Maintenance Manager; Mechanical and Plumbing

Maintenance Manager (Mechanical and Plumbing)

Position Summary:

Manage the operations and maintenance of building HVAC, plumbing, and campus-wide heating/cooling utility distribution systems for a large research university campus.

• Use general knowledge of mechanical engineering to manage the maintenance and repair of HVAC, utilities, and plumbing systems.
• Integrate general mechanical engineering knowledge, perspective, and methodology into daily maintenance activities to enhance the lifecycle management of systems and energy conservation.
• Provide analyses of daily maintenance activities to improve asset management and facilities systems lifecycle performance and cost.
• Review work order plans for code compliance and best practices.
• Ensure quality control inspections are completed on work orders by supervisors.
• Provide technical oversight on all projects involving your shops.
• Use Building Automation Systems (BAS) to detect and diagnose problems and recommend changes to improve the performance of the BAS for your shops.
• Negotiate contracts for maintenance and provide oversight of the quality, safety and cost of all work performed.
• Analyze the cost, quality, and timeliness of your shops’ work and implement improvements.
• Analyze condition monitoring data from thermographic, vibration, oil, ultrasound, and BAS analyses to identify failure modes and develop work plans to prevent them.
• Interact with customers to ensure their needs are met and manage expectations.
• Coordinate multi-shop projects.
• Ensure your shops are trained on RCM, CBM, PMs and maintenance management techniques.
• Lead root cause analyses.
• Lead failure mode and effects analyses.
• Lead teams in emergency operations and in emergency maintenance.
• Ensure that employees are trained, understand, and comply with University, state, OSHA, NFPA, NEC, ASME, EPA and other governing policies and procedures.
• Serve as the acting Director of Maintenance in his/her absence.

• Bachelor’s degree in a mechanical engineering discipline and 10 years experience in commercial facilities maintenance; or equivalent combination of training, education and experience.
• 10 years supervisory experience.

• Commercial plumbing experience.
• Experience operating and maintaining commercial chilled water cooling systems.
• Experience operating and maintaining commercial hot water heating systems.
• Experience operating and maintaining complex mechanical ventilation systems.
• Experience working with building automation systems and controls.
• Familiarity with commercial facilities commissioning.
• Project development and management skills.
• Participation and knowledge of complex commercial facilities commissioning.
• Reliability centered maintenance experience and familiarity with the use of vibration analysis, ultrasonic analysis and thermographic analysis.
• Experience managing with an asset management and maintenance management system (CMMS / EAM).

• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional or equivalent.
• Section 608 certification or past certification.

• The finalist will be subject to a Criminal Background Check and/or a Motor Vehicle Report.
• The Search Committee will not contact references without first verifying permission with the finalist.
• Please ensure your resume reflects the knowledge, skills, abilities, and experiences to support your answers to the supplemental questions.
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