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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- 3+ years
- Minimum education
- Professional degree
- Posting language
- English
Job summary
The Building Operator is responsible for monitoring and maintaining building automation, fire alarm, and mechanical systems including chillers and boilers. They perform preventative maintenance, troubleshoot equipment issues, and ensure the facility operates safely and efficiently.
Job details
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You as a Building Operator will: * Acknowledge alarms and review computer printout of building automation, fire alarm, pneumatic tube, and medical gas systems; troubleshoot and try to clear * Operate chillers, cooling towers, steam boilers, hot water boilers and their auxiliary and ancillary equipment, promptly responds to their alarms, troubleshoots, fixes or isolates * Clean and maintains cooling tower, chiller tubes and fire chamber of hot water and steam * Perform preventative maintenance on air compressors, air dryer, actuators, regulator, valves and control airlines as * Monitor diesel generator fuel supplies and schedule deliveries as * Perform weekly emergency generator test in cooperation with the electricians * Respond to fire alarm and other emergency codes, reset fire alarm panel and other related equipment upon the request of the Fire Marshal * Respond to elevator’s troubles, initiate elevator service calls when patients, staff or visitors are trapped in, and inform Supervisor for other related emergency service * Respond to the maintenance and trouble calls at all times as requested and trouble shoots, perform minor repairs or isolates the problems; consults supervisor for after hour service calls * Inspect plant equipment and facility’s mechanical rooms on a daily basis and fill out the necessary log sheets * Test, calibrate, measure and adjust control devices and space environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity and air flow throughout the facility including patient isolation * Perform water treatment tests and do treatment as needed * Coordinate tradesmen and contractors work with minimum effect on the patient care operation * Monitor building automation systems and make minor adjustments * Maintain Logs and write reports as required and requested * Keeping work area orderly, clean and safe * Ensures proper care in the use of equipment and supplies * Inspect and replace filters in AHUs, fan coils, AC units, medical air system, cooling and heating water systems and water treatment systems * Ensure conformance to the Environmental Management System within key process areas * Make suggestions, provide feedback and propose ideas for continuous improvement. Is this the right role for you? * Ontario Third Class Stationary Engineer’s Certificate or Building Operator Certificate/Diploma or equivalent * College level education or equivalent work related knowledge of building operations & * Minimum 3-5 years related experience in plant operations (steam generators, refrigeration, building automation systems) and hold a valid Millwright * Work well within a team * Knowledge of trouble shooting & repairing building systems and performing other related plant duties as required. * Demonstrated computer skills * The hourly range for this position is $24.00 - $35.00 EllisDon is proud to provide this unique career opportunity that provides continuous learning, opportunity for growth, and a competitive compensation package within an environment that is committed to inclusion and respects diversity. Go ahead and be yourself. We'll pay you for it! We are an equal opportunity employer. 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What you’ll do
The Building Operator is responsible for monitoring and maintaining building automation, fire alarm, and mechanical systems including chillers and boilers. They perform preventative maintenance, troubleshoot equipment issues, and ensure the facility operates safely and efficiently.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an Ontario Third Class Stationary Engineer’s Certificate or equivalent and have 3-5 years of experience in plant operations. Proficiency in building automation systems and mechanical troubleshooting is required.
Listed skills
- Troubleshooting · Preferred
- Safety Compliance · Preferred
Other relevant skills
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- Building automation systems
- Preventative maintenance
- Chiller operation
- Boiler operation
- Troubleshooting
- Fire alarm systems
- Mechanical systems
- Water treatment
- HVAC maintenance
- Electrical systems
- Report writing
- Equipment calibration
- Safety compliance
- Trade coordination
- Operations
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)
- Preventive Maintenance
- Curiosity
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Apache Airflow
- Accountability
- Continuous Development
- Report Writing
- Computer Literacy
- Cooperation
- Valves (Piping)
- Fire Alarm Systems
- Building Management System
- Alarm Devices
- Boilers
- Actuators
- Water Treatment
- Water Supply Networks
- Cooling Towers
- Environmental Management Systems
- Diesel Generators
- Pneumatic Tube Systems
- Medical Gas Systems
- Subculture
- Steam Generators
Job areas
- Construction
- Trades
- Energy
- Engineering
- Consulting
- Building Operator
- Repair / Service Technician
- Mechanical Engineering Technicians
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
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