Building Engineer

Company: Peabody Essex Museum
Location: Salem
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

The Peabody Essex Museum is one of the nation's most dynamic art museums encompasses and operates over 500,000 square feet of gallery and public space, including 26,000 square feet of exhibition galleries and 55,000 square feet of galleries devoted to collection installations and interpretation.

We are currently seeking an experienced full-time Building Engineer. Reporting to the Director of Facilities, the Building Engineer is responsible for the safe, reliable and economical operation of the building automation systems. This work includes monitoring, maintenance, repair, and operation of the building automation systems and all related HVAC components. The Building Engineer works 40 hour per week on shifts from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. The qualified candidate must be available to work occasional weekends, provide on-call coverage for plant critical alarms and respond to off - hour emergencies as and when needed. This position will report to the Director of Facilities and will operate with minimal supervision.

The Building Engineer will also direct In-house HVAC/R technicians and contractors in the installation, preventative and corrective maintenance and repairs on a wide variety of HVAC equipment, oil burners, both residential and commercial, low pressure commercial steam boilers and other mechanical plant equipment and systems.

The position requires at least six to ten years of progressively responsible experience in the operation and maintenance of building Automation Controls, HVAC and mechanical systems. A bachelor's degree in Facilities Management or related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience in the maintenance and building operations or mechanical/electrical trade field is required.

The ideal candidate will have Integration experience with BACNET, MODBUS, Etc. and low voltage building sub systems; knowledge of the construction and/or HVAC/R industry control theory, automatic temperature controls, building automation systems and other building subsystems and programmable logic controllers. Must be able to interact with equipment manufacturers and vendors to order parts, supplies and other material and coordinate activities with other trades professionals as required.

Please include salary requirements with your application. PEM is committed to diversity among its employees and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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