What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Engineer position at M Health Fairview?
Responsibilities/Job Description
Fairview is looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join our team at our University of MN Medical Center East Bank Hospital in Minneapolis, MN.
Job Summary:
The Maintenance Engineer operates and maintains the equipment and fixtures within the facility using acceptable work practices and following hospital and departmental guidelines to maintain a safe, comfortable environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
Schedule:
- 1.0 FTE (80 hours per pay period)
- day/eve/night
- one weekend per month
About the location:
University of Minnesota Medical Center is the flagship location for M Health Fairview, and is comprised of two hospitals and dozens of adult specialty clinics on both the East and West banks of the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis. This location offers the widest range of hospital and clinical services provided through M Health Fairview. Complete services range from primary care, emergency care, and the delivery of thousands of babies each year to care of patients with the most complex medical conditions. Areas of specialization include solid organ transplantation, blood and marrow transplantation, heart disease, and cancer.
About Fairview
Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies, and benefit management services.
Apply today to join our 34,000 employees and 5,000 system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other.
Job Expectations:
- Responsible for repairing and maintaining equipment and systems assigned within the hospital and for patients to assure safety for patients and follow regulatory standards.
- Follows accepted practices and procedures for mechanical and electrical equipment including plumbing, controls, HVAC refrigeration, electrical/emergency power, and building automation system.
- Gains a detailed understanding of the major systems, can operate them safely and efficiently and solve problems to minimize down time and maintain distribution of service
- Repairs, maintains, adjusts, and calibrates miscellaneous portable equipment brought to the shop for repair, including but not limited to wheelchairs, carts, kitchen equipment, barometers, beds, tubes etc.
- Demonstrates the ability to use blueprints, schematics and technical manuals to trouble-shoot and isolate problems.
- Demonstrates safe and efficient practice in the use of hand and power tools.
- Performs periodic preventive maintenance on fans, motors, belts, HVAC systems, steam, water, sewer, air, and vacuum lines regulatory as assigned.
- Completes and turns in required documentation i.e., work logs, check lists and other documentation.
- Performs all duties in a safe, efficient manner.
- Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served.
Required
Experience
- Five years in operation and maintenance in commercial, industrial, or institutional environment.
License/Certification/Registration
- Possesses or will strive to obtain a valid Minnesota Maintenance Electrical license
Preferred
Education
- Graduate of an accredited trade school in refrigeration, electricity, building maintenance or other appropriate course.
License/Certification/Registration
- Minnesota Maintenance Electrical License
- Universal Refrigeration License
