Engineer Level 2

Job Title: Engineering Level 2

Department: Engineering

Reports To: Chief Engineer

FLSA Status: Hourly

Summary: Responsible for directly supervising and coordinating the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers, by performing the following duties.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Determines schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel.*
• Monitors employees' work levels and reviews work performance.*
• Examines objects, systems, or facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.*
• Participates in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation and monitoring departmental expenditures.*
• Counsels employees about work-related issues and assists employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.*
• Requisitions materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.*
• Computes estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors.*
• Interprets specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lays out reference points for workers.*
• Conducts or arranges for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use.*
• Investigates accidents or injuries and prepares reports of findings.*
• Confers with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customer, or union workers' representatives, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs.*
• Recommends or initiates personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary measures.
• Performs skilled repairs or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears, or welding equipment.*
• Compiles operational or personnel records, such as time and production records, inventory data, repair or maintenance statistics, or test results.*
• Develops, implements, or evaluates maintenance policies and procedures.*
• Inspects, tests, and measures completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.*
• Meets with vendors or suppliers to discuss products used in repair work.*
• Develops or implements electronic maintenance programs or computer information management systems.*
• Monitors tools and parts inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions.*
• Inspects and monitors work areas, examines tools and equipment, and provides employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.*
• Reviews, evaluates, accepts, and coordinates completion of work bid from contractors. *

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Ability:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Math Ability:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of order processing systems, word processing, spreadsheet, design, internet, and project management software.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) from four-year college is a plus; 5 to 7 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Specialized Training:

• Plumbing and Electrical

Certificates and Licenses:

• HVAC Certificates is a plus

Equipment:

• Standard tools

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include depth perception.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather), work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, extreme cold (non-weather), extreme heat (non-weather), risk of electrical shock, and vibration.