Common use of Power Engineers Clause in Contracts

Power Engineers. When the Heating Plant requires 24 hour coverage, the normal hours of work for power engineers will be composed of 28 shifts of 12 hours each spread over an eight week period. Until June 30, 2019, for these normal hours, each power engineer will be paid each pay period for 80 hours at straight time rates, four hours at overtime rates, 28 hours with the evening shift premium, and 28 hours with the night shift premium. As of July 1, 2019, for these normal hours, each power engineer will be paid each pay period for 80 hours straight time rates, four hours at overtime rates, and 48 hours at the new single shift premium rate, as per 29.01. When the Heating Plant does not require 24 hour coverage, the normal hours of work for power engineers will be eighty (80) hours every pay period. Each week consists of four rotating 10-hour shifts. Each week a duty Power Engineer will be designated on a rotating schedule and their 4th shift will consist of doing the boiler checks on the weekend and carrying and responding to the Heating Plant duty cell phone. If the on- duty Power Engineer is required to go to the Heating Plant after hours as a result of an alarm, then this response will be treated as a call back as per articles 25 and 27. The on- duty Power Engineer will not be able to take vacation during their week on-duty. This schedule may be changed by the Employer in consultation with the Union with two weeks’ notice in writing.