Job Summary:

Under the direct observation and guidance of a licensed Operating Engineer, preforms a variety of routine or skilled preventive maintenance duties in the repair, alteration, and modification of buildings, equipment and facilities.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws. Under the direct observation and guidance of a Maryland State licensed Operating Engineer. Each Apprentice candidate will be expected to perform the following duties:

• • Inspects equipment and facilities for proper operation and working condition; maintains routine records and determines type and extent of any malfunction of equipment and, as necessary; adjusts, disassembles and repairs or replaces parts or components reassemble and tests for proper operation.

• Reports more serious problems to the Site Operating Engineer.

• Receive hands on experience when attending to gas fired steam boilers, hot water boilers and heaters. Allowed to adjustments necessary to assure proper steam pressure, combustion, water flow, water level and proper operation of safety devices and auxiliary equipment. Tests boiler water and adds chemicals as necessary with guidance from our License Operating Engineers.

• Guided by the Operating Engineer a candidate can service and make repairs to heating, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment including fans, motors, radiators, thermostats, dampers and regulating controls; replaces filters and fluids as necessary; and maintains routine records of repairs.

• Apprentice will have the opportunity to perform general plumbing maintenance - Repair leaks and clear drain stoppages, snaking drain line, pulling/replacing as well as resetting toilets as needed.

• Apprentice will have the opportunity to performs routine electrical maintenance, replacement or alteration of circuit wiring, switches, control equipment and mechanisms, motors, transformers, relays, generators, appliances, fixtures, alarms, communication equipment, etc.

• With the guidance of our Operating Engineers, apprentice will perform a variety of routine maintenance duties such as repair and assemble extension cords, replace fuses, fluorescent ballasts and tubes, clean and lubricate motors and other machinery. Clean sink and grease traps, replace and re-pack valves, assemble equipment, repair drape pull mechanisms and related items, scrap material, and replacing light bulbs, etc.

• All apprentice candidates are expected to establish and maintains courteous, cooperative relations when interacting with other personnel, Health Plan members and the public. Each need to adhere to Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors.

  Basic Qualifications:

  Experience

• Minimum one (1) year experience with Kaiser Permanente in the Engineering field operations. This requirement may be waived with agreement from Local 99.

  Education

• High School Diploma OR GED required.

  License, Certification, Registration

• Drivers License (in location where applicable)

  Additional Requirements:

• Completion of required Apprentice test and acceptance into the State sponsored Apprenticeship Program.

• Basic skills with hand tools, motorized equipment, general maintenance.

• Note: This information may vary by each Apprenticeship opportunity. In accordance with Local 99, candidate selected may be reclassified into an Apprentice Engineer if it is an internal transfer.

• Apprentice test and acceptance into the Local 99 sponsored Apprenticeship Program.

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Repair skills with Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing and Boiler Systems.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Apprentice Engineer 1

LOCATION: Largo, Maryland

REQNUMBER: 1307186

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.