The salary range for this position is CAD $39.21 - $39.21 / hour
Job Summary
Join our collegial-spirited team at Burnaby Hospital as we build for the future of health care in Burnaby.
The Burnaby Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project that will transform the hospital into a modernized medical and surgical health care campus. Phase one is slated to open in spring 2025 and phase two in 2030.
Highlights of the two-phase redevelopment project include:
- Expanded Emergency Department with additional treatment spaces
- New health care pavilion with 83 beds to support maternity, neonatal intensive care, medicine and mental health patients
- New operating rooms, procedure rooms and recovery spaces
- New acute care tower with 160 beds
- New medical imaging department
- New integrated BC Cancer Centre
Burnaby Hospital plays an essential role to those living in the community by delivering a variety health care services. Services and specialties include emergency medicine, intermediate-level critical care, medical imaging, internal medicine, hospitalist medicine, geriatric medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, palliative, psychiatry, oncology, outpatient clinics, and an extensive surgery program with anesthesia, orthopedics, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, urology and plastics specialties.
We are committed to staff wellness and planetary health and have active working groups to support these initiatives. In addition, we value career advancement and offer professional development and education opportunities.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Full-Time 3rd Class Shift Engineer at Burnaby Hospital located in Burnaby, British Columbia!
We are looking for applicants with:
- 3rd Class Power Engineer recognized by the Province of BC
- Four years recent related experience.
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Detailed Overview
Under supervision, performs duties relating to the operation and maintenance of the Power Plant and ancillary equipment, hospital building systems and specialized equipment.
Responsibilities
1. In accordance with the Power Engineers, Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act and Regulations, is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of steam boilers and ancillary equipment on a shift basis.
2. Monitors the operation of steam boilers and logs pressure, temperature and level readings on an hourly basis.
3. Performs major repairs, alterations and preventative maintenance on all mechanical, refrigeration and Power Plant equipment as required. Includes:
- Hospital heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
- Domestic and commercial refrigeration equipment
- Sterilizing equipment
- Medical gas systems and equipment
- Pneumatic tube system and equipment
- Steam, condensate, domestic hot and cold water, drainage, gas and oil distribution systems and equipment
- Computerized energy management HVAC control system
4. Maintains daily work log of all activities within the power plant.
5. Answers equipment repair cells on an emergency basis.
6. Completes a general inspection tour of the Power Plant once per shift.
7. Acts as Fire Warden in the absence of the fire marshal, responds to fire alarms as required.
8. Responds to hazardous spills of ethylene oxide, asbestos and mercury, contains spill at source.
9. Cleans and paints machinery and shops as required.
10. Carries out metal fabrication, gas and electric weldings.
11. Performs other related duties as required.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Certificate of competency as a 3rd Class Power Engineer recognized by the Province of B.C. Four years' recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Ability to deal with others effectively
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specifications.
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position
- Ability to operate related equipment
About Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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