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Plant Utilities Engineer 1 (NY HELPS) (Power Plant)

New York State Civil Service

Albany, NYFull-time$59–72K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$59–72K/yr
Location
Albany, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

New York State Driver's License

Job overview

Plant Utilities Engineers 1 operate, maintain, and repair mechanical, electrical, auxiliary, and emergency equipment in heating or air-conditioning plants and facilities with utility equipment installations. The position is at the University at Albany Power Plant and follows a Tuesday-through-Saturday overnight schedule. Applicants must meet one of the listed alternative qualification paths and hold a valid New York State driver’s license.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Equipment OperationEquipment MaintenanceEquipment RepairManual LaborFollowing Instructions

Qualifications

Listed Qualification PathsNew York State Driver's LicenseOvertime Availability

Full job description

NY HELPS Yes

55-b/c Eligible Yes

Agency University at Albany

Title Plant Utilities Engineer 1 (NY HELPS) (Power Plant)

Occupational Category Skilled Craft, Apprenticeship, Maintenance

Salary Grade 14

Bargaining Unit OSU - Operational Services Unit (CSEA)

Salary Range From $59049 to $71719 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Internship No

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Other (see below)

"Other" Explanation Tuesday thru Saturday 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM (Pass Days Sunday/Monday)

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 11 PM

To 7 AM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? Yes

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address University at Albany (Power Plant)

1400 Washington Avenue

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12222

Duties Description Plant Utilities Engineers 1 operate, maintain and repair mechanical, electrical, and auxiliary or emergency equipment in a heating or air-conditioning plant or a single or multi-building facility or facilities with multiple utility equipment installations.

Minimum Qualifications This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title maybe filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.NON-COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (NY HELPS):Either 1. Graduate of heating, HVAC, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration apprenticeship program from the U.S. Air Force;Or 2. Must have been an enlisted machinery technician (MK) with the U.S. Coast Guard OR possession of a certificate as a Marine Engineer issued by the U.S. Coast Guard;Or 3. Must have been an enlisted power generation equipment repairer with the U.S. Army;Or 4. Must have been an enlisted gas turbine systems technician, submarine nuclear propulsion plant operator reactor control, utilities man, machinist mate, or engineman with the U.S. Navy;Or 5. Must have a Merchant Mariner's Document (MMD) and have been a qualified member of the engine department (QMED) as an oiler, fireman/water tender, refrigerating engineer or engineman with the U.S. Merchant Marine;Or 6. Completion of a New York State Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program for stationary engineers, plant maintenance (plumber/steamfitter), HVAC Mechanic or plant maintenance (refrigeration/AC) (See Note #1);Or 7. Possession of a High-Pressure Boiler Operating Engineer License or Stationary Engineer License;Or 8. A bachelor's degree in Facilities Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Marine Engineering;Or 9. Four years of full-time hands on experience in the maintenance and operation of commercial, industrial, institutional facility, computer applications of digital energy platforms and building analytics and/or performing diagnosis, repair of HVAC systems or boilers or auxiliary equipment;Or 10. Four years of full-time hands on experience in a residential setting performing diagnosis, operation, maintenance repair of HVAC systems or boilers or auxiliary equipment;Or 11. An associate's degree in HVAC AND two years of qualifying experience as described in EITHER qualification #9 or #10 above;Or 12. Completion of an HVAC certificate or diploma from a BOCES program (900 hours) OR completion of an approved certificate in HVAC, electrical, refrigeration, boiler operations and maintenance, or plumbing from an accredited technical school or technology college (See Note #2) AND two years of qualifying experience as described in EITHER qualification #9 or #10 above.Note #1 Information regarding qualifying New York State Department of Labor recognized apprenticeship programs can be found here: https://labor.ny.gov/apprenticeship/appindex.shtm [(External Link)] .Note # 2 Certification programs must be accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) or recognized by the New York State Education Department Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision (BPSS). Information on ACCSC accredited programs can be found here: http://www.accsc.org/ [(External Link)] . Information on BPSS recognized proprietary schools can be found here: http://www.acces.nysed.gov/bpss/welcome-career-training-proprietary-schools [(External Link)] . COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (NON-NY HELPS):Candidates must have a reachable score on the University at Albany Plant Utilities Engineer 1 Exam List ORBe a current NYS employee and have a current permanent appointment with 1 year of service as a Plant Utilities Engineer 1, or in a title eligible to transfer to Plant Utilities Engineer 1 ORBe a former NYS employee eligible for reinstatement to the title of Plant Utilities Engineer 1May be filled from a mandatory reemployment list if one is in effect at the time of appointment.OPERATIONAL NEEDS:Valid New York State Driver's License is required.Ability to perform manual laborAbility to work scheduled and unscheduled overtime Ability to understand and carry out written and verbal instructions.Any applications received that do not meet the above requirements as described will be deemed unqualified.

Additional Comments YOU MUST APPLY ONLINE using this link: http://albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=206227

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Name Human Resources

Telephone 518-437-4700

Fax 518-437-4731

Email Address [email protected](you must apply with link below)

Address

Street 1400 Washington Avenue

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12222

Notes on Applying YOU MUST APPLY ONLINE using this link: http://albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=206227

How this job compares

Set against the 1,226 open Facilities Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$59–72K/yr
  • New York median$59–72K/yr36 salary ranges
  • US median$70–88K/yr184 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $65K, is close to the New York median midpoint ($65K) — in the middle half of Facilities Maintenance salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 105 open Facilities Maintenance jobs in New York and 1,226 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Facilities Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (784 postings).
Education
28 of the 1,226 open Facilities Maintenance jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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