Assistant Chief Engineer - Wichita, KS location

Job description

Responsibilities:

Supervise and direct maintenance staff and monitor performance of their assigned responsibilities.  Perform and/or direct the performance of all maintenance departmental service requests, ensuring that work performed is accomplished efficiently with a minimum amount of disruption and inconvenience to occupants. Check malfunctioning equipment and ascertain corrective action required to restore to satisfactory operating condition.

 

Provide training and supervision aimed at expanding the capabilities of the operations and maintenance staff.  Specific duties include, but not limited to: Demonstrating the proper use and care of tools and instruments, giving hands-on instruction in basic maintenance, safety, and troubleshooting procedures, recommending relevant outside engineering/maintenance courses for enrollment and instilling an overall level of professionalism in manner and appearance.

 

Direct the performance of contracted maintenance work as needed.  Specific tasks include but are not limited to: insuring the timely performance of maintenance contract work, overseeing the fulfillment of equipment warranty obligations and securing equipment manuals and drawings from the installers/contractors.

 

Supervise and implement the preventative maintenance program with a minimum disruption of building services through appropriately qualified maintenance staff members.  Specific duties include but are not limited to: maintaining, monitoring and performing preventive maintenance and continuous operation of all building systems including: fire/life safety, mechanical (HVAC, plumbing, controls) electrical (lighting, UPS, PDU, generators, primary switch gear), emergency backup systems and hot water systems; monitors operation, adjusts, and maintains refrigeration, chilled water, and air conditioning equipment; boilers, and ventilating and hot water heaters; pumps, valves, piping and filters record readings and make adjustments where necessary to ensure proper operation of equipment.  Requires the ability to analyze the operation of various systems, determine the cause of any problems/malfunctions and take corrective action as required.

 

Compliance with applicable codes, laws and regulations including company policies for the safe storage, usage, and disposal of hazardous materials.  Maintains a clean and safe workplace.

 

Insures the availability of an adequate operating inventory of tools and supplies.  Specific duties include, but not limited to:  Preparing and submitting purchase-order requests, developing sources for stock materials and performing periodic inventories of supplies, parts and spare materials.

 

Responsible for the operational management and effective daily leadership and administration of the engineering team with the objectives of safely, efficiently, and effectively operating machinery and systems in a cost-effective manner.

 

The Assistant Chief Engineer must ensure the highest level of professionalism, while meeting the clients’ needs, and commitment to achieving the goal of 100% uptime throughout the engineering team. Responsible for protecting and improving the value of the clients’ assets and ensuring that building engineering systems continue to perform their intended function .

 

Responsible for overseeing the activities of contractors working within the building either as representatives of the building itself or tenants operating within the buildings.

 

Responsible for keeping records of buildings rounds and readings, all engineering logs and engineering data sheets.

Responsible for advance training and notification to all contractors so that they are informed and knowledgeable with respects to the building’s critical functions and the work they are to perform, including an incident contact response list.

 

Responsible for understanding and complying with emergency escalation procedures.

Ensure that the critical processes is a well-understood process among the building staff, engineers, tenants and contractors who perform work on the building’s critical infrastructure.

 

Performs additional job duties as requested

 

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