Chief Building Engineer (Dallas, TX)

Paladin Consulting is currently hiring a Chief Building Engineer to join our team working onsite at our client's office located in Dallas, TX.

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Job Title: Chief Building Engineer
Work Location: Dallas, TX
Duration: Long-term contract with option to hire
Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm with possible on-call work after initial training
Education/Experience Required: High school or equivalent

Job Description:
As a Chief Building Engineer, you will perform complex preventive maintenance and corrective repairs of buildings, industrial systems, vehicles, equipment, and grounds.
This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.

Responsibilities :

• Follow all applicable codes, regulations, governmental agency, and company directives related to building operations and work safety.
• Lead operations, assign work orders, and provide technical and procedural training of coworkers and subcontractors. Arranges for subcontractors as needed.
• Consult with clients to schedule preventive maintenance during downtime to cut business interruption and inconvenience. Plan a preventive maintenance program to ensure that building machinery and systems meet or exceed their rated life.
• Check building systems including fire alarms, HVAC, and plumbing to ensure the operation of equipment is within design capabilities and achieves environmental conditions prescribed by the client.
• Oversee and inspect the work performed by engineering staff to make sure the work is complete; equipment is functioning properly, and client space is in great working condition.
• Respond to emergency situations and ask for help when needed.
• Apply advanced knowledge to seek and develop new, better methods for accomplishing both individual and department objectives.
• Showcase expertise in own job discipline and in-depth knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function.
• Coach others to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in most or all areas within the function.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with *** RISE values. Anticipate potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels and of divergent interest, to adopt a different point of view.
• Impact the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives across multi-discipline teams. Work is guided by functional policies which impact the design of procedures and policies.
• Contribute to new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans in support of achieving functional goals.
• Communicate difficult and complex ideas with the ability to influence.

Overview of Work Environment/Client Nuances:

• Candidate will be working in a 200,000 sq ft museum and 70,000 sq ft warehouse
• Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Team Overview:

• There will be 4 building engineers under

Resource's typical working day:

• Manage PM work orders
• Manage reactive work orders in the CMMS
• Supervising and coordinating all maintenance activities
  • Mechanical equipment
  • Checking the daily log of daily needs
  • Managing system failures
• Conducting routine activities
• Coordinating vendors
• Conducting quality control

Licenses/Certifications:

• EPA 608 License required

Must Have Skills:

• 10 years of experience as a building engineer or lead
• Very strong background in commercial HVAC and mechanical systems
  • Residential experience will not be accepted
• Excellent documentation skills

Nice to have skills:

• Electrical licensing
• Boiler operator or stationary engineering license
• OSHA 10 or Safety certifications

Soft Skills:

• This is a client facing role
• Leadership and team management
• High level of professionalism and focused on customer service
• High attention to detail
• Able to collaborate

Software skills:

• Microsoft Office Suite
  • Outlook
  • Excel

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