Boiler Operator - On Call
Boiler Operator - On Call
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Job Description
Title:Boiler Operator On Call
Position Purpose:
Operates and maintains steam generating boilers and associated equipment for the central heating plant and other campus locations. Monitors and adjusts chemical water treatment equipment to maintain steam and return condensate quality.
Schedule requires flexibility ability and willingness to cover vacations during the week work weekends evenings and other nontraditional schedules. Shift hours could be: 5:15 a.m. 1:30 pm; 1:15 pm 9:30 pm; 9:15 pm 5:30 am. Shift hours may change 1012 hours) based on business needs.
Job Duties:
- Operates maintains and repairs high and low pressure boilers and associated equipment.
- Maintains operation logs on boilers water quality levels and other related plant equipment as required.
- Assists Lead Operator in maintaining a safe and clutter free boiler plant.
- Performs all boiler related functions in accordance with Federal State and Local Codes.
- Performs tasks in accordance with Federal State and College safety policies and procedures.
- Shovels snow seasonally as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- State of Maine High Pressure Boiler Operator license.
- 4th or 3rd class Stationary Engineers License desired.
Experience
- 35 years of experience in commercial boiler operation.
- 8 years of commercial boiler operation desired.
Skills and Knowledge
- Commitment to equity and inclusion and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to develop and maintain collegial relationships with supervisors coworkers building occupants vendors and contractors.
- Knowledge of steam and electrical distribution systems.
- Knowledge and basic understanding of continuous opacity monitoring systems.
- Must have thorough understanding of combustion control systems.
- Basic math and computer skills.
- Proper cleaning maintenance and inspection of boiler water and fireside area.
- Ability to logically troubleshoot equipment problems.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions in performing job duties.
- Ability to perform manual tasks requiring moderate physical strength.
- Ability to use tact and diplomacy to effectively handle a broad range of interpersonal situations and to respond appropriately to conflicts and problems.
- Ability and willingness to work weekends evenings oncall and other nontraditional schedules.
Benefits:
Bates College offers competitive salaries access to the library and athletic facilities and a supportive collegial environment in a drug and smokefree workplace. This position may accrue leave in accordance with the Maine Earned Paid Leave law.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color national or ethnic origin religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression age disability genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students in the administration of its education policies and programs or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty staff students contractors visitors and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the NonDiscrimination Policy.
Inquiries concerning the colleges policies compliance with applicable laws statutes and regulations (such as Title VII Title IX and ADA/Section 504 and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow Title IX Officeror via email at .
About Bates:
Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college attracting 2000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.
Since 1855 Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender race religion or national origin.
Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces intellectual trends demographic changes and technology that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.
Bates has highly competitive admissions graduates over 90 percent of its entering students and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.
The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community Maines secondlargest urban area with a population of approximately 65000. Bates is located on a beautiful 133acre traditional New England campus in Lewiston an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate a lively arts scene and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland 140 miles north of Boston and 350 miles north of New York City.
Employment Type
Full-Time
