Service Mechanic (FT, Evening - Danbury)

Northwell; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 40,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

Northwell is seeking a Facilities Maintenance Technician for the Danbury Hospital campus. The role supports Plant Services, maintaining critical systems and responding to facility issues in a hospital environment.

Shifts run 3:30pm-11:30pm with a $10,000 sign-on bonus. Requires a high school diploma and at least seven years of hospital or industrial experience, plus OE-2/S1/S2 licenses.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a hospital or industrial environment.
• Must have good mechanical aptitude and analytical thinking skills; at least 7 years in hospital or industrial settings.
• Experience operating air handling units, heating systems, cooling systems, boilers, chillers, and refrigeration equipment.
• Experience performing preventive maintenance on mechanical equipment including filters and bearings.

Responsibilities

• Maintains all Plant Services operating systems (steam, electricity, air, heat, cooling, water, vacuum, medical gases).
• Responds to facility issues across the hospital.
• Performs rounds and monitors equipment via building management system (BMS).
• Performs boiler water analysis and treatment.
• Repairs equipment during off shifts and ensures safety.
• Fulfills compliance responsibilities and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Analytical thinking

Hospital environment experience

Industrial environment experience

Education

HS graduate or equivalent

Tools

Operating air handling units

Boilers and chillers maintenance

Job description

Full-Time: Evening - 3:30pm-11:30pm

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Summary

Maintains all Plant Services operating systems to include steam, electricity, air, heat, cooling, water, vacuum, medical gases, etc. Provides emergency alternatives for the above in the event of failures. Responds to any and all Facility issues that may arise anywhere in the hospital.

$10,000 SIGN ON BONUS

Full-Time: Evening - 3:30pm-11:30pm

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Responsibilities

• Ensures patient comfort and safety by reducing impact of basic service interruptions.
• Ensures staff and visitor comfort & safety.
• Ensures equipment is operating efficiently, and safely. By both rounding of mechanical rooms and monitoring equipment through the building management system (BMS).
• Performs boiler water analysis and treatment.
• Corrects and reports hazardous conditions noted on rounds. Monitors boiler pressures, tank levels, various leaks etc. Responds to Code Reds.
• Reports and logs all defective equipment, particularly if it pertains to safety.
• Repairs equipment, including patient items, during off shifts.
• Makes routine rounds (nightly) to all equipment rooms and machine spaces.
• Answers all calls from the facilities dispatcher and responds to all computer alarms.
• Responds to elevator problems.
• Performs preventive maintenance on air handling equipment.
• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

HS GRAD/EQUIVALENT

Other Information

Required: Experience working in a hospital or industrial environment. Must have good mechanical aptitude, analytical thinking skills, and at least 7 years of working in a hospital or an industrial environment. Experience in operating air handling units, heating systems, cooling systems, boilers, chillers, and refrigeration equipment. Experience in performing preventive maintenance on mechanical equipment to include filter changes, greasing bearings on pumps and motors etc.

Minimum Experience

High school diploma and seven years or more job-related experience.

License

Required OE-2, or S1, or S2.

Working Conditions

• Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
• Occupational: Significant occupational risk
• Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force
• Physical Environment: Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Company: Danbury Hospital

Org Unit: 247

Department: Plant Services

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $28.78 - $53.45 Hourly

“Available benefits include: Paid Time Off (PTO); Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage; Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Health Savings Account; 401(k) Retirement Plan; Basic Life and AD&D insurance; Wellness Programs; Employee Assistance Program; and Team Member Discounts. Available benefits for union positions may vary in accordance with applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements.”