Manager - Facility Maintenance

United AirlinesArlington Heights, IL
Onsite

About The Position

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together. Description Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward. Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups. Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together.

Requirements

  • Associate’s degree in related fields such as critical facility operations and maintenance
  • 4+ years’ related experience working as a critical facilities engineer or working in a facilities environment with exposure to electrical, mechanical, plumbing and refrigeration type equipment
  • Prior building automation experience
  • Critical facilities systems experience
  • Well versed in NEC and NFPA-75 rules and regulations.
  • Ability to sit, stand, bend, stoop, push, pull, reach and lift as required, on a continuous basis, with items that can weigh up to 75lbs
  • Ability to work extended hours within a Data Center Environment and typically within a heat range of 60 degrees Fahrenheit upwards of 110 degrees Fahrenheit while following OSHA driven work rest cycles.
  • Requires ability to climb and utilize a ladder varying in types from A-Frame to extension ladders at various heights.
  • Understands the implications of work to make sound recommendations for solutions.
  • Consistently demonstrate and follow established procedures for assigned activities and collaborate cross functional with teams as well as vendors and suppliers to achieve goals.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

Nice To Haves

  • Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of relevant work experience in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Automation Software
  • 7+ years of experience in a related field
  • 5+ years building automation experience
  • 8+ years of critical facility system experience
  • 5+ years’ experience working in facilities environment with exposure to electrical, mechanical, plumbing and refrigeration type equipment.
  • Well versed in NEC and NFPA rules and regulations, OSHA 10 course completion, IFMA FMP, ASHRAE course completions, stationary boiler operator license and BAS software certifications.
  • Spanish language proficiency

Responsibilities

  • Provide operational oversight to ensure 100% uptime of critical systems including electrical, mechanical, HVAC, fire/life safety, and security systems.
  • Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programs.
  • Manage building automation systems and energy management platform.
  • Provide building engineering team supervision leadership to develop a high-performing team of facility engineers and technicians.
  • Provide training and mentorship to ensure compliance with safety and operational standards, industry certifications and professional development opportunities.
  • Implement and monitor risk mitigation strategies for critical infrastructure system and assets.
  • Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, including OSHA, NFPA, and environmental reporting requirements.
  • Oversee vendor supervision and budget management by developing strong relationships with third-party service providers, govern service agreements and partner closely with United Procurement in achieving best value.
  • Help create and manage annual operating and capital budgets within forecasted spend.
  • Execute strategic planning through leading long-term planning for infrastructure upgrades, capacity expansion, and sustainability initiatives.
  • Collaborate with DT, security, and business leadership teams to align facility operations with organizational goals.
  • Ensure complete documentation and record keeping is executed which follows all federal, state, and local regulations for operations and work safety to include knowledge of safety procedures and equipment, procedures, and established techniques.
  • Serves as Environmental Coordinator for the campus in relation to diesel generator run times, fuel consumption, spill prevention, control and countermeasures (SPCC) and other duties as required by the United Airlines Environment organization.

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • life
  • accident & disability
  • parental leave
  • employee assistance program
  • commuter
  • paid holidays
  • paid time off
  • 401(k)
  • flight privileges
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