
Maintenance Engineer
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Job overview
The Maintenance Engineer operates and maintains hospital utility systems and mechanical equipment, including boilers, generators, chillers, and building management systems. The role monitors equipment readings, performs water testing and treatment, maintains boilers, and tests emergency generators. It requires a high school diploma or GED, specialized or technical training, and two years of power plant experience.
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Full job description
Employment Type:
Full time
Shift:
Day Shift
Description:
Job Summary / Purpose
Operates and insures correct, effective operation of stationary engines, steam boilers and accessories, central chilled water plant, building management systems and mechanical equipment to provide services to the hospital. __
Essential Key Job Responsibilities
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__ Operates, adjusts, and regulates steam boilers, compressors, generators, pumps, chillers, cooling towers and building management systems.
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Observes steam-flow meters, carbon dioxide meters, pressure and draft gauges and adjust valves to attain reading within specified requirements.
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Periodically records readings in the logbook.
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Removes and tests water to determine hardness. Conducts other chemical checks on water and adjusts chemicals as needed.
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Is responsible for oiling and greasing moving mechanisms, maintaining proper water condition in boilers and cleaning boilers.
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Observes state and local regulations such as periodically shutting down boilers and inspecting interiors for scale deposits.
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Detects warning signals and machinery malfunctions by sound.
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Has responsibility for the functioning of the emergency generators and their periodic testing.
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Clears and resents the Pneumatic tube system as requested while maintaining the plant in a clean and orderly condition
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May be required to work at any Mercy facilities __
The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Required Education and Experience
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High school diploma or general education degree (GED), required
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Specialized or technical training
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Two years experience in a power plant setting
Required Licensure and Certifications
Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training for child and dependent adult abuse within three (3) months of hire
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training
-Considerable knowledge of the processed and techniques of boiler operation and generating equipment
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Standard medical and nursing equipment, special equipment or office equipment found in the assigned area
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Computer/ data entry knowledge
Summary of Essential Cognitive Functions
Ability to comprehend and follow instructions; maintain attention and concentration for necessary periods; synthesize, coordinate, and analyze data, perform simple and repetitive tasks; maintain a work pace appropriate to given work load; perform complex and varied tasks; relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions; get along with co-workers and peers; understand the meaning of words and how to use them appropriately and effectively; understand and remember detailed instructions; make independent decisions or exercise judgment based on appropriate information; accept and carry out responsibility for direction, control and planning.
Our Commitment
Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran
How this job compares
Set against the 662 open Maintenance Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$90–127K/yr196 salary ranges
- US median$31–36/hr172 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 10 open Maintenance Engineer jobs in Iowa and 662 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Maintenance Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (481 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 275 of the 662 open Maintenance Engineer jobs (42%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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