What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Maintenance Engineer | Lyon Place position at Chevy Chase Trust?
Company Overview
Since 1931, The B. F. Saul Company has been engaged in the acquisition, renovation, construction, and management of residential property in the Washington Metropolitan area. The Residential division is currently comprised of four luxury properties: The Waycroft (Arlington, VA), Park Van Ness (Washington, DC), The Kennedy-Warren (Washington, DC), Lyon Place (Arlington, VA), The Milton at Twinbrook Quarter (Rockville, MD) and Hampden House (Bethesda, MD). Our Residential division prides itself on providing a high level of customer service to our residents to ensure complete resident satisfaction.
Do you have a passion for customer service and maintaining beautiful luxury residential properties? Are you able to troubleshoot problems, make repairs, lead a team, and think outside the box?
If so, we have an amazing opportunity for you to utilize those skills and more while offering opportunities for growth as a Chief Engineer with B.F. Saul Company and Affiliates at our residential property Lyon Place in Arlington, VA.
Under the direction of the Director of Engineering and the property’s General Manager, the Chief Maintenance Engineer will be responsible for maintaining the property, leading the maintenance team, and providing superior maintenance support and service to all residents.
About The Opportunity
The Chief Maintenance Engineer in a residential building is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the building’s engineering department. They lead a team of engineers and technicians, and their duties include:
Project management: Calculating costs, negotiating contracts, and ensuring projects stay on schedule and within budget
Maintenance: Conducting routine maintenance and safety inspections, and coordinating repairs for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and other systems
Safety: Ensuring the safety and security of the building, and responding to emergencies
Staff management: Assigning tasks to engineering teams, and managing employees
Vendor management: Selecting outside vendors and monitoring their performance
Equipment management: Ordering new equipment or parts as needed
Reporting: Compiling reports as required
The Chief Maintenance Engineer will have five or more years of progressive maintenance experience operating and managing building systems and directing the make-ready process. Strong customer service skills, knowledge of OSHA safety regulations, environmental issues, and experience working in high-rise luxury apartments. You must be able to lift 60 lbs. and safely move appliances, you must be comfortable working with heights up to 25 feet and have demonstrated experience in leading and managing a team. Experience working in residential is required.
Core Company Competencies
Excellence : Demonstrates a commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and achieving the highest possible standards for performance.
Ethics : Demonstrates a commitment to integrity, peer respect, and fairness. Continuously demonstrates a strong work ethic by exhibiting an indisputable drive to get the job done.
Results : Consistently going above and beyond to deliver exceptional results and value for the team and the organization.
CORE JOB COMPETENCIES
Process Operation: The ability to identify, implement, and complete appropriate procedures for tasks.
Safety Awareness: The capacity to understand and adhere to the appropriate safety laws, regulations, and standards that apply to a given assignment.
Strategic Leadership: The ability to scan the organization's external environment for significant changes and implications to determine goals and priorities that will guide and grow the organization.
Communication: The ability to effectively express ideas, thoughts, and information in written form using correct tone, grammar, organization, and structure that is appropriate for the intended audience.
Leadership: Employee uses appropriate interpersonal skills and proven motivational methods to guide and help individuals or groups and gain their commitments to ideas, plans, or courses of action.
Planning & Organization: The ability to devise a course of action for themselves and others to accomplish a specific goal while managing time and resources to meet deadlines and expectations.
Technical/Professional Knowledge: The ability to keep up with current developments and trends in the field of expertise.
Employee Benefits & Perks
We offer great healthcare benefits, a competitive salary, 401K, tuition reimbursement, professional development reimbursement, commuter benefits, a diverse and inclusive work culture, and much more.
Apply today to join our dynamic team!
The actual base pay offered is determined by several variables, including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held. Base pay is one component of The Residential Division's total compensation package, which also includes access to or eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, incentive plans and more.
The Residential division is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We foster an environment that recognizes employees’ unique skillsets and ensure that all employees have an equal opportunity to grow and advance.
If you are a candidate in need of assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact [email protected] or 301-986-6000.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Since 1931, The B. F. Saul Company has been engaged in the acquisition, renovation, construction, and management of residential property in the Washington Metropolitan area. The Residential division is currently comprised of four luxury properties: The Waycroft (Arlington, VA), Park Van Ness (Washington, DC), The Kennedy-Warren (Washington, DC), Lyon Place (Arlington, VA), The Milton at Twinbrook Quarter (Rockville, MD) and Hampden House (Bethesda, MD). Our Residential division prides itself on providing a high level of customer service to our residents to ensure complete resident satisfaction.
Do you have a passion for customer service and maintaining beautiful luxury residential properties? Are you able to troubleshoot problems, make repairs, lead a team, and think outside the box?
If so, we have an amazing opportunity for you to utilize those skills and more while offering opportunities for growth as a Chief Engineer with B.F. Saul Company and Affiliates at our residential property Lyon Place in Arlington, VA.
Under the direction of the Director of Engineering and the property’s General Manager, the Chief Maintenance Engineer will be responsible for maintaining the property, leading the maintenance team, and providing superior maintenance support and service to all residents.
About The Opportunity
The Chief Maintenance Engineer in a residential building is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the building’s engineering department. They lead a team of engineers and technicians, and their duties include:
Project management: Calculating costs, negotiating contracts, and ensuring projects stay on schedule and within budget
Maintenance: Conducting routine maintenance and safety inspections, and coordinating repairs for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and other systems
Safety: Ensuring the safety and security of the building, and responding to emergencies
Staff management: Assigning tasks to engineering teams, and managing employees
Vendor management: Selecting outside vendors and monitoring their performance
Equipment management: Ordering new equipment or parts as needed
Reporting: Compiling reports as required
- Attendance is essential to this position. The community is open 24/7, weekend work or overnight hours may be expected.
The Chief Maintenance Engineer will have five or more years of progressive maintenance experience operating and managing building systems and directing the make-ready process. Strong customer service skills, knowledge of OSHA safety regulations, environmental issues, and experience working in high-rise luxury apartments. You must be able to lift 60 lbs. and safely move appliances, you must be comfortable working with heights up to 25 feet and have demonstrated experience in leading and managing a team. Experience working in residential is required.
Core Company Competencies
Excellence : Demonstrates a commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and achieving the highest possible standards for performance.
Ethics : Demonstrates a commitment to integrity, peer respect, and fairness. Continuously demonstrates a strong work ethic by exhibiting an indisputable drive to get the job done.
Results : Consistently going above and beyond to deliver exceptional results and value for the team and the organization.
CORE JOB COMPETENCIES
Process Operation: The ability to identify, implement, and complete appropriate procedures for tasks.
Safety Awareness: The capacity to understand and adhere to the appropriate safety laws, regulations, and standards that apply to a given assignment.
Strategic Leadership: The ability to scan the organization's external environment for significant changes and implications to determine goals and priorities that will guide and grow the organization.
Communication: The ability to effectively express ideas, thoughts, and information in written form using correct tone, grammar, organization, and structure that is appropriate for the intended audience.
Leadership: Employee uses appropriate interpersonal skills and proven motivational methods to guide and help individuals or groups and gain their commitments to ideas, plans, or courses of action.
Planning & Organization: The ability to devise a course of action for themselves and others to accomplish a specific goal while managing time and resources to meet deadlines and expectations.
Technical/Professional Knowledge: The ability to keep up with current developments and trends in the field of expertise.
Employee Benefits & Perks
We offer great healthcare benefits, a competitive salary, 401K, tuition reimbursement, professional development reimbursement, commuter benefits, a diverse and inclusive work culture, and much more.
Apply today to join our dynamic team!
The actual base pay offered is determined by several variables, including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held. Base pay is one component of The Residential Division's total compensation package, which also includes access to or eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, incentive plans and more.
The Residential division is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We foster an environment that recognizes employees’ unique skillsets and ensure that all employees have an equal opportunity to grow and advance.
If you are a candidate in need of assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact [email protected] or 301-986-6000.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled