
PLANT ENGINEER - PLANT SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
Duluth, MNFull-time$28.42–37.37/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital is seeking a Plant Engineer for its Plant Systems Operations team in Duluth. The role performs corrective and preventive maintenance, operates and tests hospital machinery, equipment, and systems, and constructs or modifies equipment and systems as directed. The position is full-time with variable shifts and requires two years of experience working with facility systems.
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Full job description
Compassion. Accountability. Collaboration. Foresight. Joy.
These are the Aspirus Core Values; and we are looking for the BEST around to join us as we demonstrate those values Every. Single. Day.
ASPIRUS ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL in Duluth, MN is seeking a PLANT ENGINEER to join our PLANT SYSTEMS OPERATIONS team!
Salary Range: $28.42 - $37.37 Hourly
Schedule/Hours: VARIED (ALL) SHIFTS, Variable Shifts
Weekend Requirement: Two Weekends Per Month
FTE: FULL TIME, 1.0 FTE
Flex FTE: Yes, 0.90 - 1.00 or 72 to 80 Hours Biweekly
Off Premise On-Call: No
Performs corrective and preventative maintenance, operates assigned Hospital machinery and equipment, tests Hospital equipment and systems and constructs and modifies Hospital equipment and systems as directed.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
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Education: High School graduate or equivalent
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Experience: Two (2) years previous experience working with facility systems.
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Licensure/Certification/Registration: N/A
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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Education: 2-Year Technical or Trade School OR sufficient experience of a related nature in lieu of degree
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Experience: Previous course work or experience with heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
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Licensure/Certification/Registration: N/A
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Manual dexterity and mobility.
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READING - Intermediate: Ability to read and interpret documents such as operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
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WRITING - Intermediate: Ability to write routine reports, correspondence, or procedures.
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SPEAKING - Basic: Ability to speak simple sentences.
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MATHEMATICAL SKILLS - Basic Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
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REASONING ABILITY - Intermediate Skills: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENT
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Moderate physical effort (lift/carry up to fifty (50) pounds). Frequent prolonged standing/walking. Pushes, pulls or moves/lifts heavy equipment and/or supplies. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching.
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Stand - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
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Walk - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
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Sit - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
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Use hands to finger, handle, or feel - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
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Reach with hands and arms - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
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Climb or balance - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
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Stoop, Squat, Kneel, or Crouch - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
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Bending-repetitive forward - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
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Talk or hear - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
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Taste or smell - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
LIFTING REQUIREMENTS
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Up to 10 pounds - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
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Up to 25 pounds - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
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Up to 35 pounds - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
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Up to 50 pounds - Frequently 1/3 to 2/3 (2.5 – 5.5 hours)
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More than 50 pounds - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
WORK ENVIRONMENT
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Wet or humid conditions (non-weather) - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
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Work near moving mechanical parts - Frequently 1/3 to 2/3 (2.5 – 5.5 hours)
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Fumes or airborne particles - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
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Toxic or caustic chemicals - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
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Extreme cold (non-weather) - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
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Extreme heat (non-weather) - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
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Risk of electrical shock - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
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Vibration - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
Typical Noise Level - Loud Noise (examples: manufacturing department, large earth-moving equipment)
WORKING CONDITIONS
Exposure to Asbestos. Exposed to loud or noisy equipment. Exposed to hazards of steam and heat.
Employee Benefits
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Full benefits packages available for part- and full-time status.
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Time away from work accrual.
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Retirement plans available.
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Wellness program for employees and their families.
Aspirus St. Luke’s in Duluth is a cornerstone of health care in northeastern Minnesota, offering a wide range of medical specialties and advanced care services. With a history dating back to 1881, this downtown Duluth hospital has grown into a comprehensive medical center with a strong commitment to patient-centered care. The facility features a 267-bed hospital, state-of-the-art surgical and imaging technology, and a nationally recognized heart and vascular center. As part of the broader Aspirus system, St. Luke’s is also known for its excellence in orthopedics, cancer care, and women’s and children’s health. In addition to the main hospital campus, the Duluth area includes multiple primary and specialty care clinics that serve the Twin Ports and surrounding communities. Duluth, MN (https://visitduluth.com/)
Our Mission : We heal people, promote health and strengthen communities.
Our Vision: Aspirus is a catalyst for creating healthy, thriving communities, trusted and engaged above all others.
As an Aspirus team, we demonstrate caring, we plan to impact the future, work with happiness and enthusiasm, recognize our power to make a difference and improve the health of our communities.
Aspirus Health is a nonprofit, community-directed health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin, serving northeastern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The health system operates 18 hospitals and 130 outpatient locations with nearly 14,000 team members, including 1,300 employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians. For more information visit aspirus.org.
Click here (https://www.aspirus.org/about) to learn more.
Position PLANT ENGINEER - PLANT SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
Location
Req ID 129548
How this job compares
Set against the 1,317 open Facilities Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$28.42–37.37/hr
- Minnesota median$25–32/hr24 hourly ranges
- US median$25–30/hr495 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $32.89/hr, is 20% above the Minnesota median midpoint ($27/hr) — in the middle half of Facilities Maintenance hourly ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 32 open Facilities Maintenance jobs in Minnesota and 1,317 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Good Samaritan2 open
- Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency2 open
- Minnetonka Public Schools2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Facilities Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (836 postings).
- Education
- 27 of the 1,317 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 5, 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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