Building Service Engineer

Job Description:

Building Service Engineer

Description

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:

California State University (CSU), Chico is a comprehensive and residential public university, holding Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) designation. Chico State operates as part of the 23-campus CSU system, which educates the most ethnically, economically, and academically diverse student body in the nation. The University enrolls over 15,000 students, with over half identifying as first-generation college students.

Chico State is committed to recruiting outstanding candidates who reflect the intersectional identities of our student body. The ideal candidate will embrace our values predicated on the primacy of student success and the elimination of equity gaps, have demonstrated experience working with diverse populations, and will contribute to policies, programs, and practices that support an inclusive, accessible, and equitable learning and working environment. Black, Indigenous, People of Color, veterans, and those with diverse abilities are encouraged to apply.

Job/Department Summary:

Working independently, under general supervision, Building Service Engineers perform maintenance and repair work on a wide
range of heating, ventilating, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical, refrigeration, air conditioning, water systems and auxiliary
equipment. Incumbent will operate, test, adjust, and calibrate, boiler, air conditioning machinery, mechanical, electrical,
pneumatic, and/or microprocessor control instruments. Building Service Engineers monitor building systems data, adjust systems
accordingly and respond to service requests to adjust airflow, temperature and humidity balances for individual rooms, building
areas or buildings. The duties include testing and chemically treating boiler, condenser, and cooling tower water and water from
other systems, as well as maintenance, inspection, diagnoses and emergency repairs for systems. Building Service Engineers
may need to solder, braze or weld pipe in underground vaults or in mechanical rooms. Incumbent will regularly use features of
building automation systems to diagnose and troubleshoot problems in the HVAC systems and adjust to optimize energy
conservation, and may maintain logs of maintenance and repairs, using manual and computerized record-keeping systems, and
provide instruction and/or work with semi-skilled or unskilled assistants. Duties also include swimming pool maintenance, and
work on bearings, shafts, seals, rings and electrical wiring and installation of central system parts, gages, valves and pipes. This
position requires the application of journey-level skills in one or more of the applicable trades.

Required Education and Experience:

These abilities would typically be acquired through two years of journey-level experience in the operation, maintenance and repair of boiler, heating, ventilating, refrigeration and air conditioning equipment and systems.

OR

The equivalent combination of formal course work in mechanical technology and hands-on experience.

Preferences:

Preference may be given to applicants with the following as they may be considered specialized skills:

• Bilingual
• 2 years of recent, relevant experience working as a Building Service Engineer.
• Recent, relevant experience installing and maintaining commercial HVAC Systems.
• Recent, relevant experience operating energy management systems related to HVAC equipment.

Time Base: Full-time- 1.0

Pay Plan: 12/12

Work Schedule: Mon-Fri 7:00am-3:30pm, Summer - Mon-Thurs 6:00am-4:30pm.

CSU Classification Salary Range: $71,976 - $104,844 per year.

Benefits: This position qualifies for benefits including tuition fee waiver (if eligible).

CSU, Chico offers a number of benefits to its employees (e.g., sick leave, vacation, health insurance). For more information please visit https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/careers/benefits/Documents/employee-benefits-summary.pdf

Additional Information:

California State University, Chico, in accordance with CSU policy, requires that the successful candidate complete a background check (including a criminal records check, sexual offender registry check, and/or fingerprinting) prior to assuming this position. Failure to satisfactorily complete or pass the background check may impact the job offer or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for posted positions identified as sensitive. This position is considered a sensitive position based on CSU guidelines.

This position as set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083, revised July 21, 2017 is not designated as a required mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.

Throughout employment in this position incumbent must maintain a valid California Driver's License as well as continued completion and compliance of the CSU Defensive Driver's Training course.

The successful candidate might be required to pass a post-hire respiratory Medical Evaluation.

About Chico State:

Graduate and undergraduate programs boast high-quality research experiences, exceptional faculty mentoring, and civic and global engagement opportunities. The campus motto, “Today Decides Tomorrow,” is brought to life by inclusive pedagogy, experiential learning, and co-curricular programming. The Chico Experience prepares students to be critical thinkers, engaged citizens, and inspired stewards of environmental, social, and economic resources. Together, they will become leaders solving the challenges of the 21st century.

The campus is located in Northern California, 90 minutes from the state capital, Sacramento, and a three-hour drive from the San Francisco Bay Area. Chico offers year-round natural beauty, outdoor leisure activities, and a thriving arts, music, and events scene. We acknowledge and are mindful that Chico State stands on lands that were originally occupied by the first people of this area, the Mechoopda, and we recognize their distinctive spiritual relationship with this land, the flora, the fauna, and the waters that run through campus. We are humbled that our campus resides upon sacred lands that since time immemorial have sustained the Mechoopda people and continue to do so today.

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, medical condition, National origin, sex, sexual orientation, covered veteran status, or any other protected status.

Chico State is not a sponsoring agency for staff and management positions (i.e. H-1B Visas).

CSU, Chico's Annual Security Report includes summaries of institutional policy relating to campus safety, drug and alcohol use, sexual assault, and other matters. The report is published in compliance with the Clery Act and includes three years of certain crime statistics that occurred in Clery Act defined geography. A paper copy of the report may be requested in person at CSU, Chico Police Department or by calling 530-898-5555 . It is also available on the web at Annual Security & Fire Safety Report .

Open Until Filled (Review of Applications will begin 10/22/24. Applications received after that date may be considered.)

Advertised: Oct 08 2024 Pacific Daylight Time
Applications close:

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