Job Overview
Join Comstock Companies as an Operating Engineer where your technical, mechanical, and administrative skills will shine. Picture yourself in a dynamic role, maintaining our cutting-edge properties with a focus on high-level customer service and on-site operational support. This isn't just a job; it's an opportunity to grow with us in a rapidly expanding company. Be part of our innovative team, shaping the future of our state-of-the-art buildings and advancing your career within our thriving commercial departments. #weshowup
Key Responsibilities
- Provide Class “A” customer service – Building a good rapport with tenants and going above and beyond whenever possible
- Maintain and repair all types of building equipment, HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls (electrical & pneumatic)
- Complete work assignments thoroughly and efficiently with limited supervision
- Operate, maintain, troubleshoot and repair building equipment related to the efficient operation of the building equipment and systems
- Support the property maintenance team, working on assigned customer service requests, active with construction projects and supporting special set ups relating to events
- Support senior chief engineer to achieve compliance at your property location(s)
- Maintain good tenant relations through prompt and courteous response to tenant request within the guidelines set forth
- Perform predictive maintenance, preventative maintenance, routine maintenance and service requests as directed
- Assist contractors and ensure contracted services are being performed safely and in accordance with established work standards and practices
- Maintain and complete documentation for fire extinguishers, fire suppression systems, building alarm contacts, and other building fire life safety systems
- Maintain and repair single phase electrical breakers, switches, receptacles, junction boxes, conduit, lights, and ballasts
- Maintain and repair plumbing components including toilets, urinals, lavatories, flush valves, water fountains, sinks, drains, water heaters, piping, and sump pumps
- Provide all other building maintenance, repair, and restorative procedures as directed
- Perform general Handyman tasks to maintain buildings
- Occasional overtime and holiday work will be required
Qualifications
- 5 - 10 years of building engineering/construction related experience
- Experienced with various types of hand tools and use of diagnostic equipment
- CFC Universal Refrigerant Certification is required
- Trade or Maintenance License preferred
- Exposure to a CMMS system, a plus
- Proven safety record and compliance to safe work practices
- Proficient computer skills including e-mail, word and excel
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- Physically able to operate electric hand tools, work on a ladder, carry tools and lift and carry up to 50 pounds
- Able to work in close spaces such as closets, crawl space and able to work on roofs of building
- Must have the ability to work independently but also as a member of a team
- Must have valid driver’s license
- Ability to diagnosis problems, make sound decisions, prioritize, schedule and complete multiple tasks
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and equipment manuals
- Must be highly credible and trustworthy, and operate with high degree of integrity
- Must hold oneself and others accountable and strive for a high level of excellence
- Must have a positive, can-do attitude and be able to fuel growth and innovation
- Must be customer-focused and results-oriented
- Must want to continuously learn and develop
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work well in a team establishing good working relationships with others
- Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks with a strong attention to detail
- Required to stand for long periods and walk, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, bend, stretch, twist, and/or reachContinuous repetitive motions
- Work under variable temperature conditions (or extreme heat or cold), under variable noise levels, outdoors/indoors, around fumes and/or hazards, around dust and/or mite hazards, around chemicals and bio-hazards
Benefits
Compensation:
- Competitive Salary with Bonus Potential
- Generous Benefit Package: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Match, Life Insurance
Career Development
- Opportunities for Advancement within our expanding portfolio
- Annual Professional Development Funds to fuel your growth
Employee Perks:
- Employee Discount for added benefits
- Enjoy a Friendly Work Environment that values collaboration
Additional Benefits:
- Explore more perks and possibilities for growing your career with Comstock Companies! Discover what sets us apart!
Top Skills
What We Do
Comstock Holding Companies®, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHCI) is a diversified real estate organization with a 30+ year history of investing in, developing, acquiring, owning and operating virtually all types of residential, commercial, and mixed-use real estate, while providing supply-chain and management services to institutional investors, lenders, owners and municipalities with interests in real estate.
Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. is a developer, operator, and asset manager of mixed-use and transit-oriented development properties in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, where we focus primarily on select high-growth urban and transitioning “sub-urban” markets.
We invest capital for our own account and on behalf of our asset management clients and institutional real estate investors seeking above average risk adjusted returns. Our asset management clients include private and institutional owners and investors in commercial, residential, and mixed-use real estate properties and various governmental bodies that have a vested interest in leveraging the potential of public-private partnerships.
Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol CHCI. For more information, visit www.ComstockCompanies.com.
