Job Description

Overview

The Operating Engineer is responsible for the efficient operation and maintenance of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing equipment and systems for assigned properties. This role includes performing preventive and corrective maintenance, ensuring a clean and safe working environment, and responding to emergencies.

Responsibilities

  • Perform all plumbing, electrical, or HVAC requirements of the building(s)
  • Maintain heating equipment, chillers, DX units, pumps, cooling towers, and air distribution systems
  • Monitor and adjust mechanical/pneumatic equipment and control gauges
  • Verify field conditions and perform necessary repairs or adjustments
  • Monitor Energy Management
  • Repair doors, ceilings, hand railings, and floors
  • Perform repairs to plumbing fixtures
  • Perform preventive maintenance duties in accordance with standards and best practices
  • Inspect engine room equipment and other mechanical systems
  • Replace lamps and light fixtures, ensuring rooms are clean and clear
  • Check for properly operating emergency exit signs and lights
  • Perform additional fire and life safety inspections as directed
  • 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
  • 3+ years of related work experience in a commercial property setting
  • Appropriate license/permit for trade as required
  • Possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record
  • Basic computing skills in Outlook, Excel, and Word
  • Experience in operation, maintenance, and basic repair of HVAC systems
  • Knowledgeable in energy management systems and operations
  • Thorough knowledge of all building systems operations, maintenance, and repair

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Info

  • May require shift work and/or on-call duties
  • Regularly required to travel between properties in varying weather conditions
  • Must have ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
PTO

How this job compares in Paramus, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 102 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 62% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Paramus, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Paramus, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 161 other active welding openings from 122 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

Cushman & Wakefield currently has 1 other opening live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valcor Engineering Corporation (6), UPS (4), and Depot Connect International (4). 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 Newark at $35/hr and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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