Assistant Chief Engineer - Mid- Rise - Office Buildings

To support Property Management team, Supervisor, and Moody Rambin in sustaining a portfolio of highly satisfied customers while serving as a valued member of a high performing team and company.

• Honesty & Integrity
• Excellence
• Accountability
• Respect

• Service Oriented
• Ability to teach, motivate, and lead the engineering staff
• Advanced mechanical skills and advanced application skills including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Positive attitude and organized
• Good work ethic, ability to multitask, and prioritize
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to make logical decisions
• Excellent knowledge of building operations, Building Automation Systems (BAS), and maintenance of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, fire & safety, elevators, security, structural and roof systems, preventative maintenance record keeping
• Ability to recruit, evaluate, train, and maintain a successful team of individuals
• Ability to see the big picture, with the intent of strategic focus on items or issues that impact our portfolio and individual properties

• Effective interpersonal relationships with owners, team members, tenants, vendors and related entities
• Support Supervisor and Team members in all aspects
• Maintain a staff of motivated and professional team players
• Engineers are the most visible team members with the highest level of tenant interaction and service at a property and must act accordingly; contact with tenants, prospective tenants, owners, and vendors is to be guided by the highest professional standards including positive, supportive and friendly behavior.

• A valid driver’s license is required
• A high school Diploma or GED is required
• Industry, city and/or government working licenses, permits and certifications*, such as City of Houston 1st Grade Stationary Engineering License (required), Maintenance Electrician License (required), EPA CFC Universal Certification (required), SMT (required), SMA (preferred)
• Continuing education at various levels will be required
• Minimum of 5 years building engineering and facilities management experience with significant supervisory responsibility
  • Associates degree in HVAC design or technical school training may be substituted for a portion of experience
• Experience with leading innovative and high-profile projects preferred

• If upon hire or promotion to this position, an individual does not have the required permits or licenses, the individual will obtain those permits or licenses within six months of the promotion, or six months from the date eligible for the license or permit.

• Strong hospitality and customer service orientation
• Strong desire to flourish in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, innovative, and creative environment
• Must be able to handle multiple projects and changing priorities
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Respond to tenant calls (on and offsite) assigned by the management office
• Provide Supervisor with month end data regarding, ESR (Engineering Status Reports), meter readings, overtime, expenses, and maintenance checklists in a timely and effective manner
• Communicate with Property Manager and Chief Engineer on a daily basis to discuss and administrate daily and weekly priority projects and any problems that need attention
• Perform diagnosis, troubleshooting, and problem solving with various technical systems at the property
• Review and understand all construction drawings/plans for tenant improvements and capital projects
• Advanced knowledge of web-based work order and preventative maintenance systems including closing out work orders on a daily basis
• Write request for proposals, scope of work for projects, hold pre-bid meetings, submit bid comparison spreadsheet to Supervisor for review and present recommendations
• Track utilities, perform utility management analyses and provide actionable recommendations
• Provide overtime HVAC and utility submeter readings for tenant billing
• Order supplies or equipment from local suppliers as needed, budgeted or instructed by supervisor
• Understand the Porter and Engineer duties, edit and change with Supervisors as needed; monitor/mentor and direct them in alignment with Company goals and Supervisor input
• Coordinate with Engineers to ensure that proper training is scheduled according to their goals
• Verify that building personnel coverage is maintained upon absence of team members and Property Managers are aware of who is covering whose position
• Perform various other functions or projects as directed by the Supervisor
• Attend monthly training meetings, use engineering brown bag to determine the effectiveness of training program
• Ability to develop and maintain a training and mentoring program for all subordinate engineering levels, including but not limited to, one-on-one development with Lead Engineer(s), Building Engineer(s), Apprentice Engineer(s) and Porters
• Prepare or help manage preparation of budgets and perform budget analyses

• Exerting 50-100 lbs
• Occasionally 25-50 lbs
• Frequently, or up to 10-20 lbs constantly