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Job Title
Contract Building Engineer
Location
Scarsdale, New York
Zip/Postal Code
10530
Country
United States
Region
NY Metro
Reference Number
170005OU
Position type
Freelance/Contract
Category
Retail
Job Function
Construction / Store Design
Engineering
Operations

Contract Building Engineer

Job Description Location: Three stores across Scarsdale, Yonkers and Danbury, NY   Reporting to: Lead Building Operator   Hudson’s Bay Company is one of the fastest-growing department store retailers in the world.  In North America, HBC’s leading banners include Hudson’s Bay, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Gilt, Saks OFF 5TH, Find @ Lord & Taylor, and Home Outfitters. In Europe, HBC’s banners include GALERIA Kaufhof (the largest department store group in Germany), Galeria INNO (Belgium’s only department store group), and SportArena. At HBC we are a company of adventurers who explore uncharted territory, challenge convention, and work with imagination and fun.     

Major Responsibilities: The Building Engineer is responsible for the operation and maintenance functions within a portfolio of retail buildings. Performing a wide variety of maintenance, repair, minor alterations and service functions, the individual operates and maintains designated buildings and related equipment in a manner which produces safe, healthy, and clean building environments that satisfies customer needs and ensures efficiency.  The expectations of this role are to handle major emergencies and deal with events with limited support and supervision. The position will be rotated between various buildings and will be required to be on call for emergency callouts as required.          

This is a contract role that will run until September.  

Role responsibilities include: 

  • Preventive Maintenance: Includes maintaining electrical and mechanical systems to company standard. Working with chemical water treatment programs, high voltage equipment, lubrication, EMS operational runs, roof and drain inspections, filter changes, seasonal surveys, seasonal testing, belt replacements, calibration of equipment.
  • Corrective Maintenance: This includes replacement, repair or adjustments to motors, belts, pumps, bearings, boilers, chillers, HVAC and their support system. Maintaining appropriate supplies, contacts with vendors, shop organization and mechanical readiness are essential to this position.
  • Safety: Work with local code officials, insurance inspectors, and corporate staff to identify and eliminate liability concerns. Advise new store management of emergency procedures (i.e. sprinkler isolation, mechanical and electrical shutoffs, and power failure concerns). Maintain clean and safe Mechanical, electrical, and sprinkler room environment at all times. Ensure that all fire exits and electrical rooms are free of any storage.
  • General Facilities Management: Includes routine repairs as necessary. These requests could include ballast replacement, exterior door repair, leaky faucet and plumbing repair.
  • Regular lifting of supplies, test equipment, and parts that exceed 50lbs, and can be awkward in size.
  • Daily review and contact with Lead Engineer via phone and/or e-mail communication. Review of daily memos and work-order system to ensure requests are dealt with in a timely manner.
  • On-call 24 –7 to handle emergencies across the three stores. Scheduled hours between assigned buildings are 6 am to 2:30 pm or 7 am to 3:30 pm.

Qualifications Personal Characteristics: The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual, willing to go above and beyond to ensure the experience and safety of store employees and customers. He/she should be as comfortable fixing a pipe as they are interacting with colleagues. This individual must possess a working knowledge of generally accepted facilities management and be comfortable working independently.     Professional Qualifications:

  1. 2+years working with and a comprehensive understanding of boilers, chillers, air handlers, compressors, EMS, electrical distribution, pneumatics, plumbing, refrigeration, minor carpentry.
  2. Equipment Knowledge: Require knowledge of proper use and operation of the following test equipment and tools. Eg: amp robe, volt-ohm-amp meter, refrigeration, gages, computers, and various hand tools and power tools.

Educational Credentials:

  • High school diploma
  • Technical diploma

Travel:

  • Time will be split across three stores.
  • On call responsibilities could be for any store.