Central Plant Operator (Overnight)

Hyatt Hotels Corporation; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyatt Hotels Corporation seeks a skilled Central Plant Operator to monitor and maintain essential hotel plant equipment. You will manage boilers, chillers, pumps, and cooling towers, ensuring continuous, safe operations for guest areas and meeting spaces.

The role requires reading blueprints, performing PMs and repairs, and coordinating AHU start/stop schedules. You will work across shifts, including weekends, to sustain high reliability and energy efficiency.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Requires a 4th Class Boiler Operator License.
• Minimum of four years operator/maintenance experience with PMs, troubleshooting and repairs in commercial/industrial settings.
• Understanding of chilled and hot water systems, HVAC operation, and controls.
• Ability to read blueprints/diagrams and use diagnostic manuals.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, operate and maintain central plant equipment including low pressure boilers, centrifugal chillers, pumps, cooling towers and related components.
• Schedule start/stop of AHUs serving meeting spaces and perform basic inspections of life safety systems.
• Log, monitor and analyze building utility consumption.
• Troubleshoot and repair equipment, ensuring reliability and safety across shifts, including weekends and holidays.

Skills

HVAC theory

Blueprint reading

Troubleshooting

Test equipment

Meter usage

Education

High school diploma or GED

4th Class Boiler Operator License

Job description

\"I believe successful people are the ones who take the initiative to learn, unlearn and relearn. It’s important to constantly challenge your knowledge and step out of your comfort zone.\"

Peggy Focheux Duval: Director of Learning & Development, France

Monitor, operate and maintain central plant equipment to include low pressure boilers and ancillary equipment, centrifugal chillers and associated pumps, cooling towers and associated pumps. Additional responsibilities include maintenance of HVAC equipment, scheduling start/stop of AHUs serving meeting space, basic inspections and maintenance of life safety systems and logging and monitoring of building utility consumption.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required
• Minimum of a 4 th Class Boiler Operator License
• Minimum of four years operator/maintenance experience performing PM’s, troubleshooting and repairs in a commercial, industrial or institutional facility on chillers, pumps, air handlers, boilers, generators, etc.
• Understanding of chilled and hot water systems
• Understanding of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning, (HVAC), operation to include theory of operation and controls
• The ability to use test equipment including, but not limited to, multi-meters, temperature and pressure probes, and circuit tracers
• Basic understanding of electrical distribution systems, three phase and single phase, up to 600 volts
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and diagrams
• Ability to use technical manuals to diagnose and repair equipment
• Ability to work various shifts including weekends and holidays