Senior Facilities Technician

Swim Recruiting; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 57,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruiting agency is seeking a Senior Facilities Technician to maintain operations in Burnaby. The ideal candidate will have at least 3-5 years of hands-on facility maintenance experience and strong knowledge in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. This position requires excellent communication and organizational skills, offering a competitive salary package including base pay, bonuses, and stock options.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Short & long-term disability

Retirement savings programs with company matching contributions

Qualifications

• Hands-on working knowledge of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.
• At least 3-5 years of facility maintenance experience is highly desirable.
• Safety oriented with strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain building and laboratory operational mechanical infrastructure.
• Assist and resolve various Facilities Help requests from staff.
• Keep operational areas clean and tidy.
• Available for occasional after-hours call outs in the event of facility emergencies.

Skills

Hands-on working knowledge of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems

Excellent communication skills

Safety oriented with strong attention to detail

Excellent organizational and computer skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Excellent time management skills

Education

Power Engineer 5th Class certification

3-5 years facility maintenance experience

Job description

Overview

Senior Facilities Technician opportunity with a fascinating public company doing great things! Our client is seeking an experienced hands-on Facilities Technician with 3+ years relevant hands-on experience for this unique opportunity to join a purpose-based organization. This company has a lovely culture, beautiful professional office as well as lab facility. This is truly a great role where you can bring your hands on experience working with a great team and manager that is supportive and collaborative. This role is also offering a great total compensation including base, bonus and options! This client is open to candidates coming from a wide variety of hands-on environments supporting maintenance and facilities in environments such as hotels, relevant corporate settings or as a building manager. If you have the right hands-on technical skills and can-do attitude- read more here!

Who - the Company

Fascinating public company that is purpose driven working towards therapies and treatments. The company is going through huge growth growing year over year and include a great group of smart, talented, collaborative individuals including a fantastic leadership team that are passionate about what they do!

This opportunity

Senior Facilities Technician to support the Facilities Team. The ideal candidate should have prior hands-on working knowledge of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. This individual must be a self-starter with a keen interest in learning about facilities maintenance and building operations. This individual must work well both independently and in a team, environment being able to operate with a sense of urgency when issues arise, while being able to prioritize facility requests. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, be energetic, hands on and be able to assist individuals at all levels of the organization. The successful candidate is an individual who is mechanically inclined, takes pride in his/her work, brings energy to his/her job, makes safety a priority and has a strong attention to detail.

The position reports to the Senior Manager, Facilities who is a lovely manager that treats employees well in a professional, collaborative environment.

The level of the position will be commensurate with the candidate’s education and industry experience. This role is an on-site position, requiring 5 days per week on-site at Burnaby location.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support and maintain building and laboratory operational mechanical infrastructure in line with company objectives and goals.
• Support the facilities and building maintenance support activities, including routine checks and hands-on maintenance on building HVAC, DDC control system, generators, pumps, compressors, boilers, chiller, house vacuum system, and basic plumbing.
• Assist and resolve various Facilities Help requests from staff.
• Assist Corporate activities, such as setting up/cleaning up for company events and meetings, setting up seating for new hiring, and help with recycling.
• Assist in mechanical lab instrument site preparation activities and requirements.
• Assist the team on Facilities upgrade projects and work closely with his/her supervisor and with external trades and contractors.
• Keep operational areas clean and tidy.
• Available for occasional after-hours call outs in the event of facility emergencies.
• Act in accordance with Company policies, including, for example, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
• Other duties as assigned.

Who - the Candidate

Required Knowledge & Skills

• Hands on working knowledge of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.
• At least 3-5 years facility maintenance experience is highly desirable.
• Power Engineer 5th Class certification would be an asset.
• Safety oriented with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and computer skills.
• Must be physically able to lift up to 25 kilograms (i.e. 55 pounds) comfortably.
• Excellent communication skills with others within all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• A self-starter with the ability to solve problems.
• Flexible and has a willingness to learn and adapt to changing demands and goals.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to work in a quick-paced environment, adapt well to changing circumstances, direction, and strategy

Where

Burnaby, 5 days on site.

How Much

The base salary range for this role is $57,430 to $75,000 CAD preferably. Base salary is determined by a combination of factors including, but not limited to, education and other qualifications, years of relevant experience, and internal equity.

Total Rewards program includes base salary, target bonus, and stock options, as well as a full range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, short-& long-term disability, accidental death & dismemberment, and life insurance programs, Employee Assistance Program, travel insurance, and retirement savings programs with company matching contributions.

When & How to Apply

This search is moving extremely quickly! If you already have a Recruiter at SWIM, please reach out very soon. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW'and send us your resume.