Building Engineer

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Other titles for this position may include:

Chief Engineer
Assistant Chief Engineer
Journeyman Engineer
Apprentice Engineer
Utility Engineer
Maintenance Technician

Pay Range: Union – Pay Scale per collective bargaining agreement Non-Union – $32 to $76 per hour.

Requirements and Experience Range: 1 to 3 years of related work experience for Utility Engineer and Maintenance Technician. Apprentice requires 3 to 5 years of related work experience and acceptance in the apprenticeship program. 5 to 7 years of work experience required for Journeyman, Assistant Chief and Chief Engineer.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the operations and maintenance of the physical plant.
Responsible for administration of staff and/or contract services.
Coordination and follow through on tenant service requests.
Involved with financial budgeting as it relates to physical plant operating expenses, utilities and capital improvements/replacements for base building systems.
Participate/coordinate in emergency and fire life safety response plans.

We’re not only training a CRE workforce through our partnership with CREATE; we’re highlighting commercial real estate as a career alternative in a highly complex, technology focused Bay Area.
Sandra Boyle, Cushman & Wakefield

I’ve been so impressed with the quality of interns our company has sourced through CREATE's training program; we’ve now hired several of them as full-time employees!
Rick Buziak, Swift Real Estate Partners

How much have we contributed to the companies that we've worked with? A little donation is trivial compared to what we contribute to these companies.
Cameron Maharaj, CREATE CRE Certificate Holder, JLL

The CREATE program prepared me for the job and then also through their job board I was able to find a job.
Jered Baker, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2020, employed by Swift Real Estate Partners

If you're not involved in this you are missing a great opportunity. Get involved, participate, contribute.
Glenn Good, Glenn Good Group

The best way to get an employee that's eager and hungry to learn more is definitely through the CREATE program.
Amy La, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, Employed by JLL

The amount of success I've had through CREATE has been incredible. The network that I built through the CREATE program created the pathway to my new position.
Kaitlyn Klinger, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2020

CREATE's commercial real estate fellows classes support our industry’s growing employment needs.
Tawni Sullivan, Board Chair, Consultant, JNT Solutions

Keep on looking to CREATE for a talent pipeline because that right there brings so much value to your company.
Christine Mann, Rockhill Management

CREATE completely surpassed all of my expectations. Everything I was able to learn in CREATE I'm actually able to put to work everyday. It's not just property management, its leasing, its design and more.
Alexis Escaranio, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by Resource Commercial Real Estate

It's hard to come up with something that would make CREATE better. I truly believe they give you everything you need to get the most out of the program.
Cameron Newcomb, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by JLL

The CREATE program gave me that framework to understand how a building operates that I wouldn't have been able to learn without time in the industry.
Marco McCartney, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by JLL

We're on the right track with this program. It's fantastic.
Linda Foster, LPC RiverRock

Our biggest asset in commercial real estate is our people. Bringing in students from diverse backgrounds will help us ask the right questions and evolve our business to provide an even better product for our clients.
Mark Kelly, ABM