JBG Smith
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This role will have responsibility over one of the largest real estate portfolios in the country.
WHO WE ARE
JBG SMITH owns, operates, invests in, and develops a dynamic portfolio of high-growth mixed-use properties in and around Washington, DC. Our creativity and scale enable us to be more than owners—we are place makers who shape inspiring and engaging places, which we believe create value and have a positive impact in every community we touch.
JBG SMITH has been named multiple times as one of the Washington Post’s Top Workplaces in the region and we pride ourselves in both our outstanding work environments and opportunities for career growth and advancement.
POSITION SUMMARY
Accepting applications for an operating engineer position in our Tenant Service Center (TSC), which sits at the heart of our engineering operations. The TSC is a world class command and control center where 80+ of JBG SMITH’s buildings are managed and controlled from a central location. From this center, all of our buildings are operated, including the control of all set points, schedules, and alarms. In addition, the TSC supports our onsite engineering teams and serves as resource for troubleshooting, optimization, and a host of other engineering and facility management activities. This role will have responsibility over one of the largest real estate portfolios in the country.
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Union: International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 99-99A, ALF-CIOPrimary Location: 2345 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202
We are recruiting an operating engineer that will serve a central role on our team and have responsibility for mechanical operations across our portfolio, including the starting and stopping equipment, managing setpoints, responding to alarms and faulted equipment, scheduling equipment, troubleshooting HVAC issues, and other activities in commercial office and multifamily operations.
Excited to leave their mark in an organization.
Possesses an intellectual curiosity and desire to solve problems.
Skilled at prioritizing tasks across a real estate portfolio and juggling simultaneous tasks.
Highly organized and is energized by creating order and improving efficiency.
Ready to roll up their sleeves and get the work done.
Self-motivated, focused on implementation, and can inspire excellence in others.
Committed to learning, adapting, and growing their professional skills.
Invigorated in a fast-paced, team-oriented work environment that operates 24/7/365.
This job post is for 3rd shift, Wednesday through Saturday, and as business conditions change, shifts are also subject to change through the course of employment.
High school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
At least three (3) years of engineering operations in large office, multifamily, medical, or hotel buildings.
Industry and trade licenses/certifications are a plus (such as a DC 3rd Class License).
Military experience working in mission control rooms, propulsion plants, or other mission-critical systems (such as an Officer of the Watch and related fields supervising equipment performance).
Work in a power plant, NOC, or other large mission-critical mechanical system monitoring equipment, managing alarm responses, and checking equipment or device performance.
Work as a controls engineer or controls technician for building automation systems (BAS) / energy management systems (EMS).
Work in a 24/7/365 operations center.
Candidates should have experience using building automation systems, such as Siemens and Tridium, and be comfortable following procedures to address system alarms and malfunctioning equipment. Experience programming BAS systems is a plus. This role also reviews building performance reports from previous time periods to identify anomalies, underperforming or malfunctioning equipment, and identify solutions to remedy operational issues. This requires creative problem solving, the ability to self-educate through online learning and research, and a natural curiosity and interest in learning and analysis. Very strong technical knowledge of HVAC system is required, and strong quantitative skills are a plus.
Communication and phone etiquette skills are very important and candidates must be reliable and dependable with excellent attendance and have schedule flexibility to respond to emergencies and shift overage.
Physical Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions to the extent the Company may do so without undue hardship.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear, stand, sit, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to taste or smell and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Special vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions to the extent the Company may do so without undue hardship.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is subject to extremes of temperature while working in mechanical rooms or with outdoors. The employee is regularly exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather), work near moving mechanical parts, high voltage electricity with risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to work in high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and extremes of outdoor weather conditions and temperatures. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and occasionally requires the use of hearing protection equipment.
JBG SMITH is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected class, in accordance with applicable law.
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