The Chief Engineer is responsible for the engineering management and daily leadership and administration of a critical facility space in Winston Salem, NC. The facility is comprised of 28 floors of Class A office space with unparalleled amenities including, data center, dry cleaner, 24/7 security, barber shop, parking garage, and parking deck. The ideal candidate needs to live near Winston Salem as this is an in office role. This position requires no hands-on maintenance work. This is a "Chief" level position with governance responsibilities over a staff of at least 10 operational engineers.

**Target Compensation:** $110K - $120K starting salary with opportunities for advancement

**Shift Schedule:** 8am-5pm (Monday through Friday)

?* Will manage 2nd shift employees as well and may need to be available for emergency situations during those hours.

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:**

Bachelors or associate degree or equivalent management and technical experience

Mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire suppression system knowledge of commercial/critical facilities required.

Experience in raised floor critical operating environments and associated procedures and best practices.

5 years in critical/commercial/industrial operations required.

Data Center operations experience highly desirable.

Must have fundamental skills in critical systems such as emergency/stand-by generators, automatic transfer switches, uninterruptible power systems, power distribution units, battery systems required.

Must be experienced in the overall operation, maintenance, and modification of all building systems including:

Mechanical (including HVAC, computer room air conditioners, chillers, and plumbing)

Electrical (including UPS, DC battery systems, PDU, generators, transfer switches, and switchgear)

Cabling (including data and voice, broad band)

Fire detection and suppression, life safety,

Lighting

Temperature control systems,

Building management systems and digital systems (including fire alarm, duress, card access, CCTV).

**Responsibilities:**

The Chief Building Engineer is a subject matter expert in one or more critical environment electrical/mechanicals systems, infrastructure, and operational practices and must meet the clients needs, and a commitment to achieving the goal of 100% uptime.

Objectives: safely, efficiently, and reliably operating and maintaining the facility infrastructure, systems, and equipment.

Work requires strong formal conduct of operations skills, technical expertise, personal accountability, and flawless execution of work activities commensurate with a high-risk critical environment and associated expectations for exceptional customer satisfaction and confidence.

Supervise and manage multiple engineers and maintenance staff including priorities, shift staffing, hiring, training, personnel development, and performance reviews.

Ensures that staff are properly trained and qualified for their assigned facilities and associated work in a critical environment.

Lead and support the engineering staff to create a high performing team.

Support building operations through a highly integrated facilities management and engineering team to assure high infrastructure availability and client satisfaction.

Ensure that communication with the engineering and facilities management staff is effective and thorough.

Maintain and support a Critical Environment

Management program reflecting client requirements and industry best practices.

Develops, reviews, and approves construction and maintenance work plans for assigned facilities and systems.

Identify the maintenance objectives of the facility and incorporate those objectives into a documented plan that includes preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance procedures.

Must be able to immediately recognize system shortcomings, respond to operational and emergency situations, and provide technical guidance and direction during real time problem management.

Also must be able to act in a consulting capacity on projects and new design.

Work collaboratively with the Energy Management team to develop programs that reduce energy consumption and increase sustainable practices.

Provide training and support aimed at expanding the capabilities of the operations and maintenance staff, specific duties include and are not limited to: demonstrating the proper use and care of tools and instruments, giving hands on instruction in basic maintenance, safety and troubleshooting procedures, recommending relevant outside engineering courses for enrollment and instilling an overall level of professionalism in manner and appearance.

Identify safety hazards within the building and incorporate the remediation of such hazards to ensure that the buildings staff and occupants work in a safe environment. Implement, administer, and manage the safety training program.

Ensure that compliance of all regulatory laws and guidelines are met as they relate to the operation of the buildings infrastructure. Responsible for alerting management of building discrepancies.

Develop routine annual maintenance plans and capital plans which would include planning for infra-structure upgrades, equipment replacements and building modifications to ensure the buildings future capabilities are maintained.

Responsible for providing technical input and support to facility projects and modifications, including construction support, commissioning, and final acceptance, as applicable.

Ensure all infrastructure and compliance documentation for the building is maintained and up to date, including up-to-date building drawings and single lines as well as documentation mandated for the purpose of maintaining regulatory compliance with Federal, State or Local law.

Responsible for overseeing the activities of contractors working within the building either as representatives of the building itself or tenants operating within the buildings.

Responsible for keeping records of buildings rounds and readings, all engineering logs and engineering data sheets.

Assure the CFCR notification and CFIR processes are administered to DCM standards.

Create a working environment that supports the O&M Continuous Performance Improvement Process which solicits new ideas to reduce risk and cost.

**About Aerotek:**

We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at Aerotek.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.