Property Engineer

Property Engineer

GENERAL SUMMARY: The Property Engineer will be responsible for the maintenance of multiple buildings and grounds, as assigned. Primary responsibilities will include the coordination and control of mechanical activities to deliver superior customer service, provide safe and stable operation of the property and to optimize engineering efforts to keep operating expenses as low as possible. This is a "working" position, where the Property Engineer is expected to be actively involved in working with tools and in repair and maintenance operations. The Property Engineer reports to the Assistant Chief Engineer and or Chief Engineer.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBLITIES/DUTIES:

Duties of the Property Engineer include, but are not limited to:

• Provide support to Assistant Chief Engineer and/or Chief Engineer with organizing and scheduling maintenance.
• Responsible for maintaining a preventive maintenance program within the restrictions of an annual budget. This includes all heating, air conditioning, plumbing, and electrical as well as maintenance and repair of buildings and equipment.
• Responsible for HVAC maintenance and repair including chillers, air handlers, pump repair, motor replacement, and water treatment to related equipment.
• Responsible for electrical repairs including breaker replacement, general wiring, lighting ballast replacement, incandescent and fluorescent light bulb, and tube replacement.
• Responsible for plumbing maintenance to include garbage disposals, P-traps, general sewer line on property and faucet repairs.
• Responsible for generator testing and reporting, as well as vendor coordination and refueling of Gen-Set.
• Coordinate necessary property access with Assistant Chief Engineer and Chief Engineer.
• Assist in maintaining blueprint inventory, operation manuals, stock supplies, and specifications as they apply to primary duties.
• Assists in periodic structural inspection and evaluations of property facilities.
• Participates in and contributes to the development of a response program, particularly in the areas related to response during and after seismic events.
• Provides training to new and existing employees.
• Maintain daily work order tracking.
• Keep up on technological changes such as retrofitting machinery to meet today's new laws and efficiency standards.
• Other duties as assigned by Assistant Chief Engineer and/or Chief Engineer.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Related Skills:

• Relates well with employees, vendors, customers, and others.
• Demonstrate good personal control and judgment under normal and stressful conditions.
• Must possess valid Driver's License and maintain a satisfactory CA DMV record and be in possession of auto insurance policy.

• Personal vehicle use is required to travel between property locations. Mileage reimbursement

• Ability to be on-call and participate in 24-hour radio/pager rotations.
• Must be able to work flexible shifts of morning and evenings along with weekends and holidays.
• Must have good organization skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and orally.

• Ability to recognize potentially dangerous or hazardous conditions.
• Must be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Must be able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks demonstrating good time management.
• High energy level and stamina along with the ability to exhibit attention to details is a must.

• Ability to relate and interpret documents such as safety roles, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to complete problem identification and resolution.

Education

• High School degree or equivalent. College degree preferred.
• Equivalent time in another Building Trade is acceptable.
• EPA Technician certification required, preferably Universal Classification.
• Highest-level state/local license for stationary engineer and/or HVAC plus universal level refrigerant recovery license. BOMA courses desirable.
• SMA designation preferred.
• Intermediate computer skills and building automation systems experience required.

Experience:

• The qualified applicant will have combined 5-10 years commercial building engineering, Construction Management or Facilities Management experience.
• Requires 5 years of facilities operational experience over multiple buildings.
• Strong HVAC, plumbing or electrical required.
• Extensive experience in reading complex architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, communications and landscaping plans.
• In-depth knowledge of general maintenance practices for structural, mechanical, electrical and landscaping components. Working knowledge on the functioning of HVAC units.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk, use hands to finger, handle or free objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; kneel, crouch or crawl; as well as speak and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must lift and or move up to 75 lbs of force occasionally and/or 50 lbs frequently and 20 lbs constantly.

Other:

• Travel and percentage of time away: Up to 10%
• Lifting and maximum weight of objects to be lifted: Up to 75lbs.
• Hazardous chemicals: Paints

Desired Competencies:

• Change and innovation
• Dependability
• Interpersonal skills
• Job knowledge
• Problem solving
• Productivity
• Common Sense
• Quality
• Teamwork
• Client focus
• Communication

Salary : $100,000 - $140,000