Job Description

Overview

The Building Engineer is responsible for ensuring the efficient operation and maintenance of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for assigned properties. This role includes performing preventive and corrective maintenance, conducting routine assessments, and maintaining a clean and safe working environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform all plumbing, electrical, or HVAC requirements of the building(s)
  • Maintain heating equipment, chillers, DX units, pumps, cooling towers, fan coil units, VAV, and air distribution systems
  • Monitor and adjust all mechanical/pneumatic equipment, steam stations, control gauges, distributor panels, valves, thermostats, and diffusers
  • Verify field conditions and perform any necessary repairs or adjustments
  • Monitor Energy Management
  • Repair doors, ceilings, hand railings, and floors and perform other general repairs
  • Perform repairs to plumbing fixtures such as water closets and lavatories
  • Conduct preventive maintenance duties in accordance with standards and best practices
  • Inspect engine room equipment, fan room equipment, and cooling towers
  • Check for properly operating emergency exit signs and lights
  • Document and report activities to supervisor
  • Respond immediately to emergency situations and customer concerns
  • Comply with all applicable codes, regulations, and company directives
  • Complete all required safety training as scheduled
  • Maintain a neat and clean appearance while on the property

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
  • Graduate of apprentice program or trade school preferred
  • 5+ years of related work experience in operating mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems
  • Appropriate license/permit for trade as may be required
  • Certification as a Universal Technician for CFC’s may be required
  • Possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record
  • Basic Computing Skills in Outlook, Excel & Word
  • Experience in operation, maintenance and basic repair of HVAC, boilers, heaters, pumps, and refrigerant systems
  • Knowledgeable in energy management systems and operations
  • Thorough knowledge in all building systems operations, maintenance and repair

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • May be the only maintenance staff member on duty during certain shifts
  • May require shift work and/or on call duties
  • This job operates in a professional office environment
  • Regularly required to travel outside between properties in varying weather conditions

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
PTO

How this job compares in Parsippany, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $27–$40/hr middle band drawn from 101 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 71% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Parsippany, NJ

Parsippany, NJ is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 174 other active welding openings from 129 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (8), Valcor Engineering Corporation (6), and Xylem (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are South Plainfield at $38/hr and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Parsippany, NJ

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Building Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.