Engineer (Mechanical) - JO# 6540
Judicial Council of California
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Qualifications
- 3+ years experience in mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems.
- Professional Engineer license in California required.
- Experience with regulatory agencies preferred.
- Ability to work with regulatory agencies and review capital projects.
Responsibilities
- Perform engineering design review and options analysis.
- Assist with facility maintenance engineering activities.
- Collaborate with regulatory agencies for code compliance.
- Provide hands-on support to capital projects including jobsite visits.
- Collaborate with Sustainability and facilities operations on energy efficiency studies.
- Assist in commissioning coordination and post-occupancy evaluation.
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Job description
This range is provided by Judicial Council of California. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
OVERVIEW
The Judicial Council of California is accepting applications for the position of Engineer for the Facilities Services office. The Engineer will perform engineering design review and options analysis in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for judicial branch facilities. Incumbent will assist facility management staff in complex facility maintenance engineering activities including development and control of operating and maintenance procedures, analysis of design maintainability and operability, and other related technical support.
Incumbent will work directly with regulatory agencies such as Division of the State Architect (DSA), Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), Division of Occupational Health and Safety (Cal/OSHA), and local city and county Departments of Public Works (DPW) to explain the Judicial Council’s approach to code compliance in designs for new capital projects, facility modification projects, and correction of code violations in existing court facilities.
The mechanical professional engineer (PE) license in California is required to provide credible authority as the incumbent negotiates with regulatory agencies and to validate the incumbent’s decisions that may affect the safety of court facility occupants.
May oversee contractors and subcontractors during design and construction and may perform evaluations of “as built” conditions to assure compliance with plans, specifications, regulations, and applicable standards.
The Judicial Council
The Judicial Council of California is the policy-setting body for the state court system and has constitutionally conferred statewide rule-making authority. As employees of the council, every member of staff should view and approach their work as one Judicial Council with a public service mission that is greater than the sum of its parts.
The Judicial Council strives for work-life balance and includes substantial vacation and holiday time. In addition, we offer an excellent benefits package. The office is located in Sacramento or San Francisco with hybrid work arrangements.
- Assist the facilities maintenance program for technical effectiveness, energy efficiency, and code compliance.
- Develop and assist in implementation of policies for MEP review and standards for capital and facility modification projects.
- Develop and implement best practices and maintenance management measures including the review and update of facilities standards on a routine basis. Ensure compliance with regulatory laws.
- Develop and implement procedures to ensure correct scoping of facility modification projects.
- Review A/E documents for compliance with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing codes and with the JCC Trial Court Facilities Standards for capital and major facility modification projects.
- Provide hands‑on support to projects: conduct jobsite visits to capital projects and major facility modification projects under construction.
- Review BMS projects against best practices, industry standards, and facilities standards BMS guidelines. Update BMS guidelines as part of facilities standards update.
- Review facility modification projects in CAFM for necessary technical reviews.
- Collaborate with Sustainability and facility operations units on energy efficiency studies and energy trending for improvements to BMS and other relevant projects.
- Assist Project Management and Facility Operations teams with technical evaluation of facility modification and capital projects.
- Advise project managers of any technical aspects of the mechanical services that may affect construction progress.
- Visit courthouses to assist with technical aspects of projects.
- Assist in the commissioning coordination of capital projects and maintain database of commissioning activities.
- Participate in design review meetings for facility modifications projects.
- Assist in post-occupancy evaluation of capital projects.
- Contract assistance for MEP peer reviews: assist in drafting the technical scope‑of‑work descriptions for RFQs/RFPs related MEP design; review contracts, amendments, and change orders for verification of technical aspects; interact with contracts group as needed; confirm billings from peer review consultants aligns with services provided on project.
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, energy management, building science, or a directly related field, and at least three (3) years of experience in the area of assignment. An additional four (4) years of professional experience may substitute for the bachelor’s degree. Additional directly related experience and/or education may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis.
- Professional Engineer.
- Valid driver’s license as assigned.
Verification of employment eligibility or authorization to work in the United States will be required for selected candidates.
This position requires the submission of our official application, responses to the supplemental questions, and a resume. Apply by January 12, 2026. To complete an online application, visit www.courts.ca.gov/careers and search for Job ID #6540.
The Judicial Council provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities who request such accommodation. Contact Human Resources at (415) 865‑4260 for accommodation requests.
Due to statewide fiscal conditions, the posted salary range is subject to a 3% reduction. In exchange for this reduction, judicial branch employees accrue an additional 5 hours of paid personal leave per month through June 30, 2027.
Benefits include: Health/Dental/Vision benefits, 14 paid holidays, choice of annual leave or sick/vacation leave, one personal holiday per year, up to $130 per month reimbursement for qualifying commuting costs, CalPERS Retirement Plan, 401(k) and 457 deferred compensation plans, Employee Assistance Program, Basic Life and AD&D Insurance, Flex Elect Program, Pretax Parking, Long Term Disability Program (employee paid/optional), Group Legal Plan (employee paid/optional).
The Judicial Council of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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