Building Service Engineer

Type of Appointment: Full-Time, Probationary

Collective Bargaining Unit: Teamsters - Unit 6

Job Classification: Building Service Engineer

Anticipated Hiring Range: $6,459 per month

Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, unless notified otherwise

  

THE DEPARTMENT

Facilities Planning and Management (FP&M) serves as the lead organization for planning, developing, and maintaining the campus ‘natural and built environments in support of the university’s mission. The department seeks to preserve and enhance CPP’s history, aesthetics, physical assets, and natural ecosystems through coordinated planning, design, and construction of buildings, roads, infrastructure, landscaping and other physical improvements.  As an advocate on behalf of the university and its auxiliaries, FPM strives to provide facilities that meet scope, budget, operational needs and functional requirements. FPM is comprised of approximately 200 facilities professionals (FTE) that also provides maintenance services including custodial services, landscaping, recycling, building and mechanical trades, energy and utility management, fleet, and auto services.

The workforce is culturally diverse and multilingual.  Its composition includes full time staff throughout FPM who are also earning their degrees and many whom have graduated from Cal Poly Pomona.  The staff includes licensed architects and engineers, accountants, planners, project managers, administrative staff, carpenters, plumbers, locksmiths, painters, electricians, landscape architects, computer technicians, custodians and other building and mechanical trade technicians.

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

Primary Responsibilities 

Working in a team environment, under the general supervision of the Supervising and/or Lead Building Service Engineer and the Manager of MEP (Maximizing Engineering Potential) Services, the incumbent in this position is primarily responsible for the following:

• Working with one or more crews of skilled journey level BSE and semi-skilled assistants in the operation and maintenance of the campus HVAC Systems.  Incumbent will inspect, diagnosis and perform repair and overhaul of all stationary equipment on campus which involves, natural gas, water, refrigerant, and air distribution systems.  Perform preventative maintenance on boilers, chillers, cooling towers, pumps, fans, compressors, water treatment systems controls, and all associated equipment.
• Respond to periodic calls from faculty members, staff and students for adjustment of air handling equipment to achieve air flow, temperature and humidity balances for individual rooms, building areas or buildings.  Test, adjust and calibrate control instruments to maintain proper environmental conditions, peak operations and energy conservation. Conduct water chemical tests, analysis and treatment for campus cooling towers and chiller condensers.
• Inspect completed work for conformance with specifications, requirements and compliance with applicable codes and regulations.  Maintain tools and equipment in good working order; maintain a safe and clean work environment; consult and work with trades workers in a team environment to accomplish multi-trade work orders.  Incumbent may provide instruction and lead direction to unskilled and semi-skilled assistants in accomplishing assigned work.
• The incumbent prepares work related reports and drawings of as-built conditions.  May also works on new construction and remodeling projects by collaborating with engineering and design consultants; reviews and interprets plans and specifications; coordinates and schedules for utility shutdowns and tie-ins to meet the overall construction objectives; inspects related work performed by contractors; and provides rough order cost estimates of time and material for minor HVAC projects.

General Administration

• Incumbent maintains daily work order records of labor hours and material used, and summary of work performed using manual and/or computerized record keeping systems.  Makes recommendations for continuous operational improvements and applies a "team-oriented” approach and a service-oriented win-win attitude, strong technical skills and communication skills, both written and oral.  Promotes and projects a positive attitude, leads by example, and promotes customer service philosophy in the department. 
• Maintain knowledge of current industry model practices.
• Assist in identifying O&M on recurring, non-recurring and deferred maintenance tasks.
• Assists in the preparation of annual operation budget, and preparation of capital improvements and deferred maintenance projects.  Responsible for monitoring expenditures of operatin