Power Plant Supervisor, 2nd Class

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children is accepting applications for a Power Plant Supervisor, 2nd Class. In this leadership role, you will oversee the operation, maintenance, and repair of high-pressure boilers, HVAC systems, and auxiliary equipment while guiding a skilled maintenance team, coordinating daily operations, and responding to facility emergencies to maintain uninterrupted services.

This is an opportunity for an experienced stationary engineer who enjoys combining technical expertise with leadership responsibilities in a mission-driven healthcare environment. You will play an essential role in maintaining complex building systems, supporting infrastructure improvement projects, and helping ensure a safe and comfortable environment for patients, families, and staff. Candidates who thrive in hands-on operational leadership, enjoy solving complex mechanical challenges, and are committed to safety, reliability, and continuous improvement will find this to be a rewarding and meaningful career opportunity.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

·       Supervises the operation of a high-pressure steam power plant.

·       Evaluates the maintenance and repair needs of power plant equipment.

·       Evaluates the maintenance and repair needs of power plant equipment.

·       Develops and implements work schedules to ensure 24-hour coverage of plant operations.

·       Read, record and monitor various gauges, instruments, and charts for proper operation of a steam power plant, on a continuous basis.

·       Place boilers, turbine and electrical pumps, generators and other auxiliary equipment in and out of service as needed by plant demand.

·       Respond, on a 24-hour schedule, to any plant emergencies that occur.

·       Responds to telephone calls of every nature as needed to resolve power plant/engineering- related problems that may arise.

·       Start emergency generators during power failure if automatic system fails.

·       Assign cleaning assignments in plant as required in standing/order book. Assign preventative maintenance.

·       Assists the Director of Facilities Management to perform assigned projects including, but not limited to energy conservation, capital planning, bids and specifications and other tasks determined by the Director or his/her designee.

Required Qualifications:

·       Knowledge of the principles of operation of industrial type heating systems.

·       Knowledge of the types and uses of industrial type heating systems.

·       Knowledge of the principles of pneumatics as applied to heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems.

·       Knowledge of the types and uses of pneumatic controls used in power plant operations.

·       Knowledge of calibration and/or adjustment techniques as applied to pneumatic control systems.

·       Knowledge of the types and uses of precision measuring equipment used in a power plant such as manometers, voltmeters, anemometers, tachometers, etc.

·       Knowledge of the principles of operation of internal combustion engines.

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