Building Crew Leader

Requisition ID # 163833 

Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview

PG&E’s Corporate Real Estate Strategy and Services (CRESS) organization is responsible for governing, planning, acquiring, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining 8.2 million square feet (sq. ft.) of facilities throughout PG&E’s 72,000 square mile service territory.  Facilities include but are not limited to PG&E Oakland General Office of 28 floors, service centers, data centers, contact centers, office buildings, shops, warehouses, construction and equipment yards, vehicle maintenance garages, and meeting and training facilities.

Position Summary

The Building Crew Leader is a working leader who demonstrates the qualifications of a Lead Building Mechanic. This role involves supervising coworkers engaged in the operation, maintenance, and minor construction of buildings and related systems. The successful candidate will possess strong leadership qualities and supervisory skills, and familiar with the high-rise building to which they and their team are assigned to.

 

The Building Crew Leader is expected to understand and effectively communicate the company’s safety and maintenance standards, along with accounting procedures and other relevant rules and regulations. Key responsibilities include planning, scheduling, and assigning client-requested work orders, repair work orders, and preventative maintenance work orders to Facilities Maintenance coworkers. Additionally, the Building Crew Leader will monitor performance measures for their assigned work group. They will oversee the operation and carry out various supervisory duties, which may include the implementation of preventative maintenance programs, inventory control, and the inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire alarm systems and other life safety systems, as assigned by building management.

 

PG&E is providing the hourly rate that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This position is subject to collectively bargained hourly wage rates and increases. The starting wage rate for this position is $64.99 per hour.  This wage rate is specific to the locality of the job. The wage rate is based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.  

 

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain and operate critical electrical systems from a utility point of service, main-tie-mains, electrical distribution boards, emergency distribution boards, automatic transfer switches, static transfer switches, and power distribution units.
• Maintain and operate emergency generators, load bank systems (reactive & resistive), fuel delivery systems, fuel storage systems, and fuel leak detection systems.
• Maintain and operate mechanical and hydronic cooling tower systems, pumps, VFDs, chillers, Water Source Heat Pumps, and computer room air conditioners. 
• Maintain and operate critical fire and life safety detection and protection systems.
• Maintain and operate building automation controls systems including sequence of operations protocol, active monitoring, and executing changes of state as/if needed.
• Provide training and professional development of Building Mechanics when appropriate.
• Oversee the implementation of PG&E’s orientation, safety, and training programs for mechanics as time and resources allow. The Building Crew Leader will support the training and professional development of Building Mechanics when appropriate.
• Monitor open work orders daily, regularly review workflow and load for all coworkers in area team. Participate, delegate and direct to ensure safe, timely completion of work.
• Collaborate with Contractors, Occupancy Planners, Project teams, and others to deliver