Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Chief Engineer to oversee all aspects of facility operations, maintenance, and engineering services. The Chief Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the efficient operation of building systems, supervising technical staff, and implementing preventative maintenance and energy conservation programs. This role is critical to maintaining a safe, efficient, and compliant facility while optimizing operational costs. The ideal candidate will be hands-on, providing direct technical support as needed to achieve operational excellence.
The pay listed is the hourly range or the hourly rate for this position. A specific offer will vary based on applicant’s experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.
Benefit Information:
ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM Team Member Benefits | Front Line Team Members | (Programa de Beneficios de ABM)
Responsibilities
- Oversee the operation, maintenance, and repair of all building systems, including mechanical, electrical, and plumbing.
- Ensure compliance with all safety, regulatory, and environmental standards.
- Supervise and manage technical staff, providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations.
- Develop and implement preventative maintenance programs to ensure equipment reliability.
- Monitor and manage energy efficiency initiatives to reduce operational costs.
- Establish and maintain operational testing schedules for critical building systems.
- Manage and oversee contracted maintenance services when external vendors are required.
- Maintain regular communication with building management and key stakeholders regarding facility operations and improvements.
- Ensure proper inventory control for materials, tools, and equipment needed for maintenance and repairs.
- Utilize work order systems to track, assign, and document maintenance activities.
- Develop and manage operating budgets related to maintenance and engineering.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, ensuring minimal downtime.
- Establish and enforce performance standards and best practices for facility operations.
- Promote a culture of safety and operational excellence within the engineering team.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in facility maintenance, operations, or engineering management.
- Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
- Experience managing technical teams and maintenance personnel.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and technical manuals.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and familiarity with building automation systems.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Relevant industry certifications (e.g., HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, LEED, OSHA).
- Experience with energy conservation and sustainability programs.
- Knowledge of local, state, and federal regulations related to building operations.
- Experience managing operations across multiple facilities or large-scale properties.
- Familiarity with work order and asset management software.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Atlanta, GA |
| Industry | Business Services - Other |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1909 |
| Website | http://www.abm.com/ |
About Company
ABM offers a wide variety of service-related positions, including electricians, HVAC technicians, security officers, parking attendants, and cleaning jobs. ABM cares about your success.
We provide training so that you learn new job skills and take pride in the quality service you're giving to clients. You'll look like the trained professional you are when you wear a ABM uniform.For your health and safety, we use non-toxic cleaning products and up-to-date equipment.
Our internal training program focuses on teaching you the skills and processes that have helped many of our employees starting out as a janitor, cashier, security officer or building engineer grow into various management roles throughout the company. These jobs aren't your everyday at ABM; they are careers.
Thousands of commercial, industrial, government and retail clients look to ABM for consistent quality service that meets their specialized facility service needs including commercial cleaning and maintenance, facility engineering, energy efficiency, parking and security services.
With fiscal 2011 revenues of approximately $4.2 billion and nearly 100,000 employees, our 300+ offices across the U.S. and various international locales enable us to provide custom facility solutions to sites of all sizes — from neighborhood banks and schools to the largest and most complex facilities, such as corporate office parks and major airports.
With more than 300+ offices located throughout the country, we are always accepting applications for janitorial maintenance, landscaping gardeners, security guards, parking attendants, shuttle drivers and building engineers.
ABM IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER (MINORITY/FEMALE/VETERAN/DISABILITY)
Skills
- Acceptance Testingunmatched
- Asset Management Softwareunmatched
- Automation Systemsunmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Blueprintsunmatched
- Budget Managementunmatched
- Building Regulationsunmatched
- Building Systemsunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Conservationunmatched
- Contract Managementunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- Electricityunmatched
- Employee Orientationunmatched
- Energy Efficiencyunmatched
- Energy Managementunmatched
- Engineering Managementunmatched
- Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
- Facilities and Maintenanceunmatched
- Federal Laws and Regulationsunmatched
- HVACunmatched
- Home Automationunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Inventory Managementunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Maintenance Servicesunmatched
- Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP)unmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Microsoft Outlookunmatched
- Microsoft Wordunmatched
- OSHAunmatched
- Operational Improvementunmatched
- Operational Strategyunmatched
- Operations Managementunmatched
- People Managementunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Performance Reviewsunmatched
- Plumbingunmatched
- Preventative Maintenanceunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Property Maintenanceunmatched
- Property Managementunmatched
- Regulationsunmatched
- Safety Complianceunmatched
- Schematicsunmatched
- State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
- Sustainabilityunmatched
- System Operationsunmatched
- Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
- Team Lead/Managerunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Technical Supportunmatched
- Technical Writingunmatched
- Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
- Training/Teachingunmatched
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