U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 day ago
Utility Systems Operator
Dublin, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$28/hr - $33/hrU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is responsible for providing care to veterans, and they are seeking a Utility Systems Operator. The role involves the safe operation and maintenance of the Utility Management Center, which includes managing steam and chiller plants and ensuring compliance with operational standards.
GovernmentMedicalNational SecurityPublic Safety
Responsibilities
The Utility Management Center consists of two plants and their related equipment: 55 -000 pounds per hour Central Steam Plant eight (8) million British Thermal Units (BTUs) condensing water boilers and a 2 -795 ton Central Chiller Plant and after hour's operation and maintenance of the complete facility
Major duties consist of but not limited to: Consists of a broad variety of duties requiring many different and unrelated processes and methods to ensure that the mission of environmental care is carried out in an efficient and economical manner
Works with limited guidance and often after much consideration must make many independent judgments
Ensures the responsibility for the safe operation and maintenance of the central steam plant consisting of both water-tube and fire-tube (1) boilers with the capacity of producing 1 -700 horsepower (HP) at 55 -000 pounds of steam per hour
Manages the operation and maintenance of four (4) condensing water boilers and boiler plant uses of natural gas as primary fuel with diesel as an alternate fuel with propane gas as an alternative pilot gas
Inspects baffles - piping - and tubes for wear and scaling
Inspects fire box for refractory ass and tube wear on the outside of tubes
Oversees responsibility for the safe operation - sequencing and maintenance of the central chiller plant consisting of four (4) 500 ton centrifugal chillers - one (1) 200 ton screw type heat pump chiller four (4) 100 horsepower (HP) secondary chill water pumps - four (4) 100 HP condensing water pumps and four (4) 100 HP primary chill water pumps that operate in a chill water loop
Performs yearly inspections on chillers - pumps - and towers
Operates and maintains all support equipment: deaerator tank - condensate tank - condensate pumps - feed water pumps - forced draft blowers - air compressors and fuel oil pumps
Monitors the Simplex based fire alarm system and the initiating the facility's fire alarm procedure - which includes contacting local fire department if necessary
Performs other duties assigned Work Schedule: Full time - 12 hour shifts of 7:00am-7:00pm and 7:00pm-7:00am - rotating day and night shift to include some weekends and holidays
To be discussed during interview process
Qualification
Required
Ability to perform the duties of the Utility Systems Operator without more than normal supervision
Related experience includes: operating and performing maintenance and repair on boiler plant equipment - steam boilers - water tube and fire tube boilers - condensing water boilers - electrical generators - and associated equipment and systems (e.g. gasifier - natural gas burner system - steam turbine generator - etc.)
Starting - operating - stopping - adjusting - maintaining and performing operational repairs on single or multiple high-pressure fuel power boilers and associated auxiliary and pollution control equipment
Knowledge and training of centrifugal and screw type chillers
Maintaining and adjusting boiler efficiency - controlling the formation of pollutants - and ensuring efficient combustion levels and compliance with air pollution laws or regulations
Monitoring - adjusting - and controlling all phases of boiler plant operations through the use of automatic or microprocessor controls or control systems
Good eyesight with or without corrective lenses and not color blind
Ability to exert considerable effort by walking - climbing stairs and ladders - and crawling in confined spaces
Ability to carry objects of varying weights - sizes - and shapes
Ability to lift and carry items weighing up to forty (40) pounds on a frequent basis
Ability to lift and carry items in excess of forty (40) pounds on an infrequent - intermittent basis
Ability to work in temperature and weather extremes
Ability to stand - kneel - squat or bend for extended periods while working in damp - humid spaces
Ability to work in standing water
Ability to be exposed to noise - gases - fumes - dust - grease - and vibration
Ability to work rotating shifts - working holidays - working double shifts - working overtime - and subject to twenty-four-hour calls
Experience must be detailed in your resume
Resume must clearly support the responses to the online questionnaire to receive credit
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience - including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. - Peace Corps - AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. - professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social)
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience - including volunteer experience
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