Machinist, Bureau of Facilites Planning and Administrative Services

City of New York - New York, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - New York, NY

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is seeking a skilled Machinist to join their Preventative Maintenance Program. This role is crucial for maintaining and repairing equipment within the division, ensuring operational efficiency and safety in public health services. The Machinist will perform a variety of tasks including preventive maintenance, repairs, and fabrication of parts, while also directing subordinates in maintenance tasks.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance on cooling plants.
• Overhaul fans, blowers, exhausters, pumps, and compressors.
• Clean, lubricate, and adjust valves.
• Inspect, maintain, repair, and replace pumps and pump controls.
• Clean areas in and around cooling plants.
• Replace valves, fans, motors, gaskets, filters, belts, refrigerant oil, contactors, fuses, compressors, capacitors, bearings, sheaves, and actuators.
• Use various testing devices to locate defective parts.
• Pump down units with vacuum pump.
• Use welding equipment to repair refrigeration lines.
• Adjust RPM on motors and fans.
• Check and adjust gas pressure on heating units.
• Estimate field jobs, write detailed and accurate service reports, and maintain other documentation.
• Maintain, clean, inspect, and perform preventive maintenance on all tools, welding equipment, and machining tools.
• Inspect, overhaul, and repair all types of main and auxiliary stationary power plant, marine propulsion, water, and disposal works equipment.
• Fabricate obsolete parts from existing parts or sketches.
• Direct subordinates in the performance of various maintenance and/or repair tasks.
• Prepare reports and requisitions; maintain records and inventories of supplies and materials.
• Set up and operate machine shop equipment and tools, such as engine lathes, shapers, milling machines, drill presses, planers, and grinders.
• Use computerized maintenance management system to report and document daily activities, maintenance, and repairs performed on system equipment.

Requirements

• Five years of full-time satisfactory experience as a machinist; or
• At least two and one-half years of full-time satisfactory experience as a machinist plus sufficient full-time experience as a machinist helper or an apprentice machinist, or training of a relevant nature acquired in an approved trade, technical or vocational high school to make up the equivalent of five years of the required experience.
• Possession of EPA 608 certification: Type II or III or Universal.

Nice-to-haves

• Minimum of five years of experience in a commercial/industrial facility.
• Ability to plan and organize work.
• Capable of brazing, soldering, and welding.
• Familiarity with Preventative Maintenance Techniques.
• Ability and willingness to learn and practice new skills at an accelerated pace.
• Knowledge of NYC Mechanical and Electrical codes.

Benefits

• Loan Forgiveness programs for federal/state loans.
• Premium-free health insurance plan saving over $10K annually.
• Public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• Tax-deferred savings program.
• Robust Worksite Wellness Program offering health resources and opportunities.
• Work from home policy allowing up to two days a week from home.
• Job security compared to private sector employment.