Senior HVAC Technician

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Job description

The Senior HVAC Technician must ensure the highest level of professionalism, while meeting the clients' needs, and a commitment to achieving the goal of 100% uptime throughout the engineering team.

• Monitors operation and maintains refrigeration, water cooling and air conditioning equipment; boilers, heating, ventilating and hot water equipment; pumps, valves, piping and filters; other mechanical and electrical equipment; reviewing logs as necessary to assure proper operation of equipment; responsible for reporting any problems/malfunctions on an as need basis.
• Performs preventive tasks when required. Oversees repair and P.M. of HVAC systems; determines frequency of repair and/or P.M. for HVAC systems
• Ensures the availability of an adequate inventory of tools and other supplies to operate the building. Specific duties include but are not limited to preparing and submitting purchase orders requests, developing sources for stock materials and performing periodic checks of inventory levels and equipment conditions.
• Responsible for overseeing the activities of contractors working within the building either as representatives of the building itself or tenants operating within the building
• Identify safety hazards within the building and incorporate the remediation of such hazards to ensure that the building's staff and occupants work in a safe environment. Implement, administer, and manage safety training program.
• Ensure that compliance of all regulatory laws and guidelines are met as they relate to the operation of the building's infrastructure. Responsible for alerting management of building discrepancies.
• Maintain all infrastructure and compliance documentation for the building including up-to-date building drawings and single-lines as well as documentation mandated for the purpose of maintaining regulatory compliance with Federal, State or Local law.
• Recommends and estimates facilities repairs and improvements for inclusion in the annual budget.
• Supervise and manage engineers and maintenance staff including hiring, training and personal development
• Ensure that the CFWA (Critical Facility Work Authorization) is a well-understood process among the building staff, engineers, tenants and contractors who perform work on the building's critical infrastructure.
• Provides training and support aimed at expanding the capabilities of the operations staff.
• Responsible for protecting and improving the value of the client's assets and ensuring that building engineering systems continue to perform their intended function
• Must be willing and able to support any after-hours building related activity as required.
• Any and all other duties/tasks assigned

Finance Management / Cost Control / Profitability

• Develop and manage Facility operating budgets for the site, proactively track variances and manage within target of agreed budgets, identifying efficiencies and savings where possible.
• Achieve cost savings through maximizing utilization of suppliers, preferred vendors/contractors and identify additional efficiency opportunities, consistent with client goals.
• Prepare current financial year budget spend reports (actual vs. budget, variance etc.), analyse expenditure and demonstrate value or alternative efficiency initiatives (cost savings or increased account profitability).
• Manage the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes for your site.

Requirements/Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline or equivalent experience preferred
• 10+ years of facility related work experience
• 5+ years of experience managing a staff of technicians
• Comprehensive knowledge of maintenance processes.
• Working knowledge of computer applications such as Microsoft Office and CMMS systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand, sit, and walk for extended periods of time.
• Ability to bend, sit, kneel, squat, stand, reach and lay as required to access equipment components for extended periods of time

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