Engineering Technician

Role Purpose

This position is in the Sullivan Park Operations Directorate, within the Laboratory Services Management & Engineering (LSME) Department. The primary function of the department is to provide support for R&D activities by providing professional services in project management, infrastructure engineering, and laboratory space management. Infrastructure engineering is responsible for coordination of laboratory infrastructure systems including design oversight, installation, and receivership of new systems, operational monitoring and process control of equipment by leveraging engineering principles, standards, processes and best practices. This is a technical individual contributor position with a focus on safe operation, reliability, and sustainability of laboratory infrastructure support equipment and processes. A key function of this job is customer interfacing, knowledge and understanding of customer’s processes and needs, consulting with multiple customers, maintaining good customer relationships, and providing the customer with the most effective support. The expectation is that this position will assist the mechanical, electrical and controls engineers within the Infrastructure Engineering group.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily/weekly walk down water systems, record information 
• Basic troubleshooting, HVAC, water systems, process piping, other. 
• Write troubleshooting documentation and job aides 
• Point of contact for exhaust program in Maximo 
• Execute drawing updates, file uploads, document updates, air balance sheet updates. 
• Schematic verifications 
• Random checks when there is an issue & report back, these are the items that pop up during the day
• Be the supplier point of contact for on-site visits
• Off hour support when required (on-call rotation, emergencies)
• Follow up on trades work during and after, place WOs, attend WPS trades planning meetings, preventative maintenance coordination  
• Maintain spare parts inventory 

Experiences/Education - Required

• 2 year Associates Degree, 3-5 years in facilities or maintenance support roles
• Familiarity with asset management systems
• Interpretation of technical documentation (e.g. specifications, schematics, P&ID’s, etc.)
• Problem solving skills, root cause mindset
• Effective written, verbal and presentation communication skills
• Proficiency with MS Office i.e. Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and Project
• Customer Service/Interaction

Experiences/Education - Desired

• AutoCAD
• SolidWorks, Revit, NAVIS Works
• Knowledge of infrastructure and facilities engineering related to laboratory operations
• Familiarity with building management/control systems