JobsUSALife Science Chief Engineer
Company : Cushman & Wakefield
Location : Cambridge, MA, 02138
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
Job Details
Life Science Chief Engineer
The incumbent is responsible for overseeing the maintenance and construction activities for a group of buildings. Specific responsibilities include work-scheduling of all account personnel, establishing work standards, conducting site evaluations/audits, overall inventory/equipment usage, budget control, troubleshooting/problem solving, customer relations, and special project work.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Operate advanced building systems in a critical environment ensuring minimal downtime
- Ability to read and understand complex drawings, ladder diagrams and schematics
- Oversees and assigns/coordinates work for the overall activities of a multi-trade maintenance force, including multiple building locations in a campus like setting. This includes the shared roadways, sidewalks, landscaping and parking structures.
- Working in conjunction with account manager to make sure all safety trainings are completed in a timely manner
- Oversees the required timely preventive maintenance of all building systems via coordination of schedules and ensures related repairs are executed in accordance with customer procedures and/or direction.
- Oversees and monitors all BMS and energy monitoring platforms used at the properties
- Oversees and at time assists with the completion of water treatment and testing
- Ensures work order documentation is completed in a timely manner
- Establishes/maintains work performance standards
- Conducts quality assurance checks and manages materials inventory
- Coordinates and controls special project work
- Resolves on-site service delivery problems
- Participates in ongoing technical skill development training programs
- Maintains effective ongoing customer relations
- Maintains daily/weekly logs of any ongoing construction work
- Attend construction meetings and supervise all construction work to ensure work is completed per engineered specifications
- Is proactive and identifies to building ownership any capital projects that may need to be performed
- Regularly meets with customer and executes written and/or oral communication according to customer's needs.
- Assists more junior and less skilled employees with training and development
- Attends trainings and classes in order to further enhance knowledge where applicable
Requirements:
- Three to five years of supervisory experience, and up-to-date knowledge of facility O&M procedures
- Construction management/supervision experience required
- High School Diploma or equivalent educational certification preferred.
- A minimum of 15 years of experience as a Building Engineer or equivalent experience and responsibilities including working knowledge of commercial office building plumbing, electrical, fire, and various HVAC systems, as well as pneumatic, DDC and building automation control systems.
- Strong experience with review of MEP & fire alarm systems installation in accordance with design documents
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts Trades License
- Consistent participation in on-call schedule for after hour calls required. This may include working alternative schedules during on-call period.
- Ability to work overtime as needed to ensure critical systems stay running
- Strong interpersonal and supervisory skills. Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers, customer, tenants and vendors.
- May be required to obtain certification as an Asbestos Associated Project Worker.
- Ability to work at various properties that may be assigned from time to time.
- Strong technical and problem solving abilities including those related to mechanical controls.
- Possess knowledge of safe and efficient operation of all equipment, power and hand tools including but not limited to a snow blower.
- Must be able to coordinate projects or tasks efficiently and optimize the performance of others. Ability to handle multiple tasks.
- Proficient computer skills necessary to operate computer for general day to day work, communications and Building Automation Systems (when applicable).
- Familiarity with OSHA, NEC, NFC and Life Safety codes.
- Strong experience in reading and understanding blue prints
- Experience working in critical environments is preferred
C&W Services is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email HRServices@cushwake.com. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
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