Building System Specialist

**Job Title:** Building Maintenance Professional

The Building Maintenance Professional is responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of all building systems within a commercial property. This position performs preventive maintenance, repairs, and inspections of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and life safety systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform entry-level preventive maintenance and repairs on all mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems.
• Perform light carpentry and drywall repairs and painting.
• Make adjustments and changes to HVAC and related equipment in order to maintain building standards, along with the operations of the building chiller plant.
• Identify, locate, and operate all shut-off valves for equipment and all utility shut-offs.
• Maintain operation logs, record keeping, documentation, and files.
• Familiarity with pneumatic controls and VAV boxes is a plus.
• Provide response to tenant service requests.
• Maintain professional and courteous relations with others.
• Understanding all property emergency procedures including standby power and fire alarm and be familiar with the duties and responsibilities of the fire and emergency rescue teams.
• Actively participate in required training.
• Follow company and department safety and security policies and procedures to promote a clean, safe, and secure environment.
• Follow policies and procedures for the safe operation and storage of tools, equipment, and machines.
• Identify and correct unsafe work procedures or conditions and/or report them to management and security/safety personnel.
• Additional duties as assigned.

**Required Skills & Qualifications:**

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One to two years related experience or equivalent preferred.
• Utilizes electrical multimeter and understands temperature and flow instrumentation.
• Knowledge and proper use of basic hand tools.
• Understanding blueprints and schematics is a plus.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Maintain calm demeanor in emergency situations.
• EPA CFC Universal Certification Technician certificate preferred.
• Computer skills are necessary to utilize the BAS.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Values We Seek:
  • Respect: Respect is shown by demonstrating a sense of self-awareness and reflecting on one's own words and actions to adapt, grow, and succeed.
  • We embrace our differences while recognizing what brings us together.
  • Collaboration: Collaboration begins with strengthening our relationships with our residents, owners, partners, and employees, relying on strong communication and a deep understanding of the values and needs of all those involved.
  • Service-Focused: Understand what internal and external stakeholders value and anticipate their needs; strives to create a meaningful experience and build lasting relationships.
  • Performance: Achieving exceptional performance requires us all to be working on the right things at the right time and, in doing so, staying aligned with our business fundamentals and priorities.

**Work Conditions & Physical Demands:**

• Work is performed indoors and outdoors in a commercial setting with regular exposure to cold, heat, noise, people, and equipment.
• Able to work independently or as a team member and support managers with special projects.
• Strong collaboration skills – works well across functional areas—excellent relationship-building skills; able to collaborate with various levels of the organization.

**Physical Requirements:**

• The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear, and taste or smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

**Expected Hours of Work & Travel:**

• Must be able to work various shifts when needed to cover during regular business hours, including weekends and evenings.