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Position Summary:
The Engineer is part of the Facilities Engineering team in the Facilities Maintenance & Operations Department at Vanderbilt University. The Engineering team supports the planning and operations of the campus to keep it safe, park like, invigorating, comfortable, efficient, and sustainable. The engineering team is recruiting an engineer to increase the team’s strength.
About the Work Unit:
Facilities provides facilities support for all construction, renovation, and routine maintenance of University space and facilities; housekeeping services for approximately 5.8 million square feet of academic, administrative, residential, and recreational space; grounds care for 330 acres that are a registered arboretum; turf care for athletic fields; and utilities for the University Central and the Medical Center. The Facilities department is comprised of Campus Planning & Construction, Vanderbilt University Maintenance and Operations, the Business Operations Center and Real Estate.
The campus and medical center consist of approximated 14,000,000 square feet and more than 200 buildings. The University purchases electricity, and natural gas to provide steam and electricity to these facilities with in-house gas turbine electricity generators and heat recovery steam generators. The utility system and campus buildings are designed to Facilities standards and maintained by the Facilities staff.
Facilities annual budget exceeds $100 million in operating expenses and includes over 500 employees. This branchmanages major capital project expenditures totaling ~$150 million annually and facility renewal, replacement, and large maintenance project expenditures totaling ~$20 million annually.
Key Functions and Expected Performance:
The Engineer will help the team with the following initiatives that support capital projects, facility stewardship, and utility master planning:
Generally, this position’s workload is 60% for capital projects, 20% for utilities master planning, and 20% for engineering support of maintenance and operational problems.
Supervisory Relationships:
This position does not have supervisory responsibility. This position reports administratively and functionally to the Campus Engineer.
Education and Certifications:
Experience and Skills:
Knowledge of switchgear, transformers, gas turbine generators, steam turbine generators, HVAC equipment, controls equipment, and diesel generators is preferred.
Full Time
Colleges & Universities
$68k-82k (estimate)
01/29/2024
06/22/2024
vanderbilt.edu
NASHVILLE, TN
15,000 - 50,000
1875
Private
NICHOLAS ZEPPOS
$1B - $3B
Colleges & Universities
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