What are the responsibilities and job description for the Building Technician position at OLYMBEC USA LLC?
Commercial Building Technician
Classification: non-exempt, hourly
Reports to: Maintenance Manager
Summary/Objective
As a building technician, you will help support leasing, property management, and construction team members in achieving their goals by providing maintenance and repair services on retail, industrial, and office properties. The building technician position is responsible for performing highly diversified tasks to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain facility equipment according to safety and maintenance systems and processes. This position frequently interacts with tenants and is the point person for designated properties.
Essential Functions
• Inspects building systems including fire alarms, HVAC, and plumbing to ensure operation of equipment is within design capabilities.
• Performs assigned repairs, emergency, and preventative maintenance.
• Reviews assigned work orders.
• Maintains the building lighting system, including ballast repairs or replacements.
• Perform repair or general maintenance work of facilities, buildings, grounds, and equipment including but not limited to electrical, HVAC, carpentry, plumbing, and painting.
• Directly or indirectly support the installation, maintenance and repair of HVAC, electrical, plumbing systems including fire suppression.
• Directly or indirectly support all exterior grounds activities, including snow removal, landscaping, grounds keeping, parking lot maintenance and other exterior areas as needed.
• Competent knowledge of OSHA safety standards, the use and care of tools and equipment used in facilities and grounds maintenance and property repairs.
• Respond to work order requests using the work order management system.
• Respond immediately to emergency situations.
• Interact with tenants, visitors, customers, and contractors in a professional, timely and courteous manner.
• Maintains the professional appearances of the property, equipment, engineering spaces, and common areas.
• Maintains the building lighting system, including element and ballast repairs or replacements.
• Inspect buildings, grounds, and equipment for unsafe or malfunctioning conditions, preventative maintenance, etc.
• Ability to use technology such as smart phones, tablets, computers, web-based applications, building automation systems, etc.
• Complete all required Safety Training as scheduled annually.
• Perform minor repairs and troubleshooting locks and doors.
• Other duties as assigned.
Competencies
• Initiative.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships.
• Time Management.
• Decision Making.
• Team player.
• Communication Proficiency.
• Organization and Problem-Solving Skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand written and verbal instruction.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment
• This job requires working in commercial spaces including but not limited to industrial, warehouse, and office environments.
• This position will require working indoors and outdoors in various climate conditions ranging from very hot to very cold with rain to very hot and humid. This may include confined locations.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Regularly requires sitting, walking, bending, and lifting for prolonged periods of time.
• The employee must have a full range of body movements including the use of hands and feet to handle or feel objects and must be capable of bending, reaching, and crouching.
• Able to handle or feel objects and use tools and equipment and must be capable of bending, reaching, crouching, climbing, and crawling.
• Must have command of all five senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus. Must hear and speak well enough to conduct business over the telephone or face to face for long periods of time.
• Must be able to lift 75 pounds.
• Must be able to exert up to 20 pounds of force.
Required Education and Experience
• Driver’s license
Preferred Education and Experience
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• The ideal candidate will have three years’ experience doing general maintenance work in a commercial space.
Working Hours
Typical workweek is forty (40) hours per week Monday through Friday. The Supervisor will determine the work hours. During peak times and seasonal extreme weather-related events, position may require longer hours.
Travel
Local travel is required.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
None required for this position.
Work Authorization/Security Clearance
You must be authorized to work in the United States.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
AAP/EEO Statement
OLYMBEC USA is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including pregnancy), citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. All of our employees, other workers and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits and termination of employment.
OLYMBEC USA also complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local laws. Consistent with those requirements, we will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability if such accommodation would allow the individual to perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If you believe you need an accommodation, refer any such request to your supervisor. We will also, where appropriate, provide reasonable accommodations for an employee's religious beliefs or practices.