Maintenance Engineer

Commonspirit-Health; Missouri Valley (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI Health Missouri Valley seeks a Maintenance Engineer to lead technical initiatives for facility systems, ensuring reliability and longevity. You will design preventive maintenance, analyze root causes, and develop repair strategies to minimize downtime while managing budgets and coordinating with contractors.

The role requires strong engineering fundamentals, advanced troubleshooting, and proactive, data-driven thinking to sustain assets and operational integrity.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required at hire.
• Technical training in HVAC, refrigeration or building controls preferred.
• Driver's License: NE, upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement preventive maintenance programs for facilities and systems.
• Perform root cause analyses and develop repair strategies to minimize downtime.
• Oversee projects, manage budgets, and coordinate with outside contractors.

Skills

Preventive maintenance

Root cause analysis

Project management

Troubleshooting

HVAC systems

Education

High School Diploma

High School GED

Technical Training in HVAC/Refrigeration/Building Controls

Tools

Electronic work order system

Facility management system database

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Maintenance Engineer, you will be a critical technical leader, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and longevity of facilities, equipment, and systems. Every day, you will design and implement preventive maintenance programs, conduct root cause analyses, and develop repair strategies. You’ll oversee projects, manage budgets, ensure compliance, and collaborate to improve efficiency and operational integrity. To be successful in this role, you will possess a strong engineering foundation, advanced technical troubleshooting skills, proven project management abilities, and a proactive, analytical mindset to minimize downtime and maximize asset life.

• Performs preventive maintenance on critical building systems and responds to calls for equipment issues. Performs repairs and preventive maintenance on other equipment and systems such as Medical Gas, Vacuum systems, fire detection, Energy Plant Equipment, Building HVAC and other facilities equipment and controls. Documents work orders in the electronic work order system.
• Regularly inspects buildings, grounds and facility equipment for unsafe or malfunctioning conditions and reports Findings, as well as making corrections.
• Responds to calls from the work call center, accurately completes work orders, coordinates repairs and other service requests with customer’s schedule. Responds quickly to requests of departments utilizing our services and provides timely status reports about condition of equipment being serviced.
• Locates and purchases repair parts, maintain inventory consistent with budget and priority of equipment maintained consistent with the appropriate management approvals and policies.
• Completes special projects such as installation, relocation or removal of equipment as well as other duties as assigned. Coordinates repair of equipment and systems performed by outside contractors and work completed in facility management system data base. Escalates issues to facility management as needed.

Job Requirements

Required

• Driver's License: NE, upon hire

Preferred

• High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or
• High School GED General Studies, upon hire and
• Technical Training in field, HVAC , Refrigeration, Building controls, upon hire

Where You'll Work

For more than 50 years, the mission of CHI Health Missouri Valley has been to nurture and enhance the quality of life for residents of Harrison County in Iowa. As a community hospital, its ongoing commitment is to keep residents in good health. Through the years, CHI Health Missouri Valley has strived to improve the health status of southwest Iowa residents – children, teens, adults, senior citizens, friends and neighbors. CHI Health Missouri Valley is proud to offer health care services – close to home – within this community.