Lead Operating Engineer

We’re JLL. We’re a professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We help organizations around the world achieve their ambitions by owning, occupying and investing in real estate. We’re a Fortune 500 company. We work across 80 countries, in 280 different offices, with a team of over 60,000 individuals. And we look after a property portfolio of over 4bn square feet, all on behalf of our clients.

**Purpose:** To effectively and efficiently operate and maintain all HVAC and related equipment, providing environmental control to the property and to perform maintenance from tenant requests. **Duties and Responsibilities:** **Essential Functions** * Maintains good tenant relations through prompt and courteous response to tenant requests within the guidelines set forth by JLL. * Makes adjustments and changes on HVAC equipment * Chiller and reheat adjustments for proper operation. * Building environmental controls. * Starts and stops equipment. * Performs general maintenance and operation of central plant equipment. * Monitors systems for potential problems (or existing problems) and formulates solutions to be presented to the Chief Engineer or Assistant Chief Engineer for appropriate action. * Performs all maintenance in a safe manner. * Assists in training of all personnel in operation and maintenance procedures involved within the property. * Reviews on a regular basis and is prepared to follow all current emergency procedures set forth by JLL and the assigned property. * Maintains ethical, professional and courteous relations with contractors. * Acts as a team member with all employees of the management staff. * Complies with all written JLL and regional company policies. * Purchases parts and supplies according to company policy as directed by Chief Engineer or Assistant Chief Engineer. * Makes adjustments and changes to HVAC and related equipment to maintain established comfort zones. These adjustments and changes must be within the guidelines set forth by the Chief Engineer and/or Assistant Chief Engineer. * Aids in the ordering, stocking and inventory of parts and supplies as directed by the Chief Engineer or Assistant Chief Engineer. **Other Functions** * Participates in the inventory of supplies and parts. * Maintains the integrity of all mechanical spaces. * Performs preventative maintenance program duties including record keeping. * Assumes additional responsibilities and authority as delegated by the Chief Engineer or the Assistant Chief Engineer.

**Essential Physical Abilities:** * Visually inspect machinery and building. * Walks up and down stairs for inspections and emergency procedure practice or implementation. * Detects emergency alarms - auditory and/or visual. * Window washing equipment inspections are made by examining the rig.(when required) * Cleaning inspections require getting on hands and knees to inspect inaccessible areas. * Ability to work weekends and extended hours. * Climb ladders to adjust air flow and make inspections above ceiling. * Trained and capable of moving chemical distribution containers, drums and tanks via pallet jack or when required, forklift. **Essential Knowledge and Skills:** * Reads and understands equipment instruction manuals. * Writes reports using all parts of speech with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar. * Uses proper English when interacting with tenants. * Computes mathematical equations on a chiller performance test. * Communicates essential information needed for decision making. * Interprets a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral or schedule form. * Identifies and resolves mechanical problems. * Understands basic building system design and operation, i.e., fire system, domestic water system, HVAC system and electrical distribution system. * Uses proper organizational skills and compiles appropriate information to plan and complete Negotiates with vendors for fair prices. * Able to read and interpret blue prints and schematics. * Produces computerized spreadsheets. **Experience:** * Two years of building operations and maintenance * Stationary equipment engineer operator license (where applicable) * Boiler operator license (where applicable) **Education:** * High School Diploma * BOMA Engineering School (recommended)