Temporary Employee Services

The Vendor is required to provide temporary stationary engineer staffing on a non-exclusive, as-needed basis.
- Supplies and services required
1. The direction and supervision chief engineer, the temporary stationary engineer shall be able to:
• Operate, monitor, and maintain powerhouse equipment on assigned shifts in accordance with manufacturer recommendations, applicable codes, and department procedures; and
• Perform routine and emergency maintenance tasks throughout the powerhouse and at related mechanical locations on the facility grounds, as directed.
2. Operational responsibilities of temporary stationary engineer shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Operate, monitor, and maintain high-pressure and low-pressure steam boilers and all associated auxiliary equipment, including feed water pumps, condensate pumps, deaerators, economizers, blowdown systems, chemical feed systems, fuel trains, combustion controls, burner management systems, and steam distribution piping and valves;
• Perform daily, weekly, monthly, and annual preventive maintenance (pm) tasks in accordance with the department’s pm schedule, manufacturer specifications, ASME CSD-1, and applicable jurisdictional inspection requirements;
• Conduct boiler water chemistry testing and treatment, including sampling, titration, log-keeping, and adjustment of chemical feed in accordance with established water-treatment program parameters;
• Conduct routine boiler safety device testing, including low-water cutoff testing, flame safeguard testing, pressure relief valve verification, and combustion safety interlock checks; document results in the department’s logbook;
• Operate and maintain ancillary mechanical systems served from the powerhouse, including domestic hot water generators, hot water storage tanks, circulating pumps, expansion tanks, air compressors, air dryers and receivers, emergency generator support systems, and associated piping and valves;
• Operate and maintain HVAC and air-handling equipment supported by the powerhouse, including chillers, cooling towers, condenser water and chilled water pumps, air handlers (including filter changes and belt service), and associated controls;
• Perform inspection and cleaning of vents, flues, breeching, stack components, and combustion air pathways in accordance with the pm schedule;
• Operate the powerhouse control panel(s), including monitoring temperatures, pressures, water levels, fuel consumption, and equipment status; respond to alarms and abnormal conditions in accordance with established operating procedures;
• Maintain accurate operating logs and records for boiler operation, water treatment, fuel usage, equipment runtime, maintenance activity, and any unusual conditions or events occurring during the shift;
• Perform safe lockout and tag out (LOTO), confined space entry support, and hot work practices in accordance with osha standards and department policy;
• Thorough shift turnover, in writing and verbally, to the oncoming stationary engineer or to the chief stationary engineer; and
• Perform other duties as assigned that are reasonably within the scope of stationary engineer work and the duties enumerated above.