Utility Mechanic, Union

About the role

JBG SMITH is a leading owner, operator, investor, and developer of high-growth mixed-use properties in and around Washington, DC. We are known for our creativity and scale, enabling us to go beyond being just property owners and becoming place-makers that create inspiring and engaging communities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the operation, maintenance, and repair of all mechanical, plumbing, electrical, life safety systems, and other equipment in assigned properties.
• Perform preventive and reactive equipment maintenance by company standards and manufacturers' specifications and document actions/measures with the service request system.
• Quickly respond to and resolve tenant and property management service requests and document actions with the service request system.
• Perform general building maintenance and repairs, including re-lamping, plumbing, locksmithing, and painting equipment, mechanical, related spaces, and other minor spot and touch-ups.
• Conduct periodic inspections of mechanical, common, and vacant spaces and maintain these areas in a clean, operational, orderly, and safe condition.
• Ensure that required documentation, operating logs, and maintenance forms are completed accurately and clearly and are maintained in Company Compliance Books, paper files, and electronic data/filing systems.
• Ensure compliance with and enforce policies from the Employee Manual, Operations Manual, safety guidelines, and accepted company practices.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) and 2+ years of experience within the disciplines of stationary engineering, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, other mechanical systems and/or general building/facilities maintenance.
• Ability to make repairs to building systems and components using regular and special tools (e.g., screwdrivers, hammers, adjustment gauges, multi meters, lubrication equipment, etc.).
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills to effectively articulate instructions and directions to others and perform intermediate arithmetic calculations.
• Provide an effective means for contact after normal working hours and be able to respond to urgent building issues.
• Sound judgment, discretion, and quick follow through and follow up with keen attention to detail to resolve issues.
• Adhere to a regular, scheduled work shift set by the supervisor.
• Reliable, punctual, dependable, excellent attendance, and flexibility to respond to callbacks and work overtime to meet business needs.
• Ability to work overtime, weekend, and holidays on a scheduled, short-notice, or emergency basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Specific licensure in a building-related trade.
• Certification as a CFC Universal Technician from an US EPA-approved program.
• BUILDING OWNERS & MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL'S (BOMI) SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN (SMT)] or higher designation.
• Experience processing service requests and/or preventive maintenance requests with a computerized maintenance management system.
• General knowledge of safe work practices & OSHA regulations, OSHA 10 training.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent standing, walking, talking, hearing, and using hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Occasional climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
• Regular exposure to extreme temperatures, high voltage electricity, toxic or caustic chemicals, and high precarious places.
• Occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and extremes of outdoor weather conditions and temperatures.
• Occasional need to taste or smell.
• Lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

• Subject to extremes of temperature while working in mechanical rooms or with outdoors.
• Regular exposure to wet or humid conditions (non-weather).
• Regular exposure to work near moving mechanical parts, high voltage electricity with risk of electrical shock.
• Occasional exposure to work in high precarious places, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and extremes of outdoor weather conditions and temperatures.
• Occasional exposure to noise levels in the work environment that are usually loud and occasionally require the use of hearing protection equipment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

JBG SMITH is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected class, in accordance with applicable law.