HVAC Operating Engineer - Mid Wilshire

Description

Serving at UCLA Health will give you the opportunity to use your specialized abilities to help improve the lives of our patients, their families, and your fellow UCLA Health team members. You'll provide critical support that makes healing happen. We'd love to have you join us.

Under the general direction of the Senior Superintendent, perform the full range of journey level functions of a HVAC Operating Engineer in the Resnick Mental Campus located in the Los Angeles Mil-Wilshire District. Buildings include an all-electric inpatient psychiatric hospital, an outpatient medical office building and a parking structure. Job duties include maintenance and repair of building equipment and infrastructure including HVAC equipment, emergency generators, sewer vacuum equipment, medical air and vacuum equipment, kitchen equipment, refrigerators, heat-recovery chillers, and more. Included in this job is documentation of preventative maintenance and engineering rounds critical to maintaining hospital license accreditation. Job requires working among patience, staff and visitors. Ability to maintain a level of professionalism a must. Additionally, incumbent may be assigned to alternate work schedules, including weekends.

Salary rate: $52.26

Qualifications

• EPA Section 608 Universal Refrigerant Certificate required.

• Ability to speak, read, write and understand English to carry out job duties and complete clear, accurate reports.

• Working knowledge of safe work practices, standard equipment, methods, current Mechanical, Plumbing and Electrical Code, related NFPA and ASHRAE codes and standards, Title 24 Code., OSHA and ADA requirements as it relates to the function and ability to recognize discrepancies of ADA and Fire/Life/Safety codes at each job.

• Ability to read project specifications, blueprints and technical manuals.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to maintain cooperative working relationships.

• Ability to perform preventive and planned maintenance and using standard equipment and basic software.

• Ability to stand, walk, crawl, climb, stoop, push, pull, and crouch for extended periods; ability to repeatedly raise or lower objects weighing up to 50 pounds from the floor to waist high and rotate the upper torso. Ability to wear required PPE.

• Availability to work overtime and various shifts, including nights and weekends.

Preferred

• Operating Engineer license

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