Stationary Engineer

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital is seeking a dedicated individual to operate the Central Energy Plant in St. Petersburg, FL. This role involves monitoring and maintaining equipment such as boilers, chillers, and generators to ensure the delivery of essential utilities.

The ideal candidate must have a High School diploma, along with at least 3 years of experience in a related field. This position offers full-time employment and a rotating shift schedule, contributing to a supportive and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• 3 years’ experience with diesel generators, boilers, and related equipment.
• Ability to read and understand building documents and technical specifications.
• Capability to detect equipment malfunction through audible alarms.
• Ability to hear alarms or noise from equipment.

Responsibilities

• Operate the Central Energy Plant and perform preventative maintenance.
• Monitor and control the operation of plant equipment.
• Respond to alarms and ensure patient safety.
• Monitor equipment via energy management software and routine inspections to detect issues.
• Follow safety procedures and emergency plans as required by hospital policies.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Maintenance of diesel generators

Reading technical documents

Mechanical problem detection

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Diesel gens

Boilers

Chillers

Emergency gens

Job description

Requisition #:668396 | Location: Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 | Category: Facilities/Engineering | Schedule: Rotating Shift | Employment Type: Full Time

Position Summary

Operates the Central Energy Plant (CEP) and other plant locations within the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital campus, including identifying, analyzing, adjusting, and completing all preventative maintenance, repair and adjustment of steam, chilled water, emergency generator, electrical equipment, hot water and soft water producing equipment; ensures daily work schedule and project assignments are completed through individual or cooperative efforts.

Key Accountabilities

• Monitors, controls and oversees the operation of multiple gas and oil fired boilers, chillers, cooling towers, pumps, air compressors, emergency generators, transfer switches, water systems and auxiliary equipment, to ensure that all necessary utilities are available to support the environment of care
• Identifies, assesses, executes and documents the operation, preventative maintenance, repair and adjustment of plant equipment in accordance with federal, state, hospital policies/standards and manufacturing specifications to ensure compliance
• Selects equipment to operate based on building load and outdoor conditions and operates according to manufacturer's recommendations, applicable standards, codes and precautions; adjusts as needed to ensure all equipment is operating as efficiently as possible
• Monitors Energy Plant equipment through computerized software application, routine testing/maintenance and visual inspection to detect operational problems as required by departmental procedure for maintaining equipment as per specifications
• Responds to alarms on facility management system and is aware of the criticality and impact of system failure on patient safety and comfort
• May respond to all energy plant related calls after hours and on weekends; evaluates and initiates repairs or notifies appropriate personnel based on the urgency of the situation to ensure the safety of patients, staff and visitors
• Uses proper safety devices and techniques to protect self and others; follows correct procedures and responds to emergency plans in accordance with hospital and department policies to protect the health of themselves, patients, staff and visitors

Hours: 6:00am-14:30pm | Weekend Work Required | Location: Saint Petersburg, FL

Qualifications

• A minimum of a High School diploma, GED, Certificate of Completion or equivalent achievement
• 3 years’ experience related to troubleshooting, maintaining and repairing diesel generators 2000 kW; 400 horse power boilers and related equipment; 1500 ton chillers and related pumps and cooling towers; or a combination of experience with similar equipment
• Ability to read Building Documents (Blue Prints) and to read and understand technical documents
• Ability to hear and understand audible alarms or noise from mechanical equipment which is not operating normally

Salary Range

Minimum /hour - Maximum /hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug‑free workplace employers.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.