Facilities Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• System Engineering Support: Provide mechanical and electrical engineering support for all industrial facility systems, including the design, layout, installation, and modification of complex HVAC, plumbing, compressed…
• CAD & Layout Design: Utilize AutoCAD/Autodesk to prepare, update, and maintain comprehensive building layouts, equipment placement,, and emergency evacuation routes.
• Sustainability & Metrics: Develop, track, and report on facility performance metrics, including energy and water consumption or carbon footprint tracking.
• Documentation: Maintain equipment manuals and equipment work orders for all equipment and systems, updating as necessary and ensuring work orders are scheduled as needed.
• Direct Troubleshooting: Personally diagnose, repair, and maintain HVAC systems, electrical distribution,, and heavy material-handling equipment (forklifts, boom lifts, boat lifts, overhead cranes, pumps, compressors…
• Preventative Maintenance: Design, implement, and track rigorous preventative maintenance schedules to minimize production downtime.
• Inbound Request Triage: Take accountability for the internal ticketing system, resolving issues ranging from precision mechanical calibration to general workspace adjustments and event setups.
• Project Management: Manage small to medium projects, including vendor selection, design layout and work with key stakeholders ensuring projects are completed in a timely manner and on budget.

Job requirements

• Experience: 7+ years of facilities engineering or operations management experience within a fast-paced hardware manufacturing, aerospace, marine, or heavy R&D environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent trade certifications/formal apprenticeships paired with extensive engineering experience.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of Autodesk/AutoCAD.
• Systems Expertise: Demonstrated ability to read, interpret, and troubleshoot architectural, mechanical, and electrical blueprints and schematics.
• Safety Mindset: Deep understanding of industrial safety protocols (LOTO, JHA Risk Matrices) and handling of industrial/hazardous materials (dust, adhesives, fumes).
• Project Management: Proven ability to scope, budget, and execute small-to-medium capital facility improvement projects while communicating clearly with executive leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to lift/move up to 75 lbs and maintain physical activity (bending, kneeling, standing, climbing, and reaching) throughout a full shift.
• High manual dexterity and visual acuity for the safe, prolonged operation of power tools, testing equipment, and precision mechanical assembly.