Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

The Operations & Facilities Management Department at WashU Medicine is committed to delivering a comprehensive range of services to support the medical campus.

We oversee maintenance and operations for 65 buildings, covering more than 11.1 million gross square feet of space. This includes the 11-story, 609,000-square-foot neuroscience research building, which houses one of the world’s highest concentrations of neuroscientists. Our responsibilities include operational and administrative support, strategic planning, and project management.

Furthermore, as the School of Medicine continues to expand its presence both on and off campus in areas such as teaching, clinical care, and research, our team remains instrumental in ensuring the seamless delivery of clinical care, advancing research initiatives, and facilitating educational endeavors.

Assists with all facilities-related operations at WashU Medicine. Operators monitor several building automation software and three unique fire alarm software to support the 24/7 operation of researchers and campus community partners. Provides emergency response to A/BSL3 laboratories, vivariums, data centers, climate rooms, freezer farms, and other various campus assets in the event of degraded infrastructure, and functions as dispatch for Facilities Engineering skilled trades to support the timely repair of degraded building systems during off-shifts.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Monitor software, computer, telephone systems, and facilities terminology to support monitoring building automation and fire alarm systems on computer workstations.

• Provide emergency response A/BSL3 laboratories, vivariums, data centers, climate rooms, freezer farms, and other campus assets.

• Act as the first responder to HVAC events, which may require manually resetting alarms, freeze stats, pressure switches, motor overloads, and performing equipment shutdowns.

• Change temperature, humidity, and airflow set points as needed.

• Assist with triaging service interruptions to responsible technicians to minimize system/equipment downtime by documenting impact and creating verbal and written work orders from internal and external callers.

• Must maintain excellent customer service at all times and be able to distinguish impact, protocols, and need for escalation.

• Learn and utilize building automation logic and assist with optimizing 32 chillers in 9 chilled water plants to the most efficient configuration to best support the cooling demand across 26 central buildings, in alignment with overall campus carbon emissions reduction efforts while minimizing electrical demand charges.

• Conduct monthly inspections of elevator equipment rooms and perform fire recall testing to ensure proper operation in an emergency.

• Perform inspections on all campus Fire Suppression sprinkler systems to ensure proper alignment in case of emergency.

• Provide data entry within multiple databases and systems supporting the Facilities Management department. This may include operational logs, work order requests, and updating equipment/inventory.

• Support continued construction and renovation efforts to facilitate the Hot-Work Permit process by reconfiguring the Fire Alarm Automation systems.

• Execute approved procedures for equipment operating outside of their designed parameters to support sustained operations.

• Assist with creating and distributing service interruption notifications that impact our physical assets and infrastructure to responsible staff and campus partners.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions

• This position will primarily be 1st shift, Monday - Friday, 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM. It also serves as the primary vacation relief for all three shifts in our 24/7 operation.

  • 1st shift 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM

  • 2nd shift 3:30 PM - 11:30 PM

  • 3rd shift 11:30 PM - 7:30 AM

• Work inside and outside in dusty and dirty places such as pits and equipment spaces where temperatures may exceed 100 degrees and equipment may be oily and greasy.

• Exposure to wet and cold conditions and noise and vibration from operation equipment.

• Must be able to work in morgues, gross anatomy, and pathology laboratories.

• Employee may be required to work in the vicinity of labs containing bio-hazar