Stationary Engineer jobs in Philadelphia, PA

Job Description

Education Minimum Requirement:

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) and Graduation from a recognized/accredited trade school with at least six months full-time emphasis (5 hours/day x 3 days/week) in industrial power plant and refrigeration equipment operations OR Navy Boiler Technician and Machinist Mate, State Stationary Engineer Seal, and Merchant Marine QMED or Engineer programs/licenses meet this requirement.

Desirable:

• Courses in high purity water, cooling towers, water treatment, reverse osmosis, steam utilization.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Three years recent (within last 10 years) full-time experience (6,000 hours) operating industrial power plant equipment and controls (must include: chillers, cooling towers, air compressors, and water treatment equipment). 

• A basic understanding of chemical and water treatment and computer use is required.

• Held the position of Stationary Engineer at our Company, West Point within the last seven years.

Desirable:

• Recent experience operating centrifugal chillers (electrical and turbine driven) greater than 600 tons, air compressors and desiccant air dryers greater than 250 cfm, and high purity (WFI and USP grade) water system equipment including reverse osmosis, deionization, vapor compression and multi-effect distillation units.  Operational experience in the emergency/building electrical generators and hands-on experience with hazardous energy control (lockout/Tagout) procedures.

Equipment or Machinery Operated:

• Air compressors, refrigerated and desiccant air dryers, package boilers, water softeners, deionizers or demineralizers, reverse osmosis and installation equipment, clean steam generators, electrical and turbine driven centrifugal chillers, absorption chillers, water cooling towers, condensate equipment, vacuum pumps, catalytic oxidizers, closed-loop building water systems and chemical treatment and testing equipment, and all other equipment necessary for the operation of building utilities systems.

Special Skills or Abilities:

• Ability to analyze equipment and take appropriate corrective measures.  Ability to read blueprints, control drawings, P&IDs, etc.  Familiarization with valve, mechanical equipment, maintenance, and instrumentation and control procedures.

Special Job Features:

• Heavy lifting, use and handling of solvents, acid and bases and heaty transfer media, work in hot and cold and dust and dirt environments, subject to immunization, safety shoes and glasses, subject to emergency call-in, working in confined spaces and at heights, possible work in areas of potentially infectious agents, and available at all times during work shift to answer emergencies.

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