Location
Palo Alto, CA | United States
Job description
Title: Maintenance Person IV
Pay Rate: $40/hr
Job Type: 5-6 month contract
Shift(s): Mon Fri, 6am 2:30pm
Location: Palo Alto, CA 94305
Job Code: JPC-9476/1287316
*Background Check Required*
Tekberry is looking for a highly qualified and motivated individual to work with our client, a world-class university and research center. As a W2 employee you will have access to health benefits. Benefits include health, dental, and vision (eligible on the 1st of the month following your start date).
Job Description:
The Land, Buildings and Real Estate Department is looking for a maintenance technician that will be primarily working out of the CUP (Central Utility Plant) on campus where they will spend time monitoring boilers, chillers, controls, and working on motors, valves, and pumps. A Stationary Engineer would be a good fit for this role, as well any experienced HVAC techs that have commercial/industrial experience - Residential will not work, nor will someone with majority management experience as this is a hands-on role. Driving will also be required on campus and from time to time to Redwood city campus - less than 10% of the time will be driving but a valid CA driver license is required and a MVR must be ran as part of the background check package.
- Perform routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, or doing other preventive maintenance actions on high and low pressure water and steam systems. Plant equipment includes Heat Recovery Chillers, Conventional Chillers, Hot Water Boilers, emergency diesel generator, cooling towers, pumps, valves, Variable Frequency Drives, etc.
- Check and change oil, clean or change filters, clean strainers, etc. as part of a planned maintenance program. Clean or lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, or other parts of machinery.
- Reading and interpreting vendor manuals and plant equipment diagrams.
- Mechanical maintenance of rotating equipment.
- Dismantle machines, equipment, or devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, or power tools.
- Performs cleaning, mopping, painting, re-lamping and other general housekeeping duties needed for efficient and safe sanitary work environment.
- Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment. Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.
- Repair machines, equipment, or structures, using tools such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, wrenches, or equipment such as precision measuring instruments or electrical or electronic testing devices.
- Perform pump and motor alignment.
- Repair and replace piping, pipefittings, and valves.
- Dismantle and repack valves, prepare boilers and chillers for inspections, clean machinery under repair, cut gaskets.
- Assist in installation of piping and equipment, cutting threading, soldering, fitting of piping, installation of brackets and hangers.
- Purge chillers in accordance with established procedures.
- Tighten valve-packing glands, blow down compressed air tanks, clean strainers, and purge chillers, etc.
Requirements:
- 2+ years of experience; Any combination of education and training that has developed journey-level skills in the required areas
- Ability to assist other co-workers throughout other skilled trade work environments.
- Possess work habits conducive with food service preparation and storage.
- Capable of learning and applying safe work practices and procedures.
- Valid Non-Commercial Class California Driver's License
TEKBERRY OFFERS A $100 payment FOR REFERRALS!
Tekberry, Inc is a Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE).
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