Interim Assistant Chief Engineer (Stanford)

$137,280 - $158,080/Yr

EMCOR Group - Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Palo Alto, CA

Construction of Buildings

About the position

The Interim Assistant Chief Engineer at EMCOR Facilities Services is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and repair of various building systems at Stanford Healthcare Center. This role involves supervising preventive maintenance, responding to service calls, and ensuring the functionality of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. The position requires hands-on work with heavy equipment and may involve working in extreme temperatures.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the performance of preventive maintenance of all equipment.
• Supervise and assist with the maintenance of site equipment and building structure.
• Document and institute corrective actions for any deficiencies found.
• Monitor subcontractors in their tasks and provide reports as appropriate.
• Operation, replacement, repair, and maintenance of all related mechanical, electrical, control systems, air handling units, pumps, motors, heat exchangers, and expansion joints.
• Install electrical circuits.
• Repair all restroom fixtures, sweat/braze copper pipe, thread black pipe.
• Drain & 'safe off' systems to facilitate repairs.
• Perform minor carpentry tasks, replace ceiling tiles, repair or replace door hardware, locks, panic bars, etc.
• Perform minor electrical tasks to include bulb and ballast replacement.
• Routine operation and inspection of emergency generator, UPS, and associated components.
• Requisition necessary material to complete required repairs.
• Routine and preventive maintenance duties including filter changes, belts, lubrication, control and performance check of building systems and equipment.
• Inspect mechanical, electrical systems, trace electrical circuits, operate switchgear, record inspections, and write reports to Supervisors.
• Perform any additional duties on an as 'required' basis where such duties are within the scope of contractual obligations.

Requirements

• Minimum of five (5) years' experience in the operation of central building equipment, HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and/or electronic systems.
• Experience & proven ability to repair building electrical, plumbing, & HVAC auxiliary systems.
• Experience & proven ability to safely secure hydronic and electrical systems for maintenance.
• Experience & proven ability to braze/solder copper pipe, thread black pipe.
• Basic carpentry skills.
• Strong knowledge of operation of building auxiliary systems i.e. fire-life safety, standby emergency generators, UPS Systems.
• Familiarity with general building systems i.e. vertical lift equipment, overhead doors.
• Ability to write, execute written and oral instructions and perform arithmetic calculations.
• Strong knowledge of safe work practices and procedures typical for maintenance operations.
• Ability to safely wear a respirator, climb ladders, enter confined spaces, lift heavy objects, and perform other physically demanding tasks.
• Safely and skillfully use all types of related hand and power tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Hospital experience preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package