Plant Maintenance Manager

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Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Reporting to the Director of Utilities, manages overall maintenance of the steam plant, outlying boilers, campus steam distribution system, chilled water plants, and chilled water distribution system.
• Responsible for ensuring that preventative maintenance and repairs are performed in a timely manner.
• Monitors completion of job assignments through frequent field observation and inspections to ensure quality and efficiency of work performed.
• Schedules outlying boilers and pressure vessels for annual state inspection.
• Acts as a safety leader and puts safety first in all responsibilities.
• Prioritizes, schedules, and delegates work assignments to ensure the achievement of production performance and customer delivery requirements.
• Continues to evaluate, recommend, and implement improvements in methods and processes to increase efficiency, productivity and quality.
• In conjunction with the Plant Operations Manager, Zone Supervisors, Project Managers, contractors and customers, coordinates planned maintenance and unscheduled maintenance with the objective of minimizing equipment down time.
• Provides input on future repair and replacement projects.
• Provides technical expertise for steam and chiller systems.
• Hires, supervises and evaluates a staff of approximately ten, including steam mechanics, chiller mechanics, boiler mechanics, and boiler operators.
• Performs related responsibilities as required. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• A high school diploma or equivalent required and seven years of facilities management/plant maintenance experience of a multi-boiler, high pressure steam plant as well as large chiller plant operations.
• College coursework in a technical field is preferred.
• Supervisory experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• A Second Class Power Engineer's License issued by National Institute for the Uniform Licensing of Power Engineers is required.
• A valid Georgia driver's license is required as well as insurable to drive an Emory vehicle.

NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.

Additional Details

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