Plant Operations Technician – Energy & Controls

Tenet Healthcare; Detroit (MI); On-site; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Plant Operations Associate (2606001242)

Benefits Statement

At Tenet HealthCare, we offer a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work‑life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long‑term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.

Job Summary

Under general supervision, performs a variety of maintenance, installation and repair duties which include, but are not limited to, maintaining automated control systems including heating and cooling, pneumatic tube systems; electronic and mechanical systems, fire alarm systems; and refrigeration systems. May generate computer programs and graphics to maximize energy efficiency, remotely control equipment and to monitor and respond to observed fluctuations at remote sensor locations. May perform welding as needed on various equipment and systems. May coordinate work of maintenance engineers performing major repairs of equipment in various systems, such as heating, cooling, refrigeration, etc.

Qualifications

1. Ability to read, write, follow written and oral instructions and speak English; possess a certificate in Pneumatics and Hydraulics or in Climate Control Technology or a combination of equivalent experience; or possess an Associate’s Degree in Electronics.
2. Depending on level and area of specialty, one to two years of experience in either industrial repair work, welding, working with hospital equipment, welding equipment, or refrigeration or cooling systems repair.
3. May also require five to eight years of motor control experience, five years of pneumatic and DDC controls experience and three years of computer programming experience, depending on area of specialty.

Facility

Children’s Hospital of Michigan is an international leader in pediatric and adolescent medicine. Surgical services include general, thoracic, reconstructive and cardiovascular. Imaging technology designed specifically for children provides advanced diagnostic services, including Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and MRI. The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Emergency Department is a verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and dedicated pediatric burn center. Experts in pediatric critical care, rehabilitation, and neonatal and perinatal medicine provide care for thousands of children every year at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Children’s Hospital of Michigan – Troy and six ambulatory sites.

EEO Statement

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

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