Hospital Equipment Mechanic

Lifespan; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 47,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health is seeking a Maintenance Technician to repair and maintain hospital machinery including conveyors, beds, laundry equipment, and related systems at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence. The role requires reading blueprints, diagnosing electrical issues, and fabricating parts as needed.

The position operates during the evening shift (1430-2300) with responsibilities spanning inspections, minor and major repairs, and adherence to Joint Commission standards.

Qualifications

• Three to four years of related maintenance experience.
• Ability to read blueprints and design parts to be fabricated.
• Knowledge of standard maintenance and metalworking tools; electrical diagnostics.
• Thorough understanding of electronic controls and pneumatic principles.
• Must have a valid driver's license and driving record.

Responsibilities

• Observe equipment in operation to determine cause of trouble and coordinate repairs.
• Repair malfunctioning equipment by dismantling, replacing parts, and testing performance.
• Weld, braze, solder, and operate hand and power tools.
• Perform electronic repairs by troubleshooting control circuits and safety systems.
• Fabricate machinery parts using metalworking tools and design as needed.
• Inspect and maintain laundry machinery, conveyors, doors, beds, and related equipment.

Skills

High School Diploma

Blueprint Reading

Electrical Diagnostics

Electronic Controls

Metalworking Tools

Driver's License

Education

High School or Trade School

Tools

Digital Multimeter

Analog Multimeter

Leakage Meter

Logic Probe

Job description

SUMMARY

Under general supervision, repairs and performs routine maintenance to hospital machinery and equipment, such as conveyors, patient stretchers and beds, laundry equipment, laboratory equipment and motor vehicles. Repairs and fabricates machinery and equipment parts.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Observes mechanical devices such as pumps, motors, conveyors, systems, etc. in operation to determine cause of trouble. Coordinates time of repair with affected personnel and requisitions materials needed.
• Repairs malfunctioning equipment or machinery by; dismantling devices to gain access to, and removing and removing defective parts and adjusting parts of devices and control instruments. Installing special functional and structural parts or modifications. Tests performance after repair is completed.
• Welds, brazes, solders; burns, and operates hand and drill presses. Operates sheet metal shears, lathes and benders, all mechanics tools and engine timing light.
• Performs electronic repairs by troubleshooting control circuits on beds, pneumatic tube system personnel/objects sensors at automatic doors, etc, ensuring compliance with Joint Commission regulations as well as local safety codes.
• Repairs or fabricates machinery and equipment parts, using metalworking tools, duplicates or designs parts based on need, use, size, and frequency of use.
• Performs inspections, routine maintenance, major and minor repairs on all laundry machinery, all types of trayveyor systems, automatic doors throughout the complex, beds, wheelchairs, stretcher tables, carts of all types and sizes, vehicles and snow plow equipment. Assembles, cleans, inspects, tests mechanical and electrical repairs in bed shop, garage and also out in the field. Some repairs must be made while machinery is still running at heat ranges of 300F and over.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

BASIC KNOWLEDGE

• Completion of High School or Trade School with courses in welding, basic electricity and mechanics.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints, design parts to be fabricated and to investigate cause and resolve equipment malfunctioning.
• Demonstrated knowledge of standard maintenance and metal working tools, electronic diagnostic tools (i.e. digital and analog multimeter, leakage meter, signal traces or logic probe), their proper use and care.
• Thorough understanding of electronic controls as well as pneumatic principles to maintain the tube system.
• Must have a good driving record, meet and maintain the appropriate and valid driver's licenses in order to operate motor vehicles as required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, and in accordance with Brown University Health's Fleet Risk Control Policy.

EXPERIENCE

Three to four years of related experience required.

WORK ENVIRONEMNT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Physical ability to carry tools and lift moderately heavy items.
• Manual dexterity to take machinery apart.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

None

Pay Range:

$34.06-$43.48

Location:

Rhode Island Hospital - 593 Eddy Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Work Type:

1430-2300

Work Shift:

Evening

Driving Required:

Yes

Union:

International Brotherhood Teamsters

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.