Senior Building Systems Engineer - HVAC & Reliability

Employnet Workforce Management; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Employnet Workforce Management in Carlsbad, CA seeks a seasoned facilities engineer to own and optimize critical infrastructure, including HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems across R&D labs, production areas, and data centers.

You will lead preventive maintenance, manage CMMS assets (Maximo), analyze performance with trend data, mentor technicians, and drive energy-efficiency upgrades while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required; technical degree preferred.
• Valid driver's license is required.
• Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience maintaining commercial, industrial, manufacturing, or R&D facility infrastructure.
• Minimum 5 years of advanced experience supporting complex HVAC and central plant systems.
• Vocational training certificate in HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, or Controls preferred.
• Experience leading infrastructure projects and contractor management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, compressed air, and critical infrastructure systems to ensure reliability and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies to maximize equipment uptime and reduce lifecycle costs.
• Lead complex troubleshooting, perform root cause analyses, and implement permanent corrective actions for recurring failures.
• Establish maintenance priorities supporting R&D labs, production environments, executive offices, and data center operations.
• Monitor and optimize HVAC performance including chillers, boilers, cooling towers, pumps, air handling units, VAVs, CRACs, and related systems.
• Use trend analysis and Building Management System data to evaluate system performance.
• Recommend upgrades and modernization projects to improve reliability and energy efficiency.
• Participate in facility expansion, capital improvements, and commissioning of new systems.
• Lead asset management in CMMS ensuring accurate records and PM schedules.
• Analyze maintenance histories to improve PM frequencies and equipment reliability.
• Maintain documentation including specifications, drawings, procedures, and records.
• Manage third-party contractors for PM, repairs, commissioning, and capital projects.
• Develop project scopes, evaluate contractor proposals, monitor performance for safety, schedule, and budget.

Skills

Mechanical troubleshooting

Electrical troubleshooting

Building automation systems

CMMS (Maximo)

Data analysis (Power BI)

Reading drawings & schematics

Education

High school diploma or GED

Technical degree preferred

HVAC/R background

EPA Refrigerant Certification preferred

Tools

Maximo CMMS

Power BI

MS Office

Building Automation Systems

Job description

Employnet Workforce Management in Carlsbad, CA seeks a seasoned facilities engineer to own and optimize critical infrastructure, including HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems across R&D labs, production areas, and data centers.

You will lead preventive maintenance, manage CMMS assets (Maximo), analyze performance with trend data, mentor technicians, and drive energy-efficiency upgrades while ensuring regulatory compliance.