Boiler Operator

Power Plant Engineer 3 (Boiler Operator)

The Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility is a minimum custody, male facility that houses approximately 1150 incarcerated individuals. Our goal is to offer treatment, work, education, and apprenticeship opportunities in order to prepare them for their entry back into the neighborhoods of Iowa.

The mission of the Iowa Department of Corrections is "Creating opportunities for safer communities," and our MPCF mission is, "Helping people become their best," and we need talented and passionate people to fulfill our mission!

We are looking for a Power Plant Engineer 3 (Boiler Operator) to join our Power Plant team. Opening is for a 4 day-10-hour shift position working 8pm-6am, Thursday and Friday nights and 12pm-10pm, Sunday and Monday afternoons.

Job Duties

This position will operate and control the high-pressure boiler system and electrical generation equipment to supply the institution with heat, hot water, and backup electrical power. Monitor building automation and make adjustments as necessary. Perform routine and preventive maintenance on power plant/boiler equipment, pumps, motors, fans, generators etc. Make repairs on equipment such as rebuild of steam regulators, valves and traps. Repair pumps and motors, minor welding repair and fabrication for the institution. This includes catwalks, frameworks and various campus equipment. Supervision of Incarcerated Individual workers to complete routine maintenance and cleaning of the powerhouse and boiler area.

What We Offer The Selected Candidate

Collaborative and respectful team environment. Opportunities for professional development and personal growth. Excellent pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending and life insurance. Biweekly vacation accrual and separate sick leave. Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) retirement package. Optional 401A plan with employer contributions.

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Experience equal to three years of full-time work in the operation, maintenance and repair of steam generating boilers, centralized air-conditioning or electrical power generating equipment and auxiliary systems; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting 30 semester hours of accredited coursework from a military school or recognized trade or vocational school in power plant engineering principles including the operation, maintenance and repair of steam boilers for each year of the required experience to a maximum substitution of one year; OR employees with current continuous experience in the state Executive Branch that includes experience equal to one year of full-time experience as a Power Plant Engineer 2.

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