Maintenance Engineer

Stowers Institute for Medical Research; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to keep mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems operating reliably. The role encompasses responding to service calls, conducting repairs, and maintaining safety and efficiency across the facility.

Four 10-hour shifts per week are required, with opportunities to utilize the Metasys building automation system and collaborate with maintenance teams to ensure uninterrupted operations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Missouri Class A Operating Engineers License preferred; must obtain within 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Respond to service calls for temperature, lighting, and related issues.
• Perform general mechanical repairs such as greasing motors.
• Replace air handler filters, belts, and pumps.
• Perform electrical repairs, including lamp/b ballast replacements, switches, outlets.
• Repair plumbing, leaks, and drain/toilet issues.
• Maintain boilers, chillers, and other HVAC equipment; test water treatment and safety valves.
• Clean mechanical areas including boiler room and maintenance shop.
• Operate Johnson Controls Metasys building automation system to monitor systems.
• Work independently and in teams; maintain reliability and attention to detail.

Skills

Mechanical repair

Electrical repair

Plumbing maintenance

Preventive maintenance

Customer relations

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Missouri Class A Operating Engineers License

Tools

Johnson Controls Metasys

Job description

The Stowers Institute has an opening for a Maintenance Engineer to maintain and keep mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems operational at all times. This position is four 10-hour shifts per week.

Responsibilities Include

• Responding to service calls for issues regarding temperature, lighting, etc.
• General mechanical repairs such as greasing motors
• Replacing air handler filters, belts, and pumps
• Electrical repairs which could include replacing lamps and ballasts, defective switches and outlets
• Repairing plumbing including leaks and clearing of drain lines and toilets
• Maintaining and/or repairing boilers, chillers and other a/c equipment, testing water treatment levels and adding appropriate chemicals, or blowing down and testing safety valves on boilers
• Cleaning of mechanical areas such as the boiler room, maintenance shop, and mechanical areas to include painting of piping and equipment
• Utilizing the Johnson Controls Metasys building automation system to monitor and control the Institute’s mechanical and electrical systems
• Other duties as assigned.

The successful candidate will have excellent customer relations skills, good written and oral communication skills, the ability to effectively work independently and in a team-oriented environment, an excellent work history to reflect reliability and attention to detail, and a good working knowledge of equipment repair and maintenance.

• A high school diploma or equivalent
• A Missouri Class “A” Operating Engineers License is preferred
• Knowledge of Johnson Controls Metasys system is preferred

A Missouri Class A Operating license is preferred. Candidates who do not currently possess the certification must obtain it within 12 months of hire.