Stationary Engineer

Alexi Giannoulias

• Stationary Engineer
• Division:
  Engineering
• Union: N/A
• Location:
  
  401 S. 2nd St., Springfield, IL – Sangamon County
• Salary: $10,777.64 monthly

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Operates and maintains heating and cooling and air condition equipment, air handling and perimeter convectors, steam and hot water converters and reducing stations; may perform maintenance tasks within assigned building.

• Makes rounds of assigned building at regular intervals, reads gauges, adjusts equipment; operates and maintains heating, cooling and air conditioning equipment, air handling and perimeter convectors, heating and cooling coils, steam and hot water converters, water pumps, reducing stations, sump pumps, air compressors, fire control systems, auxiliary generators, humidifiers and other related equipment; answers all complaints and emergency calls.
• Monitors head pressure and oil pressure and other related gauges and meters; starts, switches and stops carriers for cooling and heating equipment and related pumps for cooling supply and cooling towers.
• Maintains pumps, compressors, fans and belts; makes necessary adjustments to heating and cooling equipment changing filters, belts, cleaning, lubricating and greasing, cleaning vents and fan coil units, bearings, strainers and screens and perimeter units utilized in heating and cooling of buildings.
• Maintains daily logs recording gauge readings, water consumption, equipment operation, and maintenance work performed, and complaints received emergency calls and similar data.
• Takes necessary action for winter/summer changeovers; opens and closes steam valves; drains or fills water system; oils and greases equipment and performs other maintenance as required.
• Makes and records tests of water utilized for consumption or cooling equipment water towers; adjusts blow downs and adds chemicals to towers for water conditioning and phosphate control as required.
• Takes emergency calls after hours including plumbing problems, flooding, fire etc.; takes necessary action contacting appropriate tradesmen and submitting required reports of activities.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of high school and the equivalent of the successful completion of an apprenticeship program necessary to qualify as journeyman stationary engineer.

• four (4) years of experience in power plant operation and in firing high-pressure stationary boilers or
• experience equivalent to two years journeyman level work in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry or
• successful completion of the Illinois Secretary of State Stationary Apprentice Engineer Training Program
• Requires CFC Certification under USFPA Section 608 rules.

• Requires extensive knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques used in the operation of high-pressure coal, gas or oil-fired boilers and their auxiliaries.
• Requires working knowledge of the operation of electrical generating equipment.
• Requires ability to direct the work of employees engaged in the maintenance of mechanical systems.
• Requires the ability to keep simple records.
• Requires skill in the control and regulation of high-pressure boilers.
• Requires skill in the use of tools and equipment used in maintaining power-generating equipment.
• Requires ability to observe and judge the operating efficiency of power generating and allied machinery.
• Requires ability to perform the physical functions and tasks associated with a journeyman stationary engineer…