Facility Operator (Entry Level)

Company

BGC Partners

Description

Company; Newmark

Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries ("Newmark"), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark's comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform's global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. Newmark generated revenues in excess of $2.9 billion for the year ended December 31, 2021. Newmark's company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operate from approximately 160 offices with over 6,200 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.

Facility Operator

Job Summary:

The Facility Operator is responsible for monitoring, maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting direct and indirect utilities critical to site environmental working conditions.

Essential Job Duties:

• Must be able to perform all essential functions corresponding to routine department including but not limited to:
• Ability to maintain temperature, humidity (4 HTHW steam boilers and 2 natural gas steam boilers), lights, and noise level through available systems.
• Maintain onsite direct utilities including (but not limited to) electrical power, city water, chilled water (4 chillers 700-1200 ton each) natural gas, plant air, sanitary sewer and steam.
• Knowledgeable in plumbing, electrical, instrumentation, and mechanical skills along with assisting as a backup for the Journeyman HVAC technician.
• Maintain onsite indirect utilities including (but not limited to) condenser water (3 cell 10,800 GPM cooling tower), high temperature hot water (2-20,000,000 btu and 1-40,000,000 btu HTHW generators) intermediate hot water and humidification.
• Perform preventative maintenance work on equipment as assigned.
• Ability to implement Contingency Plans and Procedures in the event of planned or unplanned loss of utilities coming to site.
• Knowledgeable in system isolation valves on entire site for emergency response of system failures.
• Aid Safety and Security with emergency response and maintenance of entrances/exits.
• ASAP troubleshooting on health and safety priorities as assigned
• Perform monthly electric generator testing and maintenance on site emergency electrical generators along with performing weekly electric and diesel fire pump testing and routine maintenance
• Troubleshoot and service computer data center environmental controls, air conditioners, and humidifiers along with air handling systems, commercial ice machines, "TSI Inc." room and hood pressure controls, all types of pneumatic controlled devices relating to temperature, humidity, air flow control, and air handler pneumatic system operation
• Understand and utilize the Energy Management System (EMS) to aid in maximizing energy efficiency in HVAC systems and lighting. This is a direct digital control system.

• Utilize EMS to monitor and adjust system settings, start/stop equipment, adjust set points, access all units and their menus, view and change attributes of any point necessary in the system, access "GPC controllers" directly to access all points in a specific controller. Upload/Download Sage Program Logic (SPL) programs, create backups of captured "GPC controllers" on systems in each building.
• Manage information communication received from alarming system and manage the interactions with Outlook by sending alarm messages to cell phones.
• Uphold, create, modify, and delete points in systems graphic screens, associated .gif backgrounds as systems change or are added to the site, and maintain files on a network drive on all four workstations.
• Tune PID control loops on all systems to ensure maximum efficiency and control of set points.
• Participating in 5-S activities by keeping area in a presentable, clean and safe condition at all times
• Aid in water treatment analysis.
• Knowledge of the refrigeration cycle and systems for troubleshooting and leak detection.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Skills, Education and Experience:

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent required.
• HVAC Training Program recommended.
• Computer usage including familiarity with a direct digital control system such as EMS (Energy Management System) recommended.
• Mechanical skills: diagnostic abilities, facilitate repairs, filter change outs, light bulb change outs.
• Ability to read and understand blue prints

Organizational Interactions:

• Immediate Supervisor Title: Operations Manager
• Next Level Supervisor Title: Senior Facilities Manager
• Other Individuals / Groups: EH&S, Dow WPS and hDCC Auburn (client) employees and contractors

Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Varied environment which may include typical office, warehouse and/or manufacturing settingOccasional exposure to elements such as noise, dust, heat, cold or chemicals

Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Newmark is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.