Facilities Engineer (Coordinator) 1 - Housing Operations

The Philadelphia Housing Authority, America's fourth largest public housing authority and leader in real estate development and property management, is seeking a Facilities Engineer (Coordinator) I.

Under basic supervision, the Facilities Engineer assists project engineers, foremen, and superintendents with a variety of engineering, construction, and maintenance projects to ensure the Philadelphia Housing Authority (“PHA”) is receiving the greatest return on investment in quality, durability, efficiency, accessibility, and value. Manages material inventories, material ordering, service order analysis, scheduling, and time entry. Provides technical assistance with other engineering, construction, and maintenance issues.

Essential Functions:

• Assists project engineers, foremen, and superintendents with a variety of engineering, construction, and maintenance projects to ensure PHA is receiving the greatest return on investment in quality, durability, efficiency, accessibility, and value; performs work within scope of authority; duties may vary according to job assignment.
• Assists with Capital Needs Assessments, including maintenance plans, site inspections, funding schedules, and design review.
• Purchases supplies, equipment, and technical services at the best cost, in a timely manner, and in compliance with state and federal rules and regulations and PHA standards.
• Assists with project management; identifies problems and technical issues, and recommends solutions; tracks service orders, and recommends purchasing and contractor solutions.
• Schedules and coordinates inspections; generates service orders and allocates resource for preventive maintenance inspections.
• Assists with the inspection of project work sites; verifies project activities are in compliance with project specifications and standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Required Skills:

• Interacting with people of different social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with co-workers, officials, contractors, vendors and representatives from other local, state and federal agencies.
• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing.
• Operating a personal computer utilizing standard and specialized engineering software.

License and certification requirements:

• A valid driver's license is required.

Physical demands and work environment:

• Work is performed in a standard office environment and on work sites.

PHA is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of individual qualifications without regard to race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, pregnancy, national origin, ethnicity or ancestry, religion, age, disability, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.