Third Class Operating Engineer - Relief

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Posting Reason:

Replacement of a regular position

Job Type:

Employee

Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments):

N/A

Job Family:

Maintenance and Operations

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Power Plant

Campus:

141 Louis-Pasteur

Union Affiliation:

IUOE/772A - Operating engineers

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/11/12

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/11/23

Hours per week:

40

Salary Grade:

772A Third Class Maintenance Engineer (Relief)

Salary Range:

$39.94 - $47.57About the faculty/service: Facilities

Facilities services are characterized by a dynamic and creative growing team where the winds of change are blowing, offering people like you opportunities to use your leadership and innovation skills to contribute to the achievement of their inspiring mission: to deliver best in class research infrastructure, reshape campus life and student experience, and provide a sustainable environment for students, researchers, teachers and community.

uOttawa’s facilities encompass three main sites that are comprised of over 600,000 square meters of building space (over 6.4 million square feet), 42.5 hectares of grounds, 125 buildings and 4,500 beds in 11 residences. There are over 150 employees in Facilities, including Project Managers, Energy and Commissioning Specialists, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Architects, and space Planners. The facilities capital and operating expenditures are in the range of $100M for the University’s $2.0 billion assets under management. The 20-year Capital spending plan envisions $4.0 billion of new investment highlighted by uOttawa launch of project Top Shelf, a $300 million capital investment to build a new facility for the Faculty of Health Sciences at uOttawa’s River Campus, as well as a tower at the Roger Guidon campus to house uOttawa’s new Advanced Medical Research Center (AMRC).

Position purpose:
Under the authority of the Chief Operating Engineer, perform tasks related to preventive and breakdown maintenance of the Power Plant and/or assists the Shift Engineer in the supervision and control of the efficient operation of the equipment for heating, ventilation and air conditioning, throughout the campus facilities.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Assist the Shift Engineer in the function of his duties as directed.

• Replace the Shift Engineer in his absence from his regular shift schedule due to vacation, sick leave or special leaves.

• Investigate calls as directed by the Shift Engineer and takes corrective measures as requested.  All requests and corrective measures are to be recorded with the preventive maintenance software.

• Investigate all fire alarms. Assists the Fire Department and resets fire alarm panels when instructed.

• Verify, when investigating a call in the respective mechanical rooms of the campus buildings, equipment and take action to remedy any noticed deficiencies and inform the Shift Engineer.

• Assist the Shift Engineer in the operation of the Central Monitoring System, the Co-generation and Cascade Systems and the chilled water and heating equipment.

• Take daily and monthly readings.

• Perform water treatment test and chemical addition.

• Perform daily routine check at the Sports complex, pool equipment or other location on campus as directed by Chief Operating Engineer.

• Cleaning of all equipment as defined in a list provided by the Chief Operating Engineer.

What you will bring:

• Possess a valid 3rd class Operating Engineer license issued by TSSA.

• Experience in operating and maintaining equipment found in a Power Plant.

• Knowledge of Power Plant controls and building automation systems.

• Knowledge of safety procedures.

• Ability to take charge of a shift in replacement of the Shift Engineer (on a temporary basis).

• Must abide by the Technical Standards and Safety Act, OH&S Act & Regulations as well as pertinent University policies.

• Bilingual French and English (written and oral) is an asset.

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact [email protected] to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.