Central Utility Plant Lead

JLL•Franklin, MA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for operating and maintaining central plant equipment within a team environment. The Central Plant Lead must ensure the highest level of professionalism, while meeting the clients’ needs, and a commitment to achieving the goal of 100% uptime throughout the team. This role is responsible for protecting and improving the value of the client’s assets and ensuring that building engineering systems continue to perform their intended function. The Central Plant Lead will implement and manage the agreed to client maintenance standards, assist in managing 3rd party maintenance providers, and ensure overall systems performance. This role also executes equipment inspection and monitoring programs, continuously evaluates current maintenance and operations methods, leads plant maintenance, and implements changes to enhance operational effectiveness. Responsible for performing highly skilled operation, repair, and maintenance of the plant and its associated equipment in a safe and efficient manner using their comprehensive understanding of system interdependencies and operations. Analyzes system data, monitors, and manages system controls or Building Automation Control Systems to anticipate system needs, problem-solve, and adjust set points. Operates, monitors, and maintains plant equipment such as boilers, chillers, cooling towers, HVAC equipment, motors, pumps, VFDs, and all associated auxiliary equipment and controls. Performs routine and emergency repairs to electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic machinery, systems, and equipment. Manages all chemical treatment/testing and monitoring associated with steam, cooling towers and chilled and hot water systems as applicable. Ensures detailed preventative maintenance tasks are executed as scheduled and documented in the CMMS. Responds to alarms and takes appropriate action to correct system operations and communicate all issues and resolutions. May be called upon to assist team member personnel and perform any assignment for which the individual is trained and has the resources to do safely. May be to perform basic operator preventive maintenance tasks and provide work direction to fellow maintenance team members and/or 3rd party service providers. Assists in maintaining all infrastructure and compliance documentation for the building including up-to-date building drawings, as well as documentation mandated for the purpose of maintaining company & regulatory compliance with Federal, State or Local law. Complies with all Federal, State, local and company policies regarding regulatory compliance and safety. May be to perform additional or different duties from those set forth above to address business needs and changing business practices.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED equivalent
At least 8 years of relevant work experience, commercial or industrial Central Utility Plant and Chilled Water Systems
EPA Section 608 Universal certification
Journeyman Refrigeration Technician's License / Massachusetts Refrigeration Technicians License
Valid state driver’s license
Experience using Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) &/or Building Management System (BMS)
Strong Customer Service & Interpersonal skills
Experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams)
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Strong background and knowledge in building mechanical, HVAC, and electrical systems
Ability to read, interpret, and understand basic engineering drawings and specifications including work orders and equipment manuals

Nice To Haves

Trade school education, union training, military service or college

Responsibilities

Operating and maintaining central plant equipment
Ensuring the highest level of professionalism
Meeting the clients’ needs
Achieving 100% uptime
Protecting and improving the value of the client’s assets
Ensuring building engineering systems perform their intended function
Implementing and managing client maintenance standards
Assisting in managing 3rd party maintenance providers
Ensuring overall systems performance
Executing equipment inspection and monitoring programs
Continuously evaluating current maintenance and operations methods
Leading plant maintenance
Implementing changes to enhance operational effectiveness
Performing highly skilled operation, repair, and maintenance of the plant and its associated equipment
Analyzing system data
Monitoring and managing system controls or Building Automation Control Systems
Operating, monitoring, and maintaining plant equipment such as boilers, chillers, cooling towers, HVAC equipment, motors, pumps, VFDs, and all associated auxiliary equipment and controls
Performing routine and emergency repairs to electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic machinery, systems, and equipment
Managing all chemical treatment/testing and monitoring associated with steam, cooling towers and chilled and hot water systems
Ensuring detailed preventative maintenance tasks are executed as scheduled and documented in the CMMS
Responding to alarms and taking appropriate action to correct system operations
Communicating all issues and resolutions
Assisting team member personnel
Performing basic operator preventive maintenance tasks
Providing work direction to fellow maintenance team members and/or 3rd party service providers
Maintaining all infrastructure and compliance documentation for the building
Complying with all Federal, State, local and company policies regarding regulatory compliance and safety