Maintenance Worker, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic, HVAC Tech ​/ Heating Engineer

Job Summary

Assists in the performance of duties necessary to operate and maintain boilers and other auxiliary equipment used to produce steam for heat and power for the facility. Participates in performance‑improvement and QI activities.

• Consults with and keeps supervisor informed of activities, needs, and problems.
• Operates and maintains boilers.
• Observes various meters and gauges and takes appropriate action for safe operation.
• Starts, stops, and switches over boilers as appropriate; cleans and repairs boilers, blows tubes and discharges sediment, regulates feed‑water and condensation pumps, lubricates pump equipment.
• Follows preventive maintenance schedule.
• Performs work such as repacking valves as needed and changing piping; checks boiler‑water column glass for cracks every shift and changes glass if needed.
• Repairs and/or replaces broken or worn parts (i.e., valves, meters, levers).
• Keeps log on each boiler.
• Assigns proper chemical treatment to boiling and cooling waters.
• Reports major repair needs and unsafe conditions to supervisor.
• Keeps boiler room clean and orderly.
• Performs periodic inspection of mechanical rooms throughout the facility to ensure proper operation of heat, air‑conditioning, and ventilation and medical support equipment (i.e., vacuum pumps, air compressors).
• Checks pressure and temperature gauges periodically.
• Assists in maintaining and repairing HVAC controls and associated equipment to maximize efficiency levels in all environmentally controlled areas.
• Performs urgent corrective, routine, and requisitioned repairs of electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems as required.
• Works day, evening, or night shift as assigned.
• Maintains established facility and department policies and procedures, objectives, performance improvement, safety, environmental and infection‑control compliance, and complies with codes and requirements of accreditation and regulatory agencies.
• Maintains records, reports, logs, statistics and files as required.
• Requisition s supplies and equipment.
• Maintains professional growth and development through in‑services, seminars and workshops.
• Performs other duties as directed.

• Adheres to dress code; appearance is neat and clean.
• Completes annual education requirements.
• Maintains regulatory requirements, including all state, federal, and CMS regulations.
• Maintains and ensures patient confidentiality at all times.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completing work within designated time.
• Wears identification while on duty and uses the computerized time system correctly.
• Works at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working relationship with physicians, departments, and staff.
• Attends annual review and departmental in‑services, as appropriate.
• Attends staff meetings, reads and returns all quarterly meeting minutes.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• Actively participates in performance‑improvement and continuous quality‑improvement (QI) activities.
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures regarding department operations, fire, safety, and infection‑control.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Communicates the mission, vision, core values, ethics and goals of the facility, as well as the focus statement of the department.

• High school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED); training in boiler‑room operating techniques and related activities.
• Knowledge of fire system and proper use of fire extinguishers.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Management and Manufacturing

• Hospitals and Health Care