Utility System Repair Operator

This position is located with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) in Laurel, MD. In this position, you will perform a variety of operations and functions relating to the adjustment, maintenance, repair, replacement, modification, and inspection of complex heating, ventilating, waste sterilization, emergency electrical generator, and air conditioning systems at NCAPP.

The duties may include, but are not limited to:

Operates, maintains, modifies, and repairs three boilers that supply 180-degree Fahrenheit water 24/7, throughout the entire facility.

Monitors, adjusts, and controls phases of the boiler plant operation to achieve efficient combustion levels and compliance with air pollution laws or regulations.

Troubleshoots and diagnoses malfunctioning heating systems and supporting components, determines nature and extent of repairs and makes adjustments and corrections as required.

Performs regular preventive maintenance, diagnoses refrigeration malfunctions, and makes repairs to compressors, condensers, liquid line solenoid and expansion valves, coils, motors, belts, bearings, fans, filter-driers, and other auxiliary equipment

Inspects and monitors the chiller operations, temperatures, and generated alarms on a daily basis, and records all data in the chiller logbook.

Maintains the generator in a ready state mode in order to guarantee 24/7 emergency power transfer capability.

Exercises all generators on a biweekly basis by bringing them up to operational conditions and making repairs or adjustments as needed to ensure optimal performance.

Initiates the decontamination cycle and monitors the batch runs through the system, and records all pressures and temperatures and logs them in the waste sterilization log book.

Operates, inspects, and maintains the BSL-3AG microwave wastewater sterilization system that was designed exclusively to perform pre-programmed thermal deactivation of biological waste, including Ag Select Agents.

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.