Stationary Engineer

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Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Stationary Engineer for the Murray Developmental Center located in Centralia, Illinois to receive day-to-day guidance and assignments from the Chief Stationary Engineer. Installs, maintains, performs preventative maintenance, cleaning and trouble shooting and repairs the heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) operational systems, boilers, furnaces, high pressure coal, gas or oil fired boilers, fire tube low pressure boilers and auxiliaries, stokers, blowers, flow meters, pumps, fans, belts, filters, compressors, generators, turbines, diesel engines, building automation systems, humidifiers, chillers, steam absorb chiller, cooling towers, refrigeration (including Chlorofluorocarbon systems), electrical and computerized comfort control systems, ventilating and air handling unit temperature control systems, etc. Makes rounds of buildings' boiler and mechanical rooms at regular intervals to assess the operation and efficiency of machinery and equipment and to detect potential mechanical problems. Tests and records water used for consumption or for generating steam and hydraulic hot water, chilled water systems and adds appropriate chemicals for proper maintenance of systems including chilled and hot water loops and cooling towers. Assists other facilities and centers within the Central/Southern Region in the installation, maintenance, and repair of various mechanical systems. Travels in performance of job duties. 

Essential Functions

• Receives day-to-day guidance and assignments from the Chief Stationary Engineer at the Murray Developmental Center.


• Makes rounds of buildings' boiler and mechanical rooms at regular intervals to assess the operation and efficiency of machinery and equipment and to detect potential mechanical problems.


• Tests and records water used for consumption or for generating steam and hydraulic hot water, chilled water systems and adds appropriate chemicals for proper maintenance of systems including chilled and hot water loops and cooling towers.


• Maintains the powerhouse log.


• Observes and listens to the performance of various machineries to detect mechanical problems.


• Assists other facilities and centers within the Central/Southern Region in the installation, maintenance, and repair of various mechanical systems to ensure proper functioning of systems and equipment.


• Performs other duties as required or assigned, which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of high school.


• Requires four (4) years of experience in power plant operation and in firing high pressure and/or low-pressure stationary boilers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Four (4) years of specialized experience in the operation of high-pressure/low-pressure coal, gas or oil-fired boilers and their apparatuses.


• Three (3) years of specialized experience in water treatment and various chemicals used in boiler systems.


• Three (3) years of specialized experience diagnosing problems in mechanical, electrical, heating and air conditioning/HVAC systems.


• Three (3) years of professional experience directing the work of employees and outside contractors engaged in the operation and maintenance of technical stationary engineering power plant building systems.


• Three (3) years of experience taking utility readings, logging records, ensuring maintenance schedules are followed, reviewing and actioning maintenance reports for technical stationary engineering power plant building systems.


• Three (3) years of experience diagnosing building and mechanical issues, recognizing potentially dangerous situations, and implementing appropriate emergency responses.


• Three (3) years of specialized experience in public health Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and building codes of technical stationary engineering power plant building systems.


• Three (3) years of experience following and expressing complex ideas clearly both orally and in written form in the field of technical stationary engineering power plant building systems.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires the possession of a valid certificate as a Universal Technician under U.S.E.P.A. Section 608 Rules or ability to obtain such certificate. 


• Requires the ability to perform various tasks such as lifting and moving up to 50 pounds independently and up to 100 pounds with assistance.


• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.


• Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.  


• Requires the ability to work shifts, including weekends and holidays.


• Requires the ability to utilize agency supplied materials/equipment (e.g., pager, cell phone, etc).


• Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.


• Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

About the Agency

The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois.  Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives.  Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois.  Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.