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Utility Systems Repairer-Operator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Cleveland, OH $34.5 – $40.3/hr Apply by Oct 14, 2026 Utility Systems Repairing-Operating ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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The incumbent will serve as a Utility Systems Repairer-Operator organizationally aligned to the Boiler-Chiller Plant, Facility Management, Engineering Service, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System.
What You'll Do
- →The duties include but are not limited to: Operating and safely maintaining three 25,000 and two Patterson Kelley finned tubed C900 hot water units.
- →Safely and efficiently maintaining five 1,200 ton centrifugal chillers, associated cooling towers and all related pumps and systems.
- →Operating and safely maintaining two 200 ton process chillers, associated condensing units and all related pumps and systems.
- →Completing and maintaining all official plant operational records including boiler plant log book, operational log, overtime call back log, hospital engineers log, chiller plant log book, plant production logs, chemical analysis logs and preventative maintenance work orders.
- →Using pressure reducing valves, electric driven pumps, de-aerating feed water heaters, surge tanks, steam supply, effluent discharge systems. and the medical center's steam and natural gas domestic water system.
- →Repairing, troubleshooting, installing and altering equipment and systems.
- →Conducting rigorous preventative maintenance on a wide variety of complex fixed mechanical systems and/or movable mechanical equipment.
- →Using hand tools and power operated shop equipment including grinding machines, drill presses, micrometers, veneer calipers, chain falls and hoists, arc welding, brazing and soldering.
- →Handling refrigerants, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic operating characteristics of machinery and equipment.
- →Using measuring instruments such as the volt-ohm multi-meter, amp meter, continuity testing equipment, voltage testing equipment, oscilloscopes, combustion analyzing equipment for pollution control and efficiency.
- →Repairing and maintaining the boilers, chillers and auxiliary equipment including all medical center utility systems.
- →Analyzing and chemically treating all waters associated with plant operations such as boilers, soft, condensate, chilled, and condenser.
- →Completing preventative maintenance with Joint Commission requirements and equipment manufacture recommendation.
- →Reading and interpreting technical manuals, blueprints, shop drawings, and other highly complex technical guides proficiently.
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: 531e639c-c095-4ec0-9c1d-bd1c0a647ce5
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