Maintenance Engineer – Central Energy Plant – Nights

Salem, OR, US

Facilities / Engineering

Full Time

Job ID: #17200

Location Site: Salem Hospital, 1175 Leslie Street SE, Salem, Oregon 97301

Department: Building Operations & Management

Position Type: Full Time, 40 hours/week, Non-Exempt

Schedule: 9:00 pm – 7:30 am, Saturday – Tuesday

Your role with us

As a maintenance engineer at Salem Health, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our central energy plant (CEP) and hospital infrastructure. With expertise in boiler operations and maintenance, you'll perform complex repairs, installations, and modifications to hospital equipment and buildings, while also responding to emergency situations and maintaining accurate records. This role requires a skilled engineer who can work independently to keep our facilities running smoothly and safely.

• With limited supervision, performs a variety of minor and complex repairs, installations, and modifications to hospital equipment and buildings.
• Completes assigned maintenance in accordance with manufacturer specifications and hospital standards.
• Performs watch standing activities on physical building and hospital equipment.
• Responds to and resolves emergency situations on systems and equipment.
• Maintains repair and preventative maintenance history by accurately documenting maintenance and operational records in electronic maintenance management system.
• Communicates accurate and pertinent information regarding maintenance requests to customers, co-workers and leadership in a timely manner; Monitors and orders facilities maintenance supplies as needed.
• Participates in department committees and decision-making activities; Assists in training as requested.
• Provides assistance to co-workers and department leads as needed; Keeps work areas clean and safe, picking up debris at work sites and surrounding areas.

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must possess a minimum of one of the following state of Oregon building codes divisions licensures: limited maintenance electrical license or accepted into active LME apprenticeship program through Salem Health, limited maintenance electrician, building maintenance electrician, general supervising electrician, limited supervising electrician, general journeyman electrician, limited energy class A (LEA), journeyman plumber, building service mechanic, or boiler CL3 or higher.
• Minimum of four years of boiler and steam system maintenance or equivalent experience.
• Valid Oregon driver’s license and be eligible for authorization according to Salem Health’s Fleet Safety Program policy within four months of hire, maintaining it thereafter.

Total rewards package

Salem Health's comprehensive benefits package prioritizes your mental and physical health, financial stability, family obligations and professional growth.

Why Salem Health?

Salem Health is a Top Workplace in Oregon, known for fostering a supportive culture where your contributions truly matter. As an award-winning, independent health care system, we serve our region through Salem Hospital, multiple community clinics and West Valley Hospital, ensuring broad access to high-quality care.

We believe in empowering our teams. Through Lean principles, staff help drive innovation and solve real problems. We also invest in your growth with professional development, tuition assistance, and clear career pathways. At Salem Health, you’ll find more than a job, you’ll find purpose, connection and room to thrive.

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status or condition protected by law.

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact my.recruiter@salemhealth.org.