Stationary Engineer

Paycom - ATS; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 46,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant d'entreprise

Indemnités de stage/alternance

Job summary

Paycom - ATS at Fort Gordon, GA seeks a Stationary Engineer to start up, regulate, repair, and shut down equipment. You will monitor meters, gauges, and computerized controls to keep systems operating safely within limits.

The role requires handling heating, cooling, and ventilation systems, performing routine maintenance, and replacing defective parts as needed while maintaining logs for safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• Proficient written and oral communication.
• Strong computer skills and ability to read technical documents.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment.

Responsibilities

• Activate valves to regulate water, air, and fuel for boilers.
• Monitor boiler water, chemical, and fuel levels; adjust as needed.
• Read gauges, meters, and charts to ensure proper boiler operation.
• Test boiler water quality and arrange testing; add chemicals as needed.
• Analyze problems to maintain continuous, reliable equipment operation.
• Operate boilers, stationary engines, pumps, and associated equipment for heat and steam.

Skills

Communication skills

Computer literacy

Stays calm under pressure

Mathematical ability

Shift work

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: A0009 - KGJJ Fort Gordon Base Operations Support - Fort Gordon, GA 30905, Position Type: Full Time, Salary Range: $40.14 - $40.14 Hourly, Travel Percentage: None, Job Title: Stationary Engineer

Full-time

Location: Ft. Gordon- GA 30905, USA

Department: Base Operations & Maintenance

Maintenance Job Summary:

The Stationary Engineer will start up, regulate, repair, and shut down equipment. They will need to monitor meters, gauges, and computerized controls to ensure that equipment operates safely and within established limits. Utilize sophisticated electrical and electronic test equipment when servicing, troubleshooting, repairing, and monitoring heating, cooling, and ventilation systems. The stationary engineers and boiler operators also regularly perform routine maintenance. They may do a complete overhaul or replace defective valves, gaskets, or bearings. In addition, stationary engineers lubricate moving parts, replace filters, and remove soot and corrosion that can make a boiler less efficient.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Activate valves to maintain required amounts of water in boilers, to adjust supplies of combustion air, and to control the flow of fuel into burners.
• Monitor boiler water, chemical, and fuel levels, and make adjustments to maintain required levels.
• Observe and interpret readings on gauges, meters, and charts registering various aspects of boiler operation to ensure that boilers are operating properly.
• Test boiler water quality or arrange for testing and take necessary corrective action, such as adding chemicals to prevent corrosion and harmful deposits.
• Analyze problems and take appropriate action to ensure the continuous and reliable operation of equipment and systems.
• Operate or tend stationary engines, boilers, and auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, compressors, or air-conditioning equipment, to supply and maintain steam or heat for buildings, marine vessels, or pneumatic tools.
• Operating and handling engines, boilers, stationary engines, and auxiliary equipment
• Read, monitor, and observe gauges, meters, and charts to track boiler operations for proper performance.
• Monitor boiler water, chemical, and fuel levels.
• Inspect equipment to ensure that it is operating efficiently.
• Check safety devices routinely.
• Record data and keep logs of operation, maintenance, and safety activity.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Proficient in written and oral communication skills according to skill requirements
• Possess strong computer skills, able to read, write, and comprehend written instructional documents.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Must be willing and able to work weekly rotating shifts- shifts are 12 hours and 8 hours.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged period of standing, bending, reaching, and working with the hands
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Occasional periods of prolonged exposure to loud noises
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds at times.
• Ability to stand, walk, and reach with arms and hands as necessary.
• Ability to hear and see to position and safety requirement levels.
• Occasional exposure to elements such as heat, cold, noise, dust, dirt, and chemicals

Special Qualifications/Requirements:

• Must be able to successfully pass as required a federal, state, or local government's background investigation.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience as a stationary engineer or operating boiler plants.
• Class 4 Stationary Engineer License.
• CFC Certification

Must be able to successfully pass as required a federal, state, or local government's background investigation

Disclaimer:

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time, or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Job Description last Updated: 05/05/2026Qualifications: