Critical Environments Chief Engineer

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You will work as part of an engineering & facilities team at multi building data center property managed by JLL. This is a client-facing role that requires a well-rounded engineer with managerial skills.

Location:

Durham, NC 27703

Work Schedule:

On-site Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM with on-call rotating schedule for after-hour emergencies Reporting To:
Senior Chief Engineer Estimated Compensation: $40.04 - $50.48 an hour paid bi-weekly, the range listed is an estimate and not guaranteed. A job offer will vary based on applicant's education, experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, internal equity and alignment with market data What this job involves:
The Chief Engineer is a subject matter expert in one or more critical environment electrical/mechanicals systems, infrastructure, and operational practices and must ensure the highest level of professionalism, while meeting the client's needs, and a commitment to achieving the goal of 100% uptime. Responsible for protecting and improving the value of the client's assets and ensuring that building engineering systems reliably perform their intended function.

Work requires strong formal conduct of operations skills, technical expertise, personal accountability, and flawless execution of work activities commensurate with a high-risk critical environment and associated expectations for exceptional customer satisfaction and confidence.

What your day-to-day will look like:
​Supervise and manage multiple engineers and maintenance staff including priorities, shift staffing, hiring, training, personnel development, and performance reviews.  Ensures that staff are properly trained and qualified for their assigned facilities and associated work in a critical environment.
Lead and support the engineering staff to create a high performing team.
Support building operations through a highly integrated facilities management and engineering team to ensure high infrastructure availability and client satisfaction.
Ensure that communication with the engineering and facilities management staff is effective and thorough.
Maintain and support a Critical Environment Management program reflecting client requirements and industry best practices.
Responsible for the overall operation, maintenance, and modification of all building systems including: mechanical (including HVAC, computer room air conditioners, chillers, and plumbing) electrical (including UPS, DC battery systems, PDU, generators, transfer switches, and switch gear), cabling (including data and voice, broad band), fire detection and suppression, life safety, lighting, temperature control systems, building  management systems, and digital systems (including fire alarm, duress, card access, CCTV).

Also has strong skills and experience in raised floor critical operating environments and associated procedures and best practices.
Develops, reviews, and approves construction and maintenance work plans for assigned facilities and systems.
Identify the maintenance objectives of the facility and incorporate those objectives into a documented plan that includes preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance procedures.
Must be able to immediately recognize system shortcomings, respond to operational and emergency situations, and provide technical guidance and direction during real time problem management.  Also,…