Power Engineer

at  British Columbia Institute of Technology BCIT

BCIT’s Facilities and Campus Development is seeking a regular, full time (1.0 FTE) Power Engineer. This position carries out planned and emergency maintenance, repair and installation of operating equipment, and the safe operation of the Heating Plant and the Pressure Vessels Equipment.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responding to trouble calls and taking corrective action; this includes troubleshooting problems on a wide variety of systems. The problems are sometimes difficult to identify, solutions are not standard, and many are emergency calls. Priorities are established by assessing the impact on property and public safety.
• Establishing priorities and requirements for the Preventative Maintenance (PM) Plan, including items that need to be inspected and maintained for regulatory reasons.
• Conducting preventative maintenance on multiple systems which are interconnected, as per the PM Plan; duties include printing off daily schedule, inspecting, identifying deficiencies and taking corrective action.
• Estimating labour and materials for renovations, upgrades and projects, including reviewing project drawings, sketches, and specifications and making recommendations for improvements.
• Communicating with individuals from a variety of departments within BCIT, and external contractors brought in to work on systems, including working with difficult or upset clients, describing problems and explaining the interrelation of complex systems.
• Continually learning about advances in system and equipment design, advancing technology through communicating with local suppliers, on-the-job training, adapting older systems to work with new components and parts.
• Staying current on new technology and regulatory requirements including changes to standards and codes related to the profession.
• Upgrading existing systems to more modern and efficient options.
• Preparing drawing, sketches, layout diagrams, and estimates for internal projects and work required.
• Adhering to and promoting safety standards required by regulatory bodies consistent with the assigned work.
• Maintains an inventory of relevant supplies.
• Making recommendations and suggestions for improvement to Program Coordinators on various building projects on campus
• Operating startup, maintenance, general operation and shutdown of steam, gas, and oil-fired boilers as per the Power Engineers and Boiler and Pressure Vessels Safety Act
• Monitors and tests boiler and hot water systems and conducts maintenance on boilers, including yearly rebuilding, pressure tests, inspection of all components and gauges, leak detection, etc
• Reading thermometer gauges and computer controls and maintains appropriate records, charts, logs and manuals as required by the Power Engineers and Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act.
• Providing input to projects as required which includes making recommendations to existing systems.
• Maintains logs and service records for each boiler as per regulatory requirements to projects as required.
• Monitors and responds to operational and utility alarms.
• Performs site wide infrastructure service and repairs within his/her competencies, while operating within the intent of the Power Engineers and Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act as it applies to the BCIT Burnaby site.
• Coordinating and monitoring the work of contractors to ensure adherence to established standards.
• May be required to source and order parts, which includes preparing purchase requisitions and maintaining records of work performed.
• Liaises with the Foreman, Mechanical Trades, Safety and Security, and the on-call Supervisor, as required.
• Undertakes related duties as assigned, consistent with the job grade of this position