At any minute, on any day, Ed Brannam could be doing any number of tasks anywhere in Wyoming Medical Center. He might be hanging posters or moving offices, shoveling snow or painting in pediatrics, fixing a boiler or replacing a damaged ceiling tile.
In case of flood, it’s all hands on deck.
“We do a little of everything. No two days are the same.” said Ed, a facility maintenance worker. “When you’re on call, some weekends are really quiet. Others, you might not even get to go home.”
Everybody at Wyoming Medical Center knows that when something isn’t working, you call the plant engineering crew. We call when our offices are too cold, when they’re too hot, and when we have a meeting room to set up. If they can’t fix our problem, the maintenance crew knows who can.
Remember that winter storm several years ago? The one in early October that broke all the tree branches, cut the power and buried Casper in two feet of snow? The whole crew showed up, Ed said. They cleared sidewalks, trimmed trees, and did everything possible to make coming to the hospital safe for patients and employees.
Ed relocated to Casper several years ago when the Michigan job market tanked, and he couldn’t find a job after a year and half of looking. He moved to Casper and found a job the next day. He’s worked at Wyoming Medical Center for the last six years.
For Ed, the worst maintenance calls involve plumbing issues. The best calls? Those that get him out of the shop, meeting and chatting with WMC employees.
“We have a real good crew,” Ed said. “I know most of the people here, and I like running into them around town. Casper is a smaller city, and everybody seems to be part of one big family.”
