Lead Plant Engineer

Provides functional direction and acts as a resource for problem solving in the absence of Chief Engineer or as directed. Operates and maintains all plant operations equipment including all boilers, chillers, and HVAC systems. Operates and maintains all auxiliary equipment necessary to the operation of the medical center and all outlying clinics, such as pumps, motors, and compressors. Operates all machines and equipment vital to performing of maintenance and repair. Performs water treatment analysis and makes all adjustments as necessary.

• Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.  


• Provides functional direction and acts as a resource for problem solving in absence of Chief Engineer or as directed. 


• Under indirect supervision, inservices and trains staff members as appropriate.


• Assists supervisor with various duties to include input to operational procedures, gathering statistics, and providing input in performance evaluations. 


• Operates, maintains, inspects and performs repairs and mechanical alterations to manual and automatic gas and oil-fired high-pressure steam or high temperature hot water boilers. 


• Operates, maintains, inspects and makes repairs to motors, steam reducing stations, expansion tanks, air compressors, supply and exhaust fans, pumps and valves, steam caps, water treatment systems, water heaters and related auxiliary equipment.


• Adjusts, maintains and tests boiler and air conditioning/refrigeration machinery, and all mechanical, electrical or pneumatic control instruments.  


• Maintains safety devices and makes adjustments as necessary.


• Performs electrical repairs such as bed lamps, non-complex electrical devices, changing ballasts, repairs electrical line cords, fixing light switches, isolating electrical problems and replacing fuses. 


• Conducts electrical safety test on equipment, electrical plugs and outlets.


• Unclogs pipes and plumbing fixtures and related equipment as necessary.


• Tests boiler, water, cooling tower water, and water from all other systems.  


• Adds chemicals and makes appropriate adjustments as dictated by control parameters.


• Performs routine repairs on such equipment as cart washers, sterilizers, oxygen, air outlets, suction pumps, hospital beds, sinks, toilets and other associated hospital plant equipment. 


• Completes work assignments to include routine installations of plant equipment, hanging of signs and pictures, adjusting and maintaining time clocks.


• Determines type and extent of equipment malfunction, adjusting, disassembling, repairing or replacing of parts and components; reassembles and tests equipment for safe and proper operation.  


• Ability to read blueprints, schematics, single line diagram and repair manuals. 


• Performs preventative maintenance to include cleaning, oiling, painting, calibration and other related duties to extend the life cycle of equipment, or to maintain a clean, safe, hygienic environmental work area. 


• Through on the job training assists skilled maintenance persons in trade tasks in which employee is not certified.


• Observes, takes readings, evaluates gauges and meters determining operating conditions, regulating equipment to control the operations in accordance with the needs of the medical center and all outlying clinics, existing state codes and safety standards.


• Cleans or oversees the cleaning of boilers and their associated machinery and equipment to include water towers, D.A. tanks.  


• Records operating data in the appropriate logs.  Isolates electrical problems related to plant industrial equipment and makes repairs as necessary.


• Repairs and maintains air conditioning and refrigeration equipment to include related electrical circuit analysis. 


• Troubleshoots and repairs related equipment to include but not limited to thermostats, ice machines, humidifiers, air dampers and other related or associated equipment.


• Repairs or modifies equipment or plant structures by welding using both electrical or oxygen acetylene equipment, cuts, braces and solders all types of metal materials. 


• Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service. 


• Assumes other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.