DSHS FTAA Stationary Engineer 2

Posting number: 2026-02964

Department: Dept. of Social and Health Services

Division: FTAA

Job classification: STATIONARY ENGINEER 2

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Building Maintenance, Maintenance

Keeping a boiler plant running safely takes experience.

Join the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Facilities, Technology, and Analytics Administration (FTAA), Maintenance and Operations Division as an on-call Stationary Engineer 2 supporting Eastern State Hospital and Lakeland Village in Medical Lake.

This is specialized boiler work—not general facility maintenance.

You'll operate, monitor, and maintain high- and low-pressure steam boilers, hydronic water heating boilers, and the equipment that supports them. The plants include six high-pressure steam boilers, two low-pressure steam boilers, two hydronic water heating boilers, and combustion control systems including Weishaupt, Siemens, Patterson-Kelley NURO, SCADA, and Metasys.

We encourage you to apply ifyou already understand the fundamentals of safely operating high-pressure boilers. This work requires trained judgment, knowledge of combustion, and experience with boiler and auxiliary equipment. You should be comfortable recognizing when something isn't operating correctly and knowing what action to take.

You'll also need hands-on operating ability.

That includes lighting off high-pressure boilers and multiple burners using manually operated equipment, bringing boilers online without relying on automatic control devices, paralleling them, transferring operation to loop controls, and placing the boiler into service.

The schedule starts differently than it continues.

You'll begin with approximately 1.5 to 2 months of full-time, paid training at 40 hours per week. After training, you'll move to an on-call schedule, filling in for permanent staff as needed. Shifts may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. All interviews for this position are conducted in person.

Still reading? Here's what you'll do.

• Operate and maintain high- and low-pressure steam boiler plants safely and efficiently.
• Monitor and repair boilers, gauges, valves, metering pumps, and electronic control and safety equipment.
• Operate auxiliary boiler equipment, including feedwater and condensate pumps, deaerators, air compressors, fuel oil pumps, and chemical treatment pumps.
• Troubleshoot boiler operations and combustion control systems, including Weishaupt, Siemens, Patterson-Kelley NURO, SCADA, and Metasys.
• Read schematics, drawings, and equipment manuals.
• Test boiler equipment and safety systems.
• Perform boiler-water and condensate treatment, cleaning, and blow-down operations.
• Respond to after-hours, weekend, and holiday boiler plant issues and notify the Plant Manager or designee when needed.

Who Should Apply You qualify through one of the following:

• Three years of experience operating, maintaining, and/or repairing stationary or marine high-pressure boilers and heating systems

Or

• Completion of an advanced Stationary Engineer course from an accredited vocational/technical school or community college and two years of related experience

Or

• One year of Washington State service as a Stationary Engineer 1

• A boiler license that qualifies you to operate high-pressure boilers.
• Knowledge of combustion principles.
• Experience operating high-pressure steam boilers and auxiliary equipment.
• Ability to manually light off high-pressure boilers and multiple burners, parallel boilers, transfer operation to loop controls, and place boilers into service.
• Strong understanding of safe high-pressure boiler operation and the fundamentals needed to recognize and respond to unsafe operating conditions.
• Ability to work from ladders and elevated platforms and in high-temperature environments.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work respectfully and effectively with people from different backgrounds and with varying physical or sensory abilities.
• Ability to respond to emergent boiler plant issues after hours.

Hit the green APPLY button and submit:

• Your resume.
• Your cover letter.
• Three professional references.

The Department of Social and Health Services’ (DSHS) vision that people find human services to shape their own lives requires that we come together with a sense of belonging, common purpose, shared values, and meaningful work. It is crucial to our agency’s vision that you bring a fairness, access, and social justice commitment to your work with DSHS. We strive to support all Washingtonians, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, people with physical, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities, elders, LGBTQIA+ individuals, immigrants and refugees, and families building financial security.

Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history may be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the job. This announcement may be used to fill multiple vacancies. Employees driving on state business must have a valid driver's license. Employees driving a privately owned vehicle on state business must have liability insurance on the privately owned vehicle.

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any area of employment, its programs or services on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, marital status, race, creed, color, national origin, religion or beliefs, political affiliation, military status, honorably discharged veteran, Vietnam Era, recently separated or other protect­ed veteran status, the presence of any sensory, mental, physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, equal pay or genetic information.

Relationship and Reporting Structure (Nepotism) Disclosure: If you are selected for hire, you must disclose whether you have a relative, household member, close friend, or romantic partner within your potential supervisory chain of command. DSHS has a Relationships and the Reporting Structure policy that prohibits nepotism and can be reviewedhere. Applicants whose appointment would result in a prohibited reporting relationship are not eligible for appointment to that position.

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