Power Plant Stationary Engineer jobs in Palos Heights, IL

Tell me about your City of Chicago stationary engineer license and how long you have held it.

What they are checking: That the license is current, since the posting makes it a hard requirement.

Walk me through your rounds at the start of an evening shift.

What they are checking: Whether they have a systematic routine, which is what prevents a failure.

A boiler alarms in the middle of the night. What do you do first?

What they are checking: Whether they have a structured response or start turning things off.

How is running utilities for a hospital different from running them for any other building?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that patients depend on this, which changes every decision.

Tell me about a piece of equipment you diagnosed that had been failing intermittently.

What they are checking: Real troubleshooting rather than replacing parts until it stops.

When do you fix something yourself and when do you call the supervisor?

What they are checking: Where their limit is, which the posting names directly.

What systems have you maintained beyond boilers?

What they are checking: The breadth of a hospital plant, which is more than most applicants have covered.

How do you hand over to the next shift so nothing is missed?

What they are checking: Handover, which is where plant problems are created.