Boiler Room Technician - Stationary Engineer
Museum of Science and Industry
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Reads meters and gauges or automatic recording devices at specified intervals to verify operating conditions.
- Records data such as temperature of equipment, hours of operation, fuel consumed, temperature or pressure, water levels, analysis of flue gases voltage load and generator balance.
- Adjusts manual controls or overrides automatic controls to bring equipment into recommended or prescribed operating ranges, switch to backup equipment or systems, or to shut down equipment.
- Visually inspects equipment at periodic intervals to detect malfunctions or need for repair, adjustment or lubrication.
- Maintains equipment by tightening fittings, repacking bearings, replacing packing glands, gaskets, valves, recorders and gauges, cleaning or replacing burners or other components.
- Oils and lubricates equipment.
- Performs water filtration tests and pours chemical additives, such as water softener, into treatment tank to prevent scale buildup and to clean boiler lines.
- Records operation and maintenance actions taken during shift in operator's logbook.
- Minimum of five (5) years of related experience.
- Current and active City of Chicago Operating Engineers license is required.
- Associates degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school is a plus.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, sit, use hands to handle, or feel; and reach with hands or arms.
- The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Must be able to frequently be exposed to moving mechanical parts and risk of electrical shock.
- Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration.
- Provide an accident-free learning environment for our visitors and a safe and healthy work environment for our employees by complying with all pertinent and applicable safety regulations that support the Museum’s Safety and Health Program.