Team Lead - Maintenance, Repair, and Sustainability

Tennessee Tech•Cookeville, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The steam plant supervisor is responsible for overseeing, guiding, and supporting employees in their work to ensure that organizational goals are met and standards are maintained. The steam plant supervisor’s role encompasses various aspects, including leadership, communication, coaching and development, performance management, conflict resolution, and resource management. The steam plant supervisor will be responsible for the overall management of the steam plant facility including shutdown periods for maintenance when no boilers will be operating. They will be responsible for locking down the facility and having a safety plan during the annual two-week shutdown period and throughout the year. They will need to develop and test a plan for natural gas curtailment when the boiler fuel changes from natural gas to diesel fuel. They will need to test all diesel fuel equipment annually prior to curtailment periods. They will be responsible for troubleshooting boiler and auxiliary equipment performance. They will be required to make decisions to do repairs internally or reach out to outside companies for help. They will be responsible for maintaining proper boiler operation by monitoring and adjusting boiler and auxiliary equipment controls for natural gas and oil-fired equipment. The maintenance and upkeep of all boilers and related steam plant equipment will be their responsibility. TTU does staff a steam plant maintenance employee to take care of the day-to-day facility maintenance items and boiler and auxiliary equipment repairs. The steam plant maintenance employee will report to the supervisor. The steam plant supervisor will plan, schedule, assign, supervise, and participate in major and minor maintenance of boilers and auxiliary equipment including ordering material and supplies for these repairs. Ordering the day-to-day supplies needed for the department will also be their responsibility. The steam plant has a water softener system that must be properly operated and maintained, including the proper use and amount of water softener salt to keep the water soft. The feed water for the boilers is also chemically treated to prevent scaling and corrosion in the boilers and auxiliary equipment and to maintain proper boiler heat transfer efficiency. The proper operation and maintenance of all water softening and chemical water treatment equipment is the steam plant supervisor’s responsibility. The steam plant supervisor will be responsible for working with the boiler inspectors. Any findings from a boiler inspector must be scheduled for repair and a plan put in place to manage the steam production. They will also be working with regulatory inspectors, chemical treatment specialists, equipment manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, TTU employees, and other personnel as necessary for the operation and maintenance of the steam plant. The steam plant supervisor will be responsible for the daily, monthly, and annual recording and reporting of data required by Title V permitting and the university. Completes and /or reviews records for compliance with the EPA regulations and boiler inspector requirements. The steam plant supervisor also must resolve employee work time issues and approve payroll every two weeks. They will also be responsible for approving or rejecting annual vacation time and sick time requests for the steam plant employees. The steam plant supervisor will be required to work as a steam plant operator as needed due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts or unplanned absences of scheduled employees.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED with seven years of related professional experience or an associate's degree (60 credit hours) with five years of related professional experience.
Three years of experience in a steam plant or similar maintenance environment.
Willing to learn basic Microsoft office programs such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

Nice To Haves

Five years of natural gas and fuel oil fired boiler operations and maintenance experience.
A working knowledge of Microsoft office software.
Prior experience in a supervisory role in a steam plant.

Responsibilities

Supervises the operation of high-pressure boilers fired by natural gas or fuel oil.
Trains, schedules, supervises, assigns, inspects, and evaluates the work of employees.
Continuously seeks ways to make the steam plant more efficient including training employees how to be more efficient in boiler operation and maintenance.
Troubleshooting boilers and auxiliary equipment performance.
Develop and test a plan for natural gas curtailment when the boiler fuel changes from natural gas to diesel fuel.
Maintaining proper boiler operation by monitoring and adjusting boiler and auxiliary equipment controls for natural gas and oil-fired equipment.
Monitor boiler operation, recognize upset conditions and correct problems or safely shut down a boiler.
Make decisions when to start up or shut down a boiler based upon campus loads, breakdowns, weather, or loss of efficiency.
Plans, supervises, and directs maintenance and repair activities of boilers and auxiliary equipment of the steam plant.
Orders the materials and supplies needed for maintenance and operation.
Responsible for the daily, monthly, and annual recording and reporting of data required by Title V permitting and the university.
Completes and /or reviews records for compliance with the EPA regulations and boiler inspector requirements.
Work as a steam plant operator as needed due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts or unplanned absences of scheduled employees.
Willing if called by an employee needing help to come to the plant and help the employee even if it is the off shift, weekend, or holiday.
Adhere to all TTU rules and regulations.