Union Apprentice
What this job involves - The Union Apprentice will troubleshoot issues, install, maintain, and repair heating, refrigeration, and ventilation equipment and controls under supervision of another tradesperson.
What is the day to day?
- Observe, learn and understand a wide range of engineering skills and processes while under the instruction of skilled technical staff
- Maintain a logbook over the duration of the apprenticeship period, recording projects that have been undertaken and the skills learned.
- Execute a wide variety of maintenance and repair work in relation to the installation, maintenance, and repairs of boilers, chillers, HVAC equipment, and building equipment and infrastructure in general.
- Perform a wide variety of complex operating procedures to ensure the proper operation of the high pressure steam boilers, lab utilities, emergency generator operation, and many other utility skids required for support of the Lab buildings. Maintain all engineering/electrical spaces in a clean and neat manner at all times.
- Conducts scheduled tours of the boiler plant, chiller plant and lab utility equipment to include cooling towers, emergency generator rooms; main switchgear rooms, air handling machine rooms as well as steam stations and condensate return systems.
- Review executed work orders, logs, forms, and related documentation on a daily basis to help ensure they are complete, current, and reflect the tasks as performed, and are appropriately filed in the CMMS, or other required system.
- Any and all other tasks assigned.
- Must be able and willing to cover various shifts for the 24/7 facility
Desired experience and technical skills -
Required
- Must successfully have passed the Local 39 apprentice exam, or met the criteria as explained by the apprenticeship standards for IUOE Local 39
- On-the-job maintenance experience
- High-school degree, GED, or equivalent
- Strong communication & computer skills
- Must have general knowledge of industry maintenance and repair practices.
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