Keep our utilities running at peak performance
Use your technical know-how to keep facilities and equipment in optimal condition. In this role, you’ll perform operational checks and a full spectrum of maintenance—preventive, planned, and reactive—centered on a firetube steam boiler plant and the broader facility infrastructure.
Join a team that multiplies possibilities and unlocks exponential potential.
A day in the life
- Start of shift: Walk the boiler room and utility areas; verify steam line pressures, gauge readings, pump status, and valve positions. Log readings and note any anomalies.
- Morning: Conduct daily water quality tests under the guidance of the contracted Water Quality Engineer; adjust treatment to protect boiler, condensate, and feed water systems. Inspect steam traps and control valves for proper function.
- Midday: Tackle facilities service requests—lighting, bathroom fixtures, locks, walls, bump posts, and safety signage—while coordinating with outside vendors for scheduled PMs and verifying their work quality.
- Afternoon: Prepare boilers for inspection as needed—open and clean tubes and drums; replace refractory brick and burners. Perform repairs on valves, bearings, gauges, expansion joints, pumps, electrical controls, and PRVs.
- Wrap-up: Record steam, water, and gas consumption; update the work order system and maintenance tracking software to capture PM attainment, reactive vs. planned work, hours, and parts/labor costs.
What you’ll take ownership of
- Maintaining the core functionality of facility systems: boilers, compressors, chillers, water softeners, drainage systems, and the building infrastructure—measured by PM completion and the ratio of planned to reactive maintenance.
- Leading root cause analyses when equipment fails and adjusting maintenance schedules to prevent recurrence.
- Using maintenance software to document activities, service hours, and repair costs; making consistent, accurate entries to meet attainment goals.
- Managing and inspecting vendor-performed PMs and repairs for quality and compliance.
- Identifying upgrades that enhance efficiency, save energy, and reduce component wear.
- Establishing predictive maintenance routines on critical assets to boost availability and reliability.
- Continuous surveillance of fuel oil tanks for emergency diesel generator sets; performing routine tests of the emergency generator(s) on the prescribed schedule.
- Adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Safely using hand/power tools, electric meters, and material handling equipment; working safely around multiple allergens.
Qualifications
- Education: Associate’s or technical school degree in Mechanics, Electrical, or Computer Science preferred; or an equivalent mix of education and experience.
- Experience: 5+ years working with high-pressure steam boilers in a manufacturing environment.
- Licensing: Boiler Operator Certificate/License.
Technical skills
- Hands-on troubleshooting and repair across mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.
- Welding proficiency and the ability to read mechanical, piping, and electrical schematics.
- Competence in plumbing maintenance and repair within the facility.
- Compressed air systems troubleshooting (Kaeser experience preferred).
- Diagnose electrical issues from minor to complex, including motor starter circuits, VFDs, I/O switch functions, and equipment wiring.
- Operate Hilo trucks, scissor lifts, and boom lifts and pass required Roskam testing.
- Basic computer literacy, including Building Automation Systems (BAS).