Utility Systems Repairer-Operator

Veterans Health Administration•Sheridan, WY

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Utility Systems Repairer-Operator is responsible for operating, maintaining, and repairing at least three high-pressure steam-generating boilers and a membrane-based ultra-filtration water treatment plant at the Sheridan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, as established by facilities management leadership. The boilers have capacities ranging from 14,000 to 100,000 pounds of steam per hour and may be fired by gas, coal, oil, refuse-derived fuel, wood, or combinations of these fuels. The role supports steam or high-temperature hot-water demands while maintaining combustion efficiency and complying with air-pollution regulations. The employee independently operates and maintains boilers, auxiliary equipment, and pollution-control equipment using manual or automatic controls. Duties include managing fuel feeds, water levels, pressure, temperature, combustion, and water conditioning; interpreting meters, gauges, charts, and computer-generated data; and adjusting equipment to meet changing loads and fuel conditions. The role also operates and maintains a membrane-based ultra-filtration water treatment plant rated at 600,000 gallons per day, providing uninterrupted water service around the clock. The operator oversees daily plant operations, uses plant instruments and equipment, tests potable water to verify compliance with EPA requirements for a community water system, and troubleshoots and repairs water-supply system equipment. The work is performed mainly indoors, with occasional short periods outdoors. It involves confined areas, high temperatures, constant noise, rotating machinery, soot, dirt, grease, chemicals, oil, fumes, and potential cuts, abrasions, or burns. The position requires physical effort including extended walking, standing, climbing, bending, and crouching, as well as lifting and carrying supplies and parts.

Requirements

Provide evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
Hold three valid State of Wyoming licenses in good standing: Class 2 Operating, Class 1 Water Distribution, and Class 1 Collections.
Possess a valid state driver's license if required for the position; complete mandatory VA driver training if required to operate a government-owned vehicle.
Be a U.S. citizen.
Meet applicable background/suitability investigation and Selective Service registration requirements.
Submit a complete application package, including required resume and transcripts.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating, maintaining, and repairing a membrane-based ultra-filtration water treatment plant.
Boiler plant operator experience.
Willingness to obtain State of Wyoming licenses for the Water Treatment Plant.

Responsibilities

Start, stop, operate, maintain, and repair high-pressure boilers and associated auxiliary equipment.
Operate boilers with capacities of 14,000 to 100,000 pounds of steam per hour, using a range of fuels to produce steam or high-temperature hot water.
Maintain efficient combustion and ensure compliance with applicable air-pollution laws and regulations.
Use electronic, hydraulic, and pneumatic controls, zone charts, meters, gauges, and computer-generated data to determine operational adjustments.
Adjust fuel feeds, draft, and firebox variables to maintain combustion efficiency as load demands or fuel quality change.
Operate, maintain, light, secure, and monitor multiple boilers and their auxiliary and pollution-control equipment.
Operate equipment such as dampers, induced- and forced-draft fans, ash-removal equipment, heat exchangers, fuel and air heaters, pumps, valves, strainers, and water softeners.
Regulate fuel feed, water levels, steam pressure, and temperatures; replenish chemical feed tanks and monitor feed-water conditioning equipment.
Operate and maintain a membrane-based ultra-filtration water treatment plant rated at 600,000 gallons per day, ensuring uninterrupted water service.
Control daily water treatment plant operations and use meters, gauges, motors, pumps, chemical feeders, and recording and control devices.
Conduct daily tests to ensure potable water supplied to the station meets EPA requirements for a community water system.
Troubleshoot and repair high-pressure piping systems, filters, valves, chlorine injectors, and other water-supply equipment.
Operate a government-owned vehicle for official duties if required and comply with applicable driver training and vehicle-use requirements.