Plant Operator and Plant Operator Senior

Central Plant Operator and Central Plant Operator Senior

Join to apply for the Central Plant Operator and Central Plant Operator Senior role at Arizona State University
. This Full‑time, Non‑Exempt position offers a pay range of $28.00–$34.00 USD per hour, depending on experience and education.

Facilities Specialist 1 – Facilities Management. Full‑time, 24/7 Central Plant operation on the Tempe and West Valley campuses.

• Associate’s degree and at least one (1) year of experience appropriate to the assignment/field, OR equivalent combination of experience and training.
• EPA/CFC certification (or ability to obtain within six months of employment). Arizona driver’s license required.

Central Plant Operator

• Monitor gauges, meters, and indicators to verify operating conditions of boilers, chillers, compressors, motors, turbines, and related equipment.
• Prepare logs, charts, and reports of operating conditions.
• Clean, paint, lubricate, service, and make minor maintenance adjustments to ensure safe and economical operation of all equipment and submit reports for the preventive maintenance program.
• Make chemical analysis of water samples and adjust chemical amounts to protect equipment.
• Operate data center and computer to verify operating conditions at university facilities; initiate corrective action in trouble or emergency situations by notifying proper department or dispatching personnel.
• Perform maintenance in disassembly, assembly, repair, and cleaning of boilers, chillers, or other plant equipment as required.
• Apply safety standards always and maintain good housekeeping practices for a safe working environment.
• Report problems affecting plant safety to appropriate personnel.
• Use ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.

Central Plant Operator Senior

• Monitor, operate, repair, and perform preventative maintenance on boilers, chillers, plant equipment, and associated systems.
• Utilize computer interface to operate the Distributed Control System (DCS) / PLC.
• Collect water samples and perform tests on plant loops.
• Read plant gauges and maintain logs.
• Utilize hand and power tools, shoveled, squeegee, broom, vacuum, pallet jack, manual hoist, cleaning/paint tools, voltage/refrigerant/calibration meters, gantry, tap, dies, drills, grinders, pressure washer, tube cleaning machine, saws, mechanical hoist and impact wrench.
• Evaluate systems for effective energy usage and conservation; make, adjust, repair, replace as needed.
• Use software and hardware in computers and microprocessors for system troubleshooting, adjustment, and repair.
• Modify existing systems and programs, troubleshooting, and maintenance to optimize operation.
• Perform database uploads and downloads to provide DDC controllers with current programs.
• Operate and monitor control system equipment, detect source and nature of system problems.
• Make adjustments to change operating parameters due to emergencies, malfunctions, or optimization; perform emergency corrections to neutralize alarm conditions.
• Verify correct system and control sequence operations.
• May perform scheduled and unscheduled remote start and stop of equipment.
• Review, modify, and implement programming changes to plant control system for efficient and effective operations.
• Monitor and adjust control loops for optimum performance.
• Calibrate, repair, and replace plant control system sensing devices to specifications.
• Study plans, drawings, specifications, and work order requirements; troubleshoot power supplies, controllers, transducers, transmitters, flow meters, sensors, actuators, and take corrective actions.
• Use ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.

Multiple shifts available at Tempe and West Valley campuses.

Central Plant Operator: $28.00 – $31.00 per hour based on experience and education.
Central Plant Operator Senior: $31.01 – $34.00 per hour based on experience and education.

Central Plant Operator

• Three years experience in operation of boiler and/or chiller equipment and related systems; or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Experience with hand tools,…