DSHS FTAA Stationary Engineer

Keeping a boiler plant running safely takes experience.

Keeping a boiler plant running safely takes experience.

Join the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Facilities, Technology, and Analytics Administration (FTAA), Maintenance and Operations Division as an on‑call Stationary Engineer 2 supporting Eastern State Hospital and Lakeland Village in Medical Lake.

This is specialized boiler work—not general facility maintenance.

You’ll operate, monitor, and maintain high‑and low‑pressure steam boilers, hydronic water heating boilers, and the equipment that supports them. The plants include six high‑pressure steam boilers, two low‑pressure steam boilers, two hydronic water heating boilers, and combustion control systems including Weishaupt, Siemens, Patterson‑Kelley NURO, SCADA, and Metasys.

We encourage you to apply if you already understand the fundamentals of safely operating high‑pressure boilers. This work requires trained judgment, knowledge of combustion, and experience with boiler and auxiliary equipment. You should be comfortable recognizing when something isn’t operating correctly and knowing what action to take.

You’ll also need hands‑on operating ability.

That includes lighting off high‑pressure boilers and multiple burners using manually operated equipment, bringing boilers online without relying on automatic control devices, paralleling them, transferring operation to loop controls, and placing the boiler into service.

The schedule starts differently than it continues.

You’ll begin with approximately 1.5 to 2 months of full‑time, paid training at 40 hours per week. After training, you’ll move to an on‑call schedule, filling in for permanent staff as needed. Shifts may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. All interviews for this position are conducted in person.

• Operate and maintain high‑and low‑pressure steam boiler plants safely and efficiently.
• Monitor and repair boilers, gauges, valves, metering pumps, and electronic control and safety equipment.
• Operate auxiliary boiler equipment, including feedwater and condensate pumps, deaerators, air compressors, fuel oil pumps, and chemical treatment pumps.
• Troubleshoot boiler operations and combustion control systems, including Weishaupt, Siemens, Patterson‑Kelley NURO, SCADA, and Metasys.
• Read schematics, drawings, and equipment manuals.
• Test boiler equipment and safety systems.
• Perform boiler‑water and condensate treatment, cleaning, and blow‑down operations.
• Respond to after‑hours, weekend, and holiday boiler plant issues and notify the Plant Manager or designee when needed.

You qualify through one of the following:

• Three years of experience operating, maintaining, and/or repairing stationary or marine high‑pressure boilers and heating systems
• Completion of an advanced Stationary Engineer course from an accredited vocational/technical school or community college and two years of related experience
• One year of Washington State service as a Stationary Engineer 1

• A boiler license that qualifies you to operate high‑pressure boilers.
• Knowledge of combustion principles.
• Experience operating high‑pressure steam boilers and auxiliary equipment.
• Ability to manually light off high‑pressure boilers and multiple burners, parallel boilers, transfer operation to loop controls, and place boilers into service.
• Strong understanding of safe high‑pressure boiler operation and the fundamentals needed to recognize and respond to unsafe operating conditions.
• Ability to work from ladders and elevated platforms and in high‑temperature environments.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work respectfully and effectively…