics, drawings, and manuals for equipment operation and upgrades
- Operate and adjust combustion management systems (Cleaver-Brooks HAWK, Allen Bradley, Fireye, Metasys, etc.)
- Test boiler room equipment for safety, perform chemical treatment and cleaning of boiler water, condensate, and lubricate mechanical room equipment
- Conduct blow-down operations as needed for safe operation
- Respond to after-hours and weekend incidents as the on-site maintenance expert, evaluating situations and providing updates to the Facilities Manager or designee
- Three years of experience in the operation, maintenance, and/or repair of stationary (or marine) high-pressure boilers and heating systems
- Certificate of completion of an advanced Stationary Engineer course from an accredited vocational/technical school or community college, and two years of related experience
- Or one year of State service as a Stationary Engineer
- Or an approved HVAC journeyman license, approved apprentice program, or 4 years of work with an HVAC company in the repair, maintenance, and preventative maintenance of a variable refrigerant flow system and a dedicated outside air system
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