Stationary Engineer

King's Daughters Medical Center; Ashland (KY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical center in Ashland seeks a Boiler Operator responsible for generating steam for heating. The role involves operating and maintaining boilers, monitoring control systems, and ensuring efficiency and safety. Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED, a State Issued Boiler’s License or relevant experience, and the ability to work in hazardous conditions.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or GED.
• Need a State Issued Boiler’s License or two years experience.
• Current driver’s license is required.

Responsibilities

• Operates boilers to supply heat for buildings.
• Observes controls and adjusts valves to set fuel feed and steam pressure.
• Maintains log of meter and gauge readings.

Skills

Mechanical skills

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

State Issued Boiler’s License

Associate's degree or equivalent

Job description

• JOB SUMMARY
  • Operates automatically fired boilers to generate steam that supplies heat for buildings or industrial processes.
• DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Overall performance rating of below indicated essential job duties:
  • Lights gas or oil fed burners.
  • Observes pressure, temperature, and draft meters on panel to verify specified operation of automatic combustion control systems, feeds water regulators, and burners.
  • Turns valves and adjusts controls to set specified fuel feed, draft openings, water level, and steam pressure of boiler.
  • Observes boiler and auxiliary units to detect malfunctions and makes repairs, such as changing burners and tightening pipes and fittings.
  • Tests and treats boiler feed water.
  • Adds and maintains boilers and related equipment to generate and supply.
  • Maintains log of meter and gauge readings and records data such as water test results and quantity of fuel consumed.
  • Maintains all steam line and condensate pumps throughout the health system.
• EDUCATION/LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
  • Minimum requirement:
    • High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
    • State Issued Boiler’s License or minimum of two years of documented experience in a related field.
    • Current driver’s license
  • Preferred qualifications:
    • Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school
• WORKING ENVIRONMENT
  • Constantly works near moving mechanical parts.
  • Frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
  • Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme heat.
  • Frequently exposed to a risk of electrical shock.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS
  • Constantly required to move about throughout the department and facility.
  • Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices.
  • Occasionally required to operate a computer and other equipment.
  • Frequently required to lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.