Facilities engineer Jobs in Worcester, MA

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Exemption Status : Exempt

Schedule Details :

Monday through Friday

Scheduled Hours : 8-4 : 30pm

Shift :

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours : Cost Center :

10010 - 5282 Maintenance

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

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I. Major Responsibilities :

1. Responsible for providing technical engineering expertise during the planning, design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of facilities and infrastructure.

2. Performs engineering review of the design, construction, and commissioning of capital projects.

3. Oversees engineering during all phases of facilities and capital projects.

4. Ensures projects comply with UMass design standards, actively observe construction and commissioning activities, visit construction sites, and confirm delivery of turnover-to-operation deliverables.

5. Provides technical recommendations, calculations, and engineering solutions to facilities and capital planning.

6. Acts as building owner during commissioning of new installations, replacements, and retrofits.

7. Leads the planning of an on-going deferred maintenance plan and working to align it with future goals.

8. Conducts condition assessments to determine existing system condition.

9. Develops ROI for equipment and utility projects.

10. Identifies life-cycle cost optimization and operational efficiencies.

11. Coordinates with facilities for building and utility renewal projects and assessments, corrective engineering, preventative and deferred maintenance.

12. Helps troubleshoot and resolve problems with buildings, plant operations or utility systems.

13. Leads in sustainability and decarbonization efforts.

14. Implements building best practices, application of new emerging technologies, and conservation strategies to reduce energy, water, and greenhouse gas emissions.

15. Participates in resilience planning and emergency response efforts.

16. Contributes to the development and update of facilities design standards with an emphasis on carbon reduction.

17. Develops standards for products, sequence of operations, setpoints, point naming nomenclature, details, etc.

18. Keeps abreast of new controls products and strategies and foresee its impact on maintainability.

19. Develops and maintains MEP drawing library.

20. Develops best practice standards for MEP turnover requirements such as valve tagging and OEMs.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities :

1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.

2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.

3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.

4.Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.

5. Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes tocreating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.

6. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.

7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications :

License / Certification / Education :

Required :

1. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Preferred :

1. Licensed Mechanical Professional Engineer.

2. Energy Manager Certification.

Experience / Skills :

Required :

1. Minimum of 7 years' work experience in building systems engineering for HVAC, plumbing, controls, lighting, fire alarm, or other systems

2. Familiarity with applicable building codes.

3. Familiarity with facilities-related computer software, including design tools (AutoCAD), construction management software, computerized maintenance management systems, and the full Microsoft.

Preferred :

1. Experience with Johnson Controls and Siemens building automation systems.

2. Experience with lighting control systems and software. Experience with BAS integration, including BACnet, Modbus and proprietary protocols.

3. Experience in the design, operation, and maintenance of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), variable frequency drives, and proprietary equipment controllers.

4. Experience with decarbonization planning.

5. Experience with hospital regulatory requirements.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions :

Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a normal office environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are : Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.