Plant Maintenance IV

Job Description

Cordia

Cordia is a comprehensive energy solutions provider delivering safe, reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy to communities across the United States. We partner with hospitals, universities, businesses, government organizations, and other critical institutions to design, develop, build, own, operate, and maintain energy systems that keep communities running. Our solutions include district energy, combined heat and power, microgrids, energy performance services, and other innovative approaches that help customers improve reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.

Through long-term customer partnerships and deep energy expertise, Cordia helps organizations navigate complex energy challenges while supporting the transition toward a more resilient and sustainable energy future.

Job Summary

The Downtown Phoenix district cooling system consists of three plants with 28,000 tons of cooling capacity, 96,000 ton-hours of thermal storage capacity, and over 21,000 trench feet of chilled water distribution piping. The system supplies chilled water to 47 downtown buildings for comfort cooling.

Reporting to the Plant Maintenance Lead, the Plant Maintenance IV provides ongoing operations and maintenance of the district cooling facilities in downtown Phoenix while observing and complying with all safety requirements. The primary objective is to maintain plant chillers, the distribution system, and auxiliary equipment safely and efficiently. This position also assists with maintenance at the Tempe cogeneration facility and remote plant locations.

Essential Functions

• Review and understand the operating and maintenance requirements of the main plant, remote plants, and distribution system.
• Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on plant equipment as directed by the Plant Maintenance Lead.
• Acquire bids and oversee contractors for maintenance and other services; coordinate with contractors, consultants, and material suppliers on plant projects.
• Complete all required logs, records, maintenance documentation, and plant paperwork.
• Initiate work requests in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for plant equipment requiring maintenance and meet weekly with the department manager, in coordination with the Plant Maintenance Lead, to schedule, plan, and coordinate work.
• Coordinate with the Operations Lead to initiate lockout/tagout (LOTO) activities in the computer-based Red Tag program.
• Attend daily meetings with leads and plant management.
• Plan and execute routine project maintenance and support major maintenance and capital replacement projects.
• Interpret technical manuals, sketches, prints, instructions, manufacturer data, and equipment history records to support development of work plans.
• Identify opportunities to improve operations and maintenance work processes and lead problem-solving analyses when required to address issues and corrective actions, sharing lessons learned and best practices.
• Ensure all safety policies and regulations are followed and daily work is executed in accordance with Cordia safety policies; perform pre-job briefs for critical work activities.
• Ensure compliance with all environmental regulations, with a goal of zero exceedances, reportable spills, or other violations.
• Order and manage inventory of spare parts and other plant supplies.
• Be prepared to respond to emergency callouts 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Assist with facility cleaning, customer heat exchanger maintenance, and other duties assigned by the Plant Maintenance Lead or plant management.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of five (5) years of steady work experience with chilled water equipment and water pumps.
• Ability to lift up to 50…