Utility Engineer, Lead

Cook Children's Health Care System • Fort Worth, TX

123d

About The Position

The Utility Engineer, Lead serves in a lead capacity over engineers and all utilities related activities. This role involves maintaining records and data related to utility systems and facilities equipment, developing procedures and schedules for maintenance, inspection, and repair of systems and equipment. The lead engineer ensures smooth shift changes by meeting with outgoing and incoming shifts, reviewing events of the previous shift, and assessing the status of scheduled and unscheduled tasks. They assign engineers to best meet the daily workload and review performance and productivity data with the Manager of Engineering. Participation in leadership reviews for all engineers is expected, along with attendance at weekly department meetings to provide information to staff, prioritize tasks, review progress, and plan educational in-services. The lead engineer is responsible for providing training, education, and safety in-service to staff, sharing on-call duties to ensure department supervisory personnel are available at all times, and interacting with contractors as needed for major construction, renovations, remodels, and small projects. Additionally, this role involves operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting facility utility systems including steam, chilled water, hydronic loops, electrical distribution systems, vertical lift systems, medical gases, domestic water, pneumatic tube, and sewage systems.

Requirements

• Seven years of relevant plant operations and maintenance experience.
• Consideration of relevant education in lieu of a portion of work experience.
• Computer literate in Windows or NT environment.

Nice To Haves

• Universal CFC certification preferred.
• City of Fort Worth maintenance license or equivalent state license.
• Additional level of license or certification in a related field may be required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee engineers and utilities related activities.
• Maintain records and data related to utility systems and facilities equipment.
• Develop procedures and schedules for maintenance, inspection, and repair of systems and equipment.
• Facilitate smooth shift changes by coordinating with outgoing and incoming shifts.
• Review previous shift events and assess the status of scheduled and unscheduled tasks.
• Assign engineers to meet daily workload effectively.
• Review performance and productivity data with the Manager of Engineering.
• Participate in leadership reviews for all engineers.
• Attend weekly department meetings to provide updates and prioritize tasks.
• Plan and conduct educational in-services for staff.
• Provide training, education, and safety in-service to staff.
• Share on-call duties to ensure supervisory personnel availability.
• Interact with contractors for major construction, renovations, remodels, and small projects.
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot facility utility systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree