Job Description
Power Plant Utility Operator Provides for operation, maintenance/repair and management of boilers, electrical chillers, cooling towers, auxiliary equipment. Operates generators, auxiliary pumping equipment, and other power plant equipment; monitors systems for normal running conditions. Regulates equipment operations and conditions; responds to system or unit abnormalities, diagnoses the cause, and recommends or take corrective action.
To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to foster a welcoming campus community, which recognizes the value of all persons. Our department is committed to contributing to an educational environment that is rich with a wide-range of intellectual perspectives and backgrounds.
Essential Functions: - Monitors and operates high pressure boilers, mechanical refrigeration equipment, centrifugal chilled water equipment, air compressors, fans, pumps, generators, water softeners, reverse osmosis units, water treatment and related equipment using a control system.
- Regulates equipment operations and conditions; responds to system or unit abnormalities, diagnosing the cause, and recommending or taking corrective action.
- Ensures operational and safety procedures are followed and comply with regulatory agencies/standards. Maintains all appropriate records.
- Responds to safety concerns and/or hazardous situations providing guidance for processes and procedures; ensures post-emergency procedures are implemented.
- Responds promptly to work order requests and completes necessary service and repair records utilizing computer maintenance management system (CMMS).
- Identifies and may resolve or make recommendations for non-standard/more complex problems with equipment, and systems through inspection and maintenance.
- Supports campus wide activities in the areas of setups, snow and ice removal and any other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM.
Minimum Qualifications: - High school diploma or GED with a minimum of three years' experience in the power plant trade preferably working in a commercial environment or a combination of education and experience from which a similar skillset would be obtained.
- An ASOPE Facility Operating Engineer FOE3 license or equivalent level of certification.
- Must be able to follow verbal and written directions and provide responses in writing.
- Ability to use computers to read and respond to emails and to use basic applications is also required.
- This position requires the possession and maintenance of a valid Virginia vehicle operator's license.
- Required to respond to emergencies within 30 minutes.
Application Instructions: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. A resume is required. Upload both required documents to the Resume/CV upload section of the application. You will be asked to provide names and contact information for three professional references.
Physical Requirements: - Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
- Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
- Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
- Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
- Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
- Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
- Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
- Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
- Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
- Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
- Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
- Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
Working Conditions: - The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.
- The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.
Types of Work: Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Position Type: Non-Exempt, Full Time, Benefit Eligible
Minimum Pay: $28.57 - Pay Commensurate with Experience
Washington and Lee is an Equal Opportunity Employer seeking candidates committed to high standards of scholarship, performance, professionalism, and to a welcoming campus community. Job description requirements are representative, but not all-inclusive of the knowledge, skill, and abilities needed to successfully perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
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About Washington and Lee University
About W&L
Washington and Lee University is a nationally ranked, private liberal arts institution located in Lexington, Virginia. W&L integrates the rigorous inquiry and critical thinking of a liberal arts curriculum with nationally accredited undergraduate programs in business and journalism, and a graduate School of Law. Our academic units are strengthened by meaningful collaborations, all in the service of the university’s mission.
With an undergraduate enrollment of approximately 1,860, our small size enables students to find mentors and develop personal relationships across campus. W&L is committed to institutional citizenship. We regard liberal arts education as an important public good, of value not only to our students and alumni, but also to the larger communities in which we live.
Our Mission
W&L provides a liberal arts education that develops students’ capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity, and civility. Graduates will be prepared for lifelong learning, personal achievement, responsible leadership, service to others, and engaged citizenship in a global society.
Our Community
W&L is the ninth-old ... est institution of higher education in the U.S. and is located in the scenic Shenandoah Valley. We are a modern university located on a beautiful and historically significant campus.
Our most valuable asset is the quality of our vibrant and welcoming community. Our faculty are devoted teachers and scholars who uphold the highest academic standards and take a personal interest in the lives of their students. Our staff takes pride in knowing that each individual makes important contributions to the success of the university. Our alumni are extraordinarily loyal and generous to their alma mater.
Washington and Lee is a welcoming, friendly, and mutually supportive community. Our students, faculty, and staff prize the trusting, respectful, and civil environment on our campus. We are united by our mission, diverse in our thinking, perspectives, and interests, and devoted to each other and to W&L. The university is committed to the recruitment, enrichment, and retention of faculty and staff who embody many experiences, backgrounds, points of view, and interests.
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