Building Engineer I/II/III

Building Engineer

The City of Alexandria is located in northern Virginia and is bordered by the District of Columbia (Potomac River), Arlington and Fairfax counties. With a population of approximately 150,000 and a land area of 15.75 square miles, Alexandria is the seventh largest city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Alexandria has a charming waterfront and is a unique and historic place to live and work. About one-quarter of the City's square miles have been designated as a national or local historic district. We proudly embrace our rich history and seize the endless opportunities that lie ahead. If you are interested in working for the vibrant City of Alexandria, we invite qualified candidates to apply for our Building Engineer position.

Under general supervision, the Building Engineer is assigned and performs full performance or journey level skilled maintenance repairs and preventative maintenance in HVAC, plumbing, and/or electrical work as a licensed journeyman. The purpose of this work is to ensure maximum efficiency, economy and quality of work on the City's buildings. The Building Engineer performs full performance work on building systems including but not limited to building automation systems, HVAC (including boilers, chillers, cooling towers, VAV's etc.), fire protection equipment, emergency generator back-up systems, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, roof and other structural and non-structural building systems.

The ideal candidate should have a broad base of knowledge, skill, and ability in various maintenance and repair disciplines. Must also possesses the skill and ability to operate the tools and equipment associated with these functions.

The opportunity includes examples of work such as performing preventive maintenance, monitoring, repairing and replacing controls for major/minor HVAC equipment to include VDF drives, pneumatic and digital thermostats, and replaces consumable parts on major/minor HVAC equipment to include belts, filters, pumps, bearings and couplings. Checking gauges regularly to assure that boilers and air conditioners are operating properly and performs adjustments and repairs. Calibrating and maintaining control systems; making combustion efficiency tests on boilers and adjusts burners to give optimum performance. Monitoring computer information regarding HVAC equipment and responds as required and maintains logs of operations and temperature readings. Repairing and replacing plumbing parts and fixtures to include supply lines, sloan valves, faucets and O-rings; and clearing out large and small drain lines. Accessing work order maintenance system in order to determine what needs maintenance, performing administrative duties including answering emails, inputting information into City works system and communicating with vendors. Reading building drawings and blueprints to locate equipment and identify sources of problems. Accessing BAS system to clear alarms, alter building schedules, and identify equipment that needs repairs or maintenance. Responding to after-hours emergency repair calls when serving in an on-call capacity. Performing other duties as required.

The Department of General Services mission is to provide exceptional management of the City's real estate, property and other support services for all our customers, internal and external. The Department of General Services staff strives to provide our customers with unmatched services by proactively managing the City's assets to support the delivery of services to the City of Alexandria, responding to service requests in a timely manner, listening to our customers, and ensuring that our customers are satisfied with the resolution.