Huffmaster is currently recruiting Stationary Engineers to work during a possible labor dispute in the Northeastern U.S. that could occur in the Spring of 2025.
Pay Rate: $100Hour
Deployment Guarantee: 48-Hours (If Ready, Willing, and Able to Work Each Scheduled Shift)
Shift Length: 12-Hours
Assignment Commitment: Must have the ability to travel and be away from home for at least 45-days. The exact length of the assignment will be determined once the union issues a notice of intent to strike.
We Provide:
- Round-Trip Air Travel or Reimbursed Mileage (If You Live Within 250-Miles/4-Hours of the Job Site)
- Daily Per Diem to Cover the Cost for Meals and Incidentals
- Hotel Accommodations
If you are interested in this assignment, please follow the link to apply and submit a detailed resume for consideration. If you have questions regarding this assignment, please call and speak with a Recruiter at (866) 903-7267.
Please Note: You MUST meet the Job Requirements below to qualify for this assignment.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Licensing and Certification:
- PA Stationary Engineer Seal -OR-
- Equivalent Certification:
- Navy Machinist Mate and Boiler Technician
- Merchant Marine: QMED -OR- Engineer Programs/Licenses
Education:
- HS Diploma or GED
- If you do not have the above licensing/certification: Graduation from a recognized/accredited trade school with at least six months full-time emphasis (5 hours/day x 3 days/week) in industrial power plant and refrigeration equipment operations.
Experience:
- 3-years’ recent full-time experience (6,000-hours) operating industrial power plant equipment and controls (must include: chillers, cooling towers, air compressors, and water treatment equipment.)
- Basic understanding of chemical and water treatment and computer use is required.
- Hands on experience with Hazardous Energy Control procedures (Lock Out / Tag Out).
- Ability to read and troubleshoot from blueprints, drawings, etc.
- Familiar with valve, mechanical equipment maintenance and instrumentation and control procedures.
- Recent experience operating centrifugal chillers (electrical and turbine driven) greater than 600 tons.
- Recent experience operating air compressors and desiccant air dryers greater than 250 cfm, high purity (WFI and USP grade) water system equipment including reverse osmosis, deionization, vapor compression and multi-effect distillation units.
- Preferred – advanced experience in high purity water, cooling towers, water treatment, reverse osmosis, steam utilization, and chiller operation.
Equipment Used:
- Air compressors
- Refrigerated and desiccant air dryers
- Package boilers
- Water softeners
- Deionizers
- Demineralizers
- Reverse osmosis and distillation equipment
- Clean steam generators
- Electrical and turbine driven centrifugal chillers
- Absorption chillers
- Water cooling towers
- Condensate equipment
- Vacuum pumps
- Catalytic oxidizers
- Closed loop building water systems and chemical treatment/testing equipment
- Personal computer
- Network terminals and computer interfaces
Work Environment:
- Heavy lifting regularly throughout the shift.
- Use and handling of solvent, acids and heat transfer media, heat and cold, dust and dirt, and refrigerant handling.
- Working in confined spaces and at heights.
- May involve working on or near incinerators, animal areas, sewer pits, lift stations, etc.
- Will be required to wear personal protective equipment including safety glasses, safety shoes, respirators, hearing and fall protection.
Duties:
- Operate heating and cooling equipment, including chillers, cooling towers, perimeter heat, reheat, etc. systems to meet variable load conditions.
- Maintain appropriate oil, glycol and cooling water parameters as required by utility systems.
- Chemically clean heat exchange and circulating systems.
- Operate distilled water, deionized water, reverse osmosis, water softener, water pretreatment, and reheat systems.
- Troubleshoot, maintain, regenerate, acid clean, add, or change resin, and disinfect these systems as necessary.
- Monitor capacity of utility services, and quality to ensure proper operation of all utility equipment.
- Conduct daily rounds and readings of utility equipment and reports problems to the Manager.
- Perform routine testing of water systems, cooling tower water, closed loop cooling and heating systems.
- Maintain necessary chemical treatment at specified parameters, e g. level, pH, conductivity, etc.
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance and emergency repairs as required by the equipment and systems for which they are responsible.
- Maintain proper pressures and temperatures in the operation of heating and cooling equipment, including chillers, cooling towers, perimeter heat, reheat etc. systems to meet variable load conditions.
- Maintain appropriate oil, glycol and cooling water parameters as required by utility systems.
- Ensure proper operation of gauges/instrumentation (temperature, flow, conductivity, resistivity, pH, pressure, etc.) and changes recorder charts as necessary.
- Prepare utility equipment and systems for modifications and/or tie-ins
- Perform necessary tie-ins, shutdowns and valve isolations.
- Maintain utility equipment in good operating condition as it applies to oiling, packing, cleaning, adjustments and safety conditions.
- Operate computer workstations for monitoring and operational status of equipment and systems.