Operating Engineer, Plant Operations

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https:// www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd Global Corporate Solutions and Corporate Real Estate The World Bank Group’s Real Estate Team (WBGRE) plays a crucial role in supporting the World Bank Group legal entities (IBRD, IFC, IDA, MIGA, and ICSID) by developing and operating their real estate assets worldwide. WBGRE’s primary purpose is to provide safe, cost effective, sustainable, and functional real estate solutions, enabling business units to perform their work program in line with the WBG’s mission to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. To achieve its purpose, WBGRE led by the Senior Manager is structured into 3 divisions: (i) HQ Real Estate Development Management and (ii) Global Real Estate Development Management and (iii) Global Strategy and Planning or Center of Excellent. WBGRE also acts as the Secretariat for the WBG’s Real Estate Governance Framework, including supporting the WBG Real Estate Governance process. WBGRE comprises 80+ staff, leverages over 500 contractors, and manages an annual capital investment plan of about $160 million globally. WBGRE works closely with the Bank’s regions managing more than 175 country offices. Job Description The position is responsible for oversight of the operation and maintenance of chillers and boilers, associated components used to supply heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment in Bank-owned buildings. This position is also responsible for the maintenance, and repairs of associated HVAC equipment, as well as plumbing and fire suppression systems in Bank-owned and leased buildings. The Operating Engineer provides day-to-day guidance to staff and contractors and reports to the Engineering Supervisor, Plant Operations in GCSHQ. This position is categorized as “essential personnel” with the requirement to be called into work to support the remediation of, but not limited to, fire, flood, catastrophic break downs or severe weather occurrences. Duties and Accountabilities • Oversight of the operation and maintenance of supporting operating systems and plant equipment, during the shift hours of 2:00pm to 10:30pm Monday to Friday (with the requirement to work scheduled weekend OT shifts approximately once every four weeks) in Bank-owned buildings to ensure cost effective, efficient, and uninterrupted HVAC services. This includes A/C chillers, low pressure steam boilers, automated building control systems, heating and cooling fan and distribution systems, automatic temperature controls, emergency diesel generators and plumbing service equipment. • Responds to plant related service requests, including emergencies such as equipment failure, smoke, fires, and floods in the Bank-owned buildings. • Independently diagnoses malfunctions and resolves a wide range of moderately complex problems on HVAC systems, steam systems, electrical controls, domestic plumbing systems, and automatic garage doors. • Performs scheduled preventive maintenance and repairs and project renovation tasks on HVAC systems. • Provides guidance to less experienced staff and contractors on maintenance and repairs of HVAC systems. • Takes the lead on "after hours" plant operations and monitoring of the building automation system when required. • Provides technical support, advice and assistance to WB Project managers and contractors as needed to support both current and future projects.