Operating Engineer
Listed on 2026-09-09
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Trades / Skilled Labor
HVAC Tech / Heating Engineer, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Building Maintenance -
Maintenance/Cleaning
HVAC Tech / Heating Engineer, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Building Maintenance
What This Job Involves
The Operating Engineer will have a strong focus on operating, maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing facility equipment on all systems. Individuals are expected to demonstrate technical expertise in one craft area (Electrical, HVAC, Piping/Plumbing, Central Utility Plant Operations) and be multi-skilled in others in order to successfully complete daily/weekly work assignments.
What This Job InvolvesThe Operating Engineer will have a strong focus on operating, maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing facility equipment on all systems. Individuals are expected to demonstrate technical expertise in one craft area (Electrical, HVAC, Piping/Plumbing, Central Utility Plant Operations) and be multi-skilled in others in order to successfully complete daily/weekly work assignments.
What is your day to day?- Perform maintenance, monitoring repairs to the Mechanical, Plumbing, Structural, Fire, Life Safety, Overhead doors/dock levelers and Control systems for the facility to keep facility and building systems up to applicable standards as assigned
- Maintains responsibility for facility services, preventative maintenance, purchasing and inventory control, contracted maintenance, general maintenance, and technical proficiency.
- Maintenance of the equipment will include cleaning, inspecting, calibrating, and changing parts to maintain the HVAC systems and associated equipment at optimum performance levels
- Record readings and make adjustments where necessary to ensure proper operation of equipment
- Comply with departmental policy for the safe storage, usage, and disposal of hazardous materials; maintain a clean and safe workplace
- Perform periodic checks of tool and instrument inventory
- Monitor the quality and pricing of maintenance work performed by outside contractors
- Required to bend, sit, kneel, squat, stand, reach and lay as required to access equipment components for extended periods of time.
- May be required to work exposed to heat, sunlight, rain, cold, daylight and night-time hours.
- High School diploma or GED equivalent
- 2-4 years’ experience maintaining and repairing commercial building systems
- Ability to analyze the operation of various Commercial or Industrial Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and HVAC systems, determine the cause of any problems/malfunctions and take corrective action
- EPA 608 Type II Certification
- Working knowledge of computer applications including Word and Excel
- EPA 608 Universal Certification
- Two years of trades schooling in electrical system design, refrigeration, and HVAC
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