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Boiler Plant Operator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-siteCheyenne, WY$32.6 – $38/hrApply by Jun 8, 2026Boiler Plant OperatingENTJESFJESTJISTJOperations
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The purpose of the position is to perform a wide variety operational tasks on high pressure boilers and their corresponding ancillary equipment. The work performed includes consistent monitoring, data collection, and required maintenance and repairs when necessary. The position is assigned to the Plant Operations section, Maintenance and Operations, Facilities Management Service, in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Cheyenne VA Medical Center.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: Operates boiler plants with capacity of 3,450 to 14,000 pounds of steam per hour and assists in the operation and operational maintenance of gas or oil-fired steam boilers, along with the auxiliary equipment, both manual or automatic controls to produce saturated or superheated steam or high temperature hot water.
- →Operates dampers, induced and forced draft fans, bottom and fly ash removal equipment, heat exchangers, fuel and air heaters, pumps, fuel pressure, control valves, fuel strainers, relief valves, water softeners, and other similar equipment.
- →Regulates the fuel feed and water levels, while maintaining required steam pressure and temperatures.
- →Replenishes chemical feed tanks and monitors feed water conditioning equipment to control or remove impurities and any entrappedgases.
- →Assists in more difficult repairs and maintenance.
- →Runs steam boilers fired at high levels by oil or gas boilers and high temperature hot water boilers required to meet challenging load demands.
- →The operator maintains efficient combustion levels and ensures compliance with air pollution laws and regulations.
- →The operator uses electronic, hydraulic, and pneumatic controls, along with zone charts in conjunction with meters, gauges, and computer-generated data to determine adjustments or corrections necessary for proper boiler operations or changing load requirements.
- →Adjusts fuel feeds, the volume and velocity of draft and other fire box variables to achieve maximum combustion efficiency with changing load demands or variations in fuel quality.
- →Uses independent judgment and decisions in performing boiler plant operations and maintenance work as the sole operatoron assigned work shift.
- →Work Schedule: Rotating shifts.
- →Position Description Title/PD#: Boiler Plant Operator/PD11737A Physical Requirements: The work requires physical effort, e.g., walking, standing, carrying light items up to 50 pounds, and driving or traveling by motor vehicle.
- →Inspections of completed work may take place in high spaces, subject to crawling into small spaces, kneeling, squatting, bending, reaching above the shoulder, etc.
- →Emergency situations will require employees to work in extremely hot, cold, stressful, light, or dark.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job Subject to a background/suitability investigation Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 A complete application package; including Resume, Transcripts, etc. is required Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 124bd856-c466-4e3e-a340-139ab65a464c
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