Building Engineer - General Services

About the role

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $31.33/hour and $39.95/hour. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location & Schedule

This position will mainly be reporting to our Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse location. During your probationary period, you will work 7:30am – 4pm. Upon completion of probation, you will be offered a flex schedule.

About the Facilities Management (FM) Division

Facilities Management is responsible for building management and maintenance, including predictive/preventative maintenance and work order processing. FM serves the needs of the City's Agencies for facility maintenance and management to include all expenditure tracking. The staff is responsible for providing a full range of building services, some of which include:

• Plumbing
• heating/cooling
• electrical
• painting
• maintenance of doors, window, walls, ceilings, floors, and custodial

We are responsible for maintaining over 6 million square feet of building and structures in 135 buildings. For more information visit the General Services website at click here.

What We Offer

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Responsibilities

In this role, you will perform full performance level work in the daily operation, maintenance, preventative maintenance, and repair for facilities, including utilizing automated control systems to monitor, adjust and control various electrical and mechanical building systems. You will also be responsible for the daily operation of, and periodic preventative maintenance on, a facility's mechanical, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing systems, including:

• Air handling units
• Domestic cool and hot water systems
• Heating and chill water systems
• Sump and sewage systems
• Diesel generators
• Fire protection, pump and detection systems

You will also be the primary technical staff for facility maintenance, emergency maintenance, minor electrical and plumbing testing, and repairs in the facility. The ideal candidate will be proficient with Building Automation Systems/Direct Digital Control Systems. Overall competency with computers and associated business applications is highly desired.

You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level. Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• Professional experience in troubleshooting and repairing large building HVAC systems in facilities exceeding 100,000 sq. ft.
• Denver HVAC certificate or other trades license such as Licensed Plumber
• Experience in operating Building Automation Systems (BAS)
• Current universal chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) License
• BOMI designation such as Systems Maintenance Administrator (SMA) or Systems Maintenance Technician (SMT)
• IFMA credential such as Facilities Management Profession (FMP) or Sustainability Facility Professional (SFP)
• LEED Credential, IREM or BOAC designation
• Previous professional experience utilizing Automated Work Order systems
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Graduation from high school or the possession of a GED, HiSET or TASC Certificate
• Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of experience in building operations, engineering and equipment and systems maintenance
• Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment

About Everything Else

Job Profile CJ2732 Building Engineer I To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.
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