Maintenance Engineer

*Job Summary and Responsibilities*

As our Maintenance Engineer, you will be a critical technical leader, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and longevity of facilities, equipment, and systems.

Every day, you will design and implement preventive maintenance programs, conduct root cause analyses, and develop repair strategies. You'll oversee projects, manage budgets, ensure compliance, and collaborate to improve efficiency and operational integrity.

To be successful in this role, you will possess a strong engineering foundation, advanced technical troubleshooting skills, proven project management abilities, and a proactive, analytical mindset to minimize downtime and maximize asset life.

• Maintains physical plant operations. Demonstrates ability to stand high pressure steam boiler watch.
• Inspects and monitors all critical equipment and ensures proper function, including but limited to boilers, emergency generators and switchgear.
• Maintains plant chillers, air compressors, vacuum pumps, pumps and associated equipment.
• Conducts water tests and logs results.
• Demonstrates ability to manipulate valves and pumps to get water to the boiler from more than one source
• Demonstrates knowledge of what to do in each circumstance concerning low water, high water in sight glass
• Accurately maintains boiler log.

*Job Requirements**Preferred*

• Contractors License

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1946, Dignity Health - French Hospital Medical Center is a 112-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in San Luis Obispo, California. Serving over 150,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a family birthing center. Additionally, French Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has achieved an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for every reporting period since 2012.

One Community. One Mission. One California

*Pay Range*

$31.68 - $47.13 /hour