Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada’s infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that’s well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada’s infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA‘s Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine’s Gold Winner for Canada’s Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada’s Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada’s Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

We’re looking for a Building Operator to join our Building Services team in a unionized position under Local 787. You’ll be responsible for providing operational facility maintenance & repair services to facilities as required. The Building Operator will be trained on both building automation & computerized maintenance systems, and is required to open and close work orders, monitor building systems and occupied / unoccupied spaces for cleanliness, order, and function as required in daily, weekly, monthly, and annual work routines. The Building Operator will also be required to be available for afterhours response services based on an on-call rotating schedule.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Perform facility preventative maintenance and periodic semi and annual maintenance inspections as prescribed.
• Performs visual inspections and operator maintenance duties as required by inspection work orders.
• Work effectively with facility works maintenance teams, client staff on-site as well as liaison with site inspections & regulatory services as required and directed by the O&M team lead.
• Sets up and removes chairs, tables and equipment for various functions and responds to any additional requests as directed or approved by the O&M Account
• Manager, O&M Assistant or O&M Team Leader.
• Monitor various mechanical systems including general HVAC, boilers and refrigeration equipment and complete required logs and paperwork as well as computerized
• maintenance reporting
• Monitor ice on walkway areas, roof and review status of grounds ensuring parking is under acceptable condition, and report and treat poor conditions as needed
• Follow-up to ensuring grounds maintenance work request has been generated.
• Carry out minor repairs (e.g., replaces glass, unclogs toilets); identifies and reports to Supervisor any issues or items requiring repair to building operations call center via service request
• Ensure that smoking regulations relating to by-laws are enforced by reporting violations to building security or the call center.
• Assist Facility teams & truck-based teams as required (e.g., assisting in repairing as reasonably allowed).
• May be required to participate in shift schedules or backing up other operators within the service zone area, must participate in on call rotation.
• Maintain an adequate stock of maintenance supplies throughout the facilities; orders new supplies as required by submitting request to call center or O&M Admin Assistant
• Respond to on-site emergencies appropriately (e.g., vandalism, fire alarms, medical emergencies, etc.) and complete necessary paperwork in accordance with policies and guidelines.
• Maintain safety standards as they relate to both the public and employees. Adherence to and understanding of current and new applicable legislated requirements including WHMIS and H&S policy
• Attend training sessions to maintain compliance with training requirements.

Qualifications & Job Requirements:

• The ideal candidate must have sound knowledge of building systems including:

• Mechanical: boilers, chillers, cooling towers, refrigeration, pumps, fans, motors, elevators, BAS, and air conditioning controls.

• Electrical: high voltage systems, low voltage systems, primary and secondary transformers, HVAC control systems, lighting and power systems, motor control centers, co-generation units, critical power emergency generators with UPS/wet cell battery management.

• Strong Understanding of Facilities and Maintenance Requirements

• Valid driver’s license

• WHMIS, First Aid and CPR Certification would be an asset

• Strong ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both written and oral

• Previous Industrial experience is an asset

• Ability to develop and sustain cooperative working relationships with tenants, internal staff, contractors, suppliers, and the public

• Self-motivated, professional, and flexible; able to solve problems effectively

• Time-management skills, able to work under pressure and manage tight deadlines; able to handle multiple demands and competing priorities; ability to adapt to new ideas and constant changes

• Multi-tasking and priority decision making skills; Results oriented

• Able to work independently with minimal direction and respond quickly to emergency situations; organized and detail oriented

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at careers@modernniagara.com.