Highlights
Boilers, hydronic heating and expansion systems• Circulation pumps and domestic water systems• Heat exchangers and energy recovery units• HVAC (ventilation, DOAS, VRF/AC units)• Domestic hot water systems• Electrical distribution and controls• Building Automation System (BAS). • FDNY Certificates of Fitness (List provided on separate document)• FLSD Certification (strongly preferred)• EPA Universal Certification • NYC Refrigeration or Boiler License (preferred).
Numbers & Facts
| Location | New York, NY |
| Industry | Business Services - Other |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1909 |
| Website | http://www.abm.com/ |
Description
Position Overview:
Responsible for management, operation, maintenance, and compliance of all building systems within a senior living environment. Ensures alignment with NYC DOB, FDNY, and DOH requirements while maintaining safe and continuous operations.
Pay: $67.31 - $67.31
The pay listed is the pay range for this position. Any specific offer will vary based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.
Key Responsibilities:
•Provide technical leadership and oversight for all central plant and mechanical systems, including pumps, motors, seals, and associated rotating equipment.
•Proactively monitor equipment condition through visual inspections, performance trending, and vibration indicators to identify early signs of wear or degradation.
•Direct and coordinate vibration analysis, root cause evaluations, and corrective actions to prevent equipment failure and unplanned downtime.
•Plan and execute proactive component replacement strategies (e.g., seals, bearings, couplings) to preserve system reliability, extend asset life, and reduce reactive repair costs.
•Ensure maintenance activities align with manufacturer recommendations, ABM best practices, and site-specific reliability objectives.
•Partner with operations, vendors, and leadership to prioritize repairs and capital improvements that support uptime, safety, and business continuity.
•Maintain clear documentation of equipment condition, corrective actions, and performance outcomes to support executive reporting and long-term asset planning.
Building Systems Oversight:
• Boilers, hydronic heating and expansion systems• Circulation pumps and domestic water systems• Heat exchangers and energy recovery units• HVAC (ventilation, DOAS, VRF/AC units)• Domestic hot water systems• Electrical distribution and controls• Building Automation System (BAS)
Compliance Responsibilities:
• Annual boiler and system inspections (DOB)• Fire alarm testing and Certificates of Fitness (FDNY)• Maintain fire protection and safe egress systems• Support DOH inspections and resident safety standards• FLSD (Fire & Life Safety Director) certification required/preferred
Qualifications:
• Minimum 10+ years as a Lead/Chief Engineer• Proven managerial experience• Strong HVAC, mechanical, and electrical system knowledge• Experience in healthcare / senior living environments preferred
Certifications:
• FDNY Certificates of Fitness (List provided on separate document)• FLSD Certification (strongly preferred)• EPA Universal Certification • NYC Refrigeration or Boiler License (preferred)
Core Competencies:
• Leadership and team development• Technical troubleshooting• Knowledge of NYC compliance requirements• Resident-focused service mindset
Value to Client:
Ensures reliable operations, regulatory compliance, and safe, comfortable environment for residents through proactive engineering leadership.
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)