Highlights
This individual will manage preventive maintenance programs, capital planning, vendor relationships, inventory control, and emergency response efforts while maintaining high levels of resident satisfaction and operational excellence. The Chief Building Engineer serves as the technical expert for the property and is responsible for the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of complex mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and life-safety systems.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Austin, TX |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Business Services - Other |
| Salary | $44–$45 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1909 |
| Website | http://www.abm.com/ |
Description
Required
- High school diploma or GED.
- 7+ years of building engineering, facilities maintenance, or property engineering experience.
- 3+ years of leadership or supervisory experience managing maintenance teams.
- Experience operating and maintaining high-rise residential, multifamily, student housing, hospitality, healthcare, or large commercial facilities.
- Strong working knowledge of:
- Cooling towers
- Pumps and hydronic systems
- Boilers
- Domestic hot water systems
- Mixing valves and mixing stations
- HVAC systems
- Building automation systems (BAS)
- Plumbing and electrical systems
- Demonstrated troubleshooting and diagnostic abilities.
- Experience managing preventive maintenance programs and work order systems.
- Ability to read construction drawings, blueprints, and technical manuals.
- Strong budgeting, planning, and inventory management experience.
- Proficiency with CMMS/work order management software.
- Valid driver's license.
Preferred
- High-rise residential or student housing experience.
- EPA Universal Certification.
- HVAC certification or trade license.
- Stationary Engineer License (where applicable).
- Certified Pool Operator (CPO) certification.
- Experience managing capital projects and building renovations.
- Experience with energy management and sustainability initiatives.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to walk, climb stairs, ladders, and access rooftops and mechanical rooms.
- Ability to work in indoor and outdoor environments in varying weather conditions.
- Ability to respond to emergencies outside normal business hours.
We are seeking an experienced Chief Building Engineer to oversee all engineering, maintenance, and building operations for a large high-rise student living community. This role is responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of critical building systems while leading a team of maintenance professionals dedicated to providing an exceptional resident experience.
The Chief Building Engineer serves as the technical expert for the property and is responsible for the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of complex mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and life-safety systems. This individual will manage preventive maintenance programs, capital planning, vendor relationships, inventory control, and emergency response efforts while maintaining high levels of resident satisfaction and operational excellence.
This is a hands-on leadership position that requires strong technical expertise, sound decision-making, and the ability to lead a maintenance team in a fast-paced residential environment.
Pay: $44- $45
The pay listed is the hourly range or the hourly rate for this position. A specific offer will vary based on applicant’s experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.Benefit Information: ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit Annual Benefits-Frontline
About Company
ABM offers a wide variety of service-related positions, including electricians, HVAC technicians, security officers, parking attendants, and cleaning jobs. ABM cares about your success.
We provide training so that you learn new job skills and take pride in the quality service you're giving to clients. You'll look like the trained professional you are when you wear a ABM uniform.For your health and safety, we use non-toxic cleaning products and up-to-date equipment.
Our internal training program focuses on teaching you the skills and processes that have helped many of our employees starting out as a janitor, cashier, security officer or building engineer grow into various management roles throughout the company. These jobs aren't your everyday at ABM; they are careers.
Thousands of commercial, industrial, government and retail clients look to ABM for consistent quality service that meets their specialized facility service needs including commercial cleaning and maintenance, facility engineering, energy efficiency, parking and security services.
With fiscal 2011 revenues of approximately $4.2 billion and nearly 100,000 employees, our 300+ offices across the U.S. and various international locales enable us to provide custom facility solutions to sites of all sizes — from neighborhood banks and schools to the largest and most complex facilities, such as corporate office parks and major airports.
With more than 300+ offices located throughout the country, we are always accepting applications for janitorial maintenance, landscaping gardeners, security guards, parking attendants, shuttle drivers and building engineers.
ABM IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER (MINORITY/FEMALE/VETERAN/DISABILITY)
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