Power Plant Operator - CRC

Milwaukee County Wisconsin•Franklin, WI

About The Position

The Power Plant Operator ensures the efficient and safe operation of the steam plant by overseeing its equipment. The operator provides the Community Reintegration Center with steam for heat and hot water, as well as steam for departments such as the kitchen, laundry, and maintenance to support the center’s mission. The steam plant operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Operators may be assigned to any shift and work weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

Requirements

Current Wisconsin residency at the time of application.
Valid Wisconsin Driver’s License upon application and maintained throughout incumbency.
High school diploma or GED equivalency.
At least one year of work experience operating high-pressure boilers or steam plants.
At application, possession of one of the following: NIULPE 4th Class Stationary Engineer license, ASOPE 2nd Class license, or City of Milwaukee High-Pressure Boiler Operator's permit; higher-class permits are accepted.
Ability to multitask and perform additional required duties while operating the boilers or steam plant throughout an entire shift.
Ability to work any shift, including weekends and holidays, and overtime as needed.
Ability to lift and carry up to 80 pounds and push and pull more than 200 pounds.

Responsibilities

Start, shift, operate, monitor, and secure high-pressure boilers and auxiliary equipment; recognize abnormal conditions and take corrective action.
Inspect operating equipment and record hourly parameters; perform boiler bottom and surface blowdowns.
Conduct daily chemical tests on operating boilers, water softener, reverse osmosis, feed water, and condensate systems; analyze results and adjust chemical tanks and pump settings to maintain specified boiler water levels.
Monitor water softener and de-alkalizer output; initiate, monitor, and log resin regeneration when system quality is depleted.
Lift, carry, and add 80-pound salt bags to softener and de-alkalizer brine tanks to maintain salinity.
Perform assigned daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual planned maintenance on boilers and auxiliary equipment.
Monitor and adjust nitrogen systems to maintain standby boiler pressure; transport nitrogen cylinders and replace depleted cylinders as needed.
Monitor, acknowledge, and report METASYS building automation alarms according to alarm status.
Inspect and monitor the deep well pumping system supplying water to the Fish Hatchery; check pumps, piping, and valves for leaks or abnormalities and report issues to the Supervisor.
Complete assigned daily Powerhouse cleaning duties and maintain a clean work environment.
Respond to campus facilities maintenance and repair requests received through work orders or other communications.
Maintain accurate logs and records, convey steam plant status to relief staff, tighten valve packing leaks, replace leaking boiler sight glass and packing, transport chemical drums to the Powerhouse, and complete assigned Powerhouse shift orders.
Safely operate boilers and auxiliary equipment, power tools, hand tools, chemical test lab equipment, gauges, and computers.
Perform other duties as assigned.