STATIONARY ENGINEER APPRENTICE

Job Description:

STATIONARY ENGINEER APPRENTICE

Description

Position/Program Information

EXAM NUMBER

W7196I

When to Submit Your Application:
The application filing period will begin Friday, February 21, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. (PT) and will be suspended after the first 100 applications are received, or on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. (PT), whichever occurs first.

Type of Recruitment: Open Competitive Job Opportunity

Check Out Our Outstanding Benefits!

• Los Angeles County offers one of the strongest public-sector benefits packages in the nation.
• Flexible Benefit Plans - Benefits may be purchased using tax-free County contribution of an additional 14.5%-17% of the employee's monthly salary.
• Robust Retirement Packages - Contributory-defined benefit plan; optional tax-deferred income plans that may include a County matching contribution up to 4% of employee's salary.
• Generous Maternity and Family Leave Benefits
• Rideshare, Parking, and Transit Benefits
• 13 paid holidays per year

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Who We Are
The Internal Services Department (ISD) plays a major role in supporting all County of Los Angeles departments and commissions. With an annual budget of over $873 million and 2,183 budgeted positions along with over 5,120 contracted workers of varying professions in facilities management, information technology, environmental, administrative, purchasing and contracting. ISD's commitment is to provide Speed, Reliability, and Value.

The Opportunity:
Positions allocable to this class are assigned to journey level stationary engineers from whom they receive technical direction and training. Incumbents are expected to acquire increasing knowledge and skill in all facets of the operation of high-pressure heating and refrigeration plants through an approved combination of classroom and on-the-job training.

Essential Job Functions

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM:

1. The program provides for comprehensive on-the-job training (OJT) and Related Supplemental Instruction (RSJ) in all phases of activity necessary for attainment of journey level status. Apprentices will be expected to take and successfully complete, on their own time, a minimum of 144 hours per year in related trade academia instruction at Los Angeles Trade Technical Community College (LATTCC). Note: Classes are outside of working hours and on your own time. Participants must pass each training module to advance to the next training module and pay level.

1st Year Monthly Salary - $5519.62
2nd Year Monthly Salary - $6402.72
3rd Year Monthly Salary - $7285.90
4th Year Monthly Salary - $8169.00

2. Appointees may be advanced from one level to another upon approval of the Operating & Maintenance Engineers Apprenticeship & Training Trust Fund for Southern California.

3. Upon successful completion of the program, a Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship, Operating and Maintenance Engineer (Stationary Engineer) will be issued by California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS).

The Stationary Engineer Apprentice is assigned to a journey level employee from whom they receive technical direction and training. Incumbents are expected to acquire increasing knowledge and skill in all facets of their trade through an approved combination of classroom and on-the-job training, which could result in the advancement to journey level status at the end of their apprenticeship program, generally in four years. This position assists and receives on-the-job training from Stationary Engineers in the following essential job functions.

Position Responsibilities
Assists Stationary Engineers and receives on-the-job instruction and training in the following as defined under employer directed responsivities:

Operating, monitoring, calibrating, and inspecting various types of meters, gauges, automatic recording devices for equipment readings, at periodic intervals or as needed, to verify operating conditions, detect malfunctions/need for repair, and to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

Using various electronic, manual, and computer-based control systems to adjust or bring equipment into recommended or prescribed operating ranges, switch to backup equipment or systems, or shut down equipment to perform preventative maintenance at periodic intervals or as needed.

Operating, maintaining, inspecting and repairing manual and automatic gas and oil-fired high-pressure steam or high temperature water boilers.

Operating, maintaining, inspecting and repairing steam engines, motors, turbines, steam reducing stations, expansion tanks, air compressors, supply and exhaust fans, various kinds of pumps and valves, steam traps, water treatment systems, water heaters and other heating plant auxiliary equipment.

Operating, maintaining, inspecting and repairing reciprocating, centrifugal, or absorption central air conditioning machinery including condensers, evaporators, cooling towers, pumps purge tanks and related equipment.

Adjusting, maintaining, testing and calibrating boiler and air conditioning machinery and mechanical, electrical or pneumatic control instruments and safety devices.

Testing boiler water, condensate, cooling tower water and adding corrective chemicals or adjusting chemical pumps as needed.

Keeping logs of plant operations and recording maintenance and repair work performed, including fuel logs and fuel storage tanks.

As part of the apprenticeship program, attends evening classes at an approved trade school.

Assigned work with outside contractors and verify work is satisfactorily completed, as needed

Assigned to request quotes from vendors for equipment, parts, tools, or service and generate purchase orders, as needed.

Requirements

REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY:
No training or experience is required. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and possess a high school diploma or its equivalent,* at the time of filing.

LICENSE:
A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

PHYSICAL EXPECTATION:
3 - Moderate: This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Age : At least 18 years of age at time of filing.*

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:
*Applicants must provide proof of meeting the age requirement at the time of filing. YOU MUST PROVIDE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS IN PERSON WHEN FILING WITH LOCAL 501. We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.

Examples of acceptable documents are as follows:
1). Age Requirement - Birth Certificate, California Identification, Driver's License, U.S. Passport, Work Permit, Green Card, Naturalization Certificate, or a valid work permit to work in the United States.
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2). Educational Requirement - High School Diploma or its equivalent (G.E.D. Certificate or sealed high school transcripts indicating date of graduation and proof of units completed).

In order to receive credit for a High School Diploma or equivalent in this examination, applicants MUST attach a legible copy of your official diploma or sealed high school transcripts within 5 calendar days of filing your application online. If you are unable to attach your document(s), p lease submit documentation to MNavarro2@isd.lacounty.gov and indicate your name, exam name (Stationary Engineer Apprentice), and the exam number (W7196I ) . If you are unable to email your documents, you may bring them to 1100 N Eastern Ave, Annex Trailer, Los Angeles, CA 90063.

Additional Information

Our Assessment Process:
A written test that covers reading, language, and mathematics administered by Local 501. Only those applicants who receive a passing score of 70% or higher on the written test will be placed on the eligible list. WRITTEN TEST IS A STANDARDIZED TEST AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY CANDIDATES PER CIVIL SERVICE RULE 7.19.

Test Preparation:
Test preparation resources are available at www.tabetest.com . Please click on "Educators" and then "Preparing for TABE". Expand the "Sample Practice Items" window and click "Tabe 11&12 Practice Sample Items". Select any of the "Sample Items A" for the Reading, Language, and Math subjects.

Special Information:
Shift: Any Shift
Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

Note: All notifications including invitation letters will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Applicants will be provided with written test instructions pertaining to the date, time, and location for the written exam. Please add MNavarro2@isd.lacounty.gov , info@governmentjobs.com , and noreply@governmentjobs.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notification from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail.

Los Angeles County will not consider claims of not viewing or receiving notification to be a valid reason for late test administration or rescheduling of a test component.

Eligibility Information:

The names of candidates receiving a passing score in the assessment will be placed on the Eligible List in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of promulgation. Passing this examination and being placed on the Eligible List do not guarantee an offer of employment.

This is a Two-Part online application process:

Part I - Applicants MUST submit an online standard County of Los Angeles Employment application with the Internal Services Department. The application filing period will begin Friday, February 21, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. (PT) and will be suspended after the first 100 applications are received, or on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. (PT), whichever occurs first.

Part II - In Addition to Part I, applicants will be required to apply with Local 501 - Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC). "ONLY" THOSE APPLICANTS MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY WILL BE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH PART II OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

We only accept applications filed online. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, fax, or in person are not accepted. Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" green button at the top right of this posting. This website also provides application status updates.
Please fill out the application completely. Provide relevant job experience, including employer's name and address, job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed.

We may verify information included in the application at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of information could result in the refusal of the application or rescission of the appointment. Copying verbiage from the Requirements or class specification as your work experience is not going to be sufficient to demonstrate meeting the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and may lead to disqualification.

We will send notifications to the email address provided on the filing submission, so it is vital to provide a valid email address. If you choose to unsubscribe or opt out of receiving our emails, notices are accessible by logging into governmentjobs.com and checking the profile inbox. It is every applicant's responsibility to take steps to view correspondence, and we will not consider claims of missing notices to be a valid reason for rescheduling an exam part. Register the below domains as approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk mail.

• info@governmentjobs.com
• noreply@governmentjobs.com
• MNavarro2@isd.lacounty.gov

New email addresses need to be verified. This only needs to be done once per email address. It can be done anytime by logging in to govermentjobs.com and following the prompts. This is to improve the online application's security and prevent incorrectly entered email addresses.

Computer and Internet Access at Public Libraries:
For Candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.

Fair Chance Initiative:
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI):
The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Internal Services Department is committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst races. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.

Have questions about anything listed above?

Contact us:
Exam Number: W7196I
Department Contact Name: Mark Navarro
Department Contact Phone: (323) 643-2721
Department Contact Email: MNavarro2@isd.lacounty.gov
C alifornia Relay Services Phone: (800) 735-2922
ADA Coordinator Phone: (323) 457-5327
Teletype Phone: (800) 899-4099 [Alternate Teletype Phone: (800) 897-0077 ]

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Closing Date/Time: 2/25/2025 3:00 PM Pacific

Salary:

$5,519.62 - $8,169.00 Monthly