TOPR 0216 - Boiler Plant and AC Operators

Job Posting

This requirement is for three (3) Boiler Operators and three (3) AC Operators, IAW Performance Work Statement for The TVHS VA Medical Facility in Nashville, TN.

Candidate Files (one PDF per candidate):

• Titan-Auxo Cover Page
• Candidate Signed LOI
• Resume
• Any pertinent certifications
• OIG Exclusions search results

Place of Performance 1310 24th Avenue South, Nashville TN. 37212

Government Holidays:

• New Year's Day January 1
• Martin Luther King's Birthday 3rd Monday in January
• President's Day 3rd Monday in February
• Memorial Day Last Monday in May
• Juneteenth Jun 19th
• Independence Day July 4th
• Labor Day 1st Monday in September
• Columbus Day 2nd Monday in October
• Veteran's Day November 11
• Thanksgiving Day Last Thursday in November
• Christmas Day December 25

Occupational Health Testing:

• MMR vaccine or titer
• Hep B vaccine or titer
• Varicella vaccine or titer
• TB skin test, bloodwork, or Chest X-ray
• Flu shot

Equipment List:

• Boiler Plant Equipment Required Knowledgeability:
• 3 Cleaver Brook high pressure Boilers Maintenance and repair required, safety device testing required, log pressures daily, and watch/maintain pressure alarms and gages.
• Deaerator (DA) tank Prevents corrosion by having chemicals in water to treat. Employees are required to maintain their systems.
• Hot Well Tanks/Pumps Which will require regular maintenance.
• Air Conditioning Equipment Required Knowledgeability 12 years of qualified experiences:
• Air Handler Units
• Cooling Towers
• Chillers Starting and stopping
• Pumps
• Motors
• Exhaust Fans
• Refrigerators
• Ice Machines
• Walkin Coolers
• Pneumatic Tube System
• Basic plumbing
• Basic electricity
• Siemen Desigo Computer System Building Automation System 1 year of experience utilizing system.
• REES System
• Viewpoint
• Notifier fire alarm System

Contractor Requirements BPO:

• The Contractor's employees should be knowledgeable of standards associated with temperature monitoring, support, and maintenance. Boiler Operators must have 5 years of prior experience each working, installing, servicing, and operating up to 2,500hp high pressure steam boilers. Boiler Operators must be certified under the following courses and training, pertaining to the equipment at the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
• OSHA 10
• Safety Testing/BEI Video training (onsite completion before working independently)
• Auto flame Factory Trained
• Aerco Factory Trained
• Direct Logic Factory Trained
• C-More Factory Trained
• Confined Space Entry
• VHA Safe Steaming' Course
• 360 Training Boiler Operator Certification
• These tasks are to be performed daily, some during each shift depending on necessity. Some tasks shall be performed when required.
• Start-up and shut down of boiler(s)
• Operation of plant equipment and controls
• Collecting, recording, and documenting of plant operations
• Routine equipment maintenance
• Preparation of equipment for inspections
• Operation and testing of all safety devices and control equipment
• Operation of emergency generators
• Facility monitoring
• Perform monthly (PM's) preventative Maintenance
• Other tasks as required by VA for utility systems operators

ACO:

• 12 months of commercial Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and building operations experience.
• The incumbent(s) will assist Veteran Affairs (VA) operators and work independently once trained to maintain facility needs.
• The incumbent(s) will operate a multi-zone air conditioning plant consisting of several centrifugal chillers with a capacity of approximately 3,000 tons and two reciprocating chillers with a capacity of 175 tons each, 4 computer room air conditioning units with a total capacity of 40 tons, and other air conditioning components such as condenser water systems, chilled water circulating systems and large air handling units that provide heating, ventilation, filtering, humidification and cooling to the entire medical center.
• The incumbent(s) must be able to start, stop, and adjust all the air conditioning equipment needed to maintain required conditions of special areas such as clinical labs, research labs, bone marrow transplant unit, operating rooms, decentralized hospital computer equipment rooms, MRI, telephone and communication equipment, etc.
• The incumbent(s) is required to make hourly inspections of all operating equipment and records all findings such as compressor pressures, refrigeration temperatures, water temperatures, oil pressures, volt and amp readings and other information pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of the equipment.
• The incumbent(s) must also check and adjust room temperatures and air handling unit temperatures as needed and address any alarms.
• The incumbent(s) are required to respond to emergent situations relating to the malfunction of all building service equipment in the medical center such as plumbing, electrical, medical equipment, nurse call system, medical air systems, vacuum system, etc.
• The incumbent(s) are to maintain the cleanliness of all the Fan Rooms such as removing Trash and sweeping the floors.
• The incumbent(s) are to complete weekly and monthly (PM's) Preventative Maintenance in all the Fan Rooms.
• The incumbent(s) is responsible for relaying all information in the A/C Operations logbook located in the boiler plant.
• At the end of each shift the incumbent will be required to have a hand-off meeting with the person relieving them to discuss items not corrected from the previous