
Stationary Engineer
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Job overview
Under the direction of the Chief or Assistant Chief Engineer, the Stationary Engineer supports the design, construction, modification, and maintenance of medical center equipment and machinery. The role operates and maintains physical plant systems, including electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, heating, and air conditioning, to ensure efficient and reliable operation. It may require emergency work during off hours and on weekends.
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Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Chief or Assistant Chief Engineer, performs activities concerned with design, construction, modification, and maintenance of equipment and machinery in medical center facility. Under limited supervision, ensures efficient and reliable operation of all machinery, including but not limited to electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, heating and air conditioning systems within the Medical Center.
Essential Responsibilities:
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Under general supervision, performs tasks in support of physical plant equipment/systems and operations, including life support and life safety equipment. May be required to work in emergency situations during off hours and on weekend shifts. Performs inspections and adjustments of equipment. Reads and interprets blueprints, specifications, operation and maintenance manuals and other documents to determine proper operation. Troubleshoots and problem solve under normal and abnormal situations. Operates, adjusts and analyzes various pieces of physical plant equipment through use of computers and microprocessor based devices. Tests newly installed machines and equipment to ensure fulfillment of contract specifications. Performs other duties as necessary.
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- Supervisory Responsibilities:
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- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
Three years related experience and/or training. Competency to operate microprocessor based devices. Capable of performing maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of HVAC equipment (including chillers and boilers), electrical distribution, and operating room equipment. Must possess a working knowledge of medical gas distribution and alarm systems, water treatment, steam systems, refrigeration, compressors, pumps, electric motors, and variable frequency drives. Journeyman level field service experience in industrial electrical and/or refrigeration. Understanding of preventive maintenance and work order system, preferably MP2. Working knowledge and ability to perform duties of all trade classifications including electrical, plumbing, carpentry and HVAC. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization. Ability to regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
Education
- High School Diploma/GED.
License, Certification, Registration
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Driver's License (California)
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Universal Chlorofluorocarbons Certificate
Additional Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Engineering background in acute care hospital preferred.
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Stationary Engineer
LOCATION: Santa Clara, California
REQNUMBER: 1443112
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.
How this job compares
Set against the 661 open Facilities Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$104–140K/yr39 salary ranges
- California median$46–54/hr27 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 73 open Facilities Engineer jobs in California and 661 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- CBRE14 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Facilities Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (481 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 312 of the 661 open Facilities Engineer jobs (47%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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