Building Engineer I/II/III

About the role

The Building Engineer is assigned and performs full performance or journey level skilled maintenance repairs and preventative maintenance in HVAC, plumbing, and/or electrical work as a licensed journeyman. The purpose of this work is to ensure maximum efficiency, economy and quality of work on the City's buildings.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance, monitor, repair and replace controls for major/minor HVAC equipment to include VDF drives, pneumatic and digital thermostats, and replaces consumable parts on major/minor HVAC equipment to include belts, filters, pumps, bearings and couplings.
• Check gauges regularly to assure that boilers and air conditioners are operating properly and performs adjustments and repairs.
• Calibrate and maintain control systems; make combustion efficiency tests on boilers and adjusts burners to give optimum performance.
• Monitor computer information regarding HVAC equipment and responds as required and maintains logs of operations and temperature readings.
• Repair and replace plumbing parts and fixtures to include supply lines, sloan valves, faucets and O-rings; and clears out large and small drain lines.
• Access work order maintenance system in order to determine what needs maintenance, perform administrative duties including answering emails, inputting information into City works system and communicating with vendors.
• Read building drawings and blueprints to locate equipment and identify sources of problems.
• Access BAS system to clear alarms, alter building schedules, and identify equipment that needs repairs or maintenance.
• Respond to after-hours emergency repair calls when serving in an on-call capacity.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED supplemented by building trades or technical maintenance courses, and one year of experience in the operation and maintenance of boilers, air conditioning, refrigeration, electrical, mechanical or plumbing systems; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Possess a valid driver's license from state of residence.
• Have a Universal CFC Recovery License.
• Have five years of work experience repairing and maintaining HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems in commercial buildings, experience using and operating automated building systems, experience servicing boilers, possession of Universal CFC Recovery License and Low-Pressure Boiler Certification.
• Possess a valid driver's license from state of residence.
• Have three years of journey level work experience and two of the four certifications: (1) Air Balancing Certification, (2) Hydraulic Balancing Certification, (3) Indoor Air Quality Certification, and/or (4) Backflow Certification.
• Possess a valid driver's license from state of residence.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Journeyman's or Master's License in HVAC, plumbing or electrical.

Skills

• Broad base of knowledge, skill, and ability in various maintenance and repair disciplines.
• Operate tools and equipment associated with these functions.

Benefits

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