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Req #: 243399

Department: UW FACILITIES: MAINTENANCE & CONSTRUCTION

Appointing Department Web Address: https://facilities.uw.edu/

Posting Date: 02/18/2025

Closing Info: Closes On 03/03/2025

Salary: $9,000 - $11,300 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. ( https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-contract-covered-exempt-20250130-a11y.pdf)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

UW Facilities manages the University’s buildings, infrastructure and land, with more than 1,100 employees in a variety of fields. The Asset Management group includes Capital & Space Management, Real Estate, Sustainability and other teams responsible for planning and workload management. The Operations group includes Project Delivery, Maintenance & Construction, Campus Energy, Utilities & Operations, Building Services, Transportation Services and Safety. Supporting these groups, as well as the separate Emergency Management team, are the Business Intelligence & Information Technology group and the Finance & Administration group.

We have an outstanding opportunity for a Fire Protection Commissioning Engineer to provide engineering and technical expertise related to the various campus building life safety and fire protection systems pertinent to the design, construction, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of University of Washington facilities. Life safety and fire protection systems protect campus facilities, buildings, staff, students, and visitors. These systems include fire alarm sensing and signaling devices, and fire protection systems such as fire sprinklers. Building types include general office space, classrooms, residence halls, libraries, and laboratories.

Provides technical direction for the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of all building life safety systems within a large, technically sophisticated facilities complex housing advanced technology and equipment. Coordinates and controls a range of sophisticated life safety systems, and effects changes and improvements to systems as appropriate. Coordinates the activities of fire alarm control technician staff and fire protection technicians, as appropriate to the needs of the operation.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Operations and Maintenance (50% of time)

• Provide engineering and technical expertise for the design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of university facilities building Life Safety systems. • Monitor, modify sequence or operations programming and maintain optimum performance of all campus building Life Safety systems. • Provide technical direction to shop personnel to complete their work with respect to building and utility renewal, corrective engineering, preventative, and deferred maintenance. • Perform field engineering investigations and implement necessary changes for the campus building life safety systems. • Research, plan, and prepare work requests to maintain the continuous operations of the various campus life safety systems during planned construction, maintenance, or renovations. • Positively support all management directives and follow through with process improvement activities. • Ensure adherence to Campus Maintenance and Construction protocols and all University and UW Facilities policies and procedures. • Utilize strong customer service skills and communicate with campus clientele and building occupants regarding status of problems and repairs and meet with building coordinators and other clients on a regular basis to ensure services are meeting expectations. • Attend all required meetings and training. • Perform related duties as assigned and required. • Other duties as required.

Design, Construction and Commissioning Support (20% of time)

• Provides engineering design, construction, and commissioning support. • Provide direction in the development and update of the Facilities Design Standard (FDS) for the various campus building life safety systems. • Act as Facilities Fire Protection’s liaison to the capital construction and engineering organizations responsible for coordination of installation and alteration of fire protection and life safety systems for the University of Washington.

Facilities Condition Audits for Deferred Renewal (5% of time)

Provides engineering audits and analysis that identifies and develops programs to renovate and upgrade life safety systems for the Building and Utility Renewal programs.

Emergency Response and Preparedness (5% of time)

Provides engineering expertise for utility outages and critical system failures and other emergency events.

Fire and Life Safety Systems (10% of time)

Responsible for working with department heads, directors, managers, supervisors, skilled trade’s leads and staff, capital projects office personnel, contractors, and office staff on the Seattle campus, to ensure that fire and life safety systems remain operational and in continuous compliance with regulatory requirements.

Regulatory Safety and Environmental Compliance (5% of time)

Provide engineered solutions that maintain the health and safety of the workforce by monitoring and evaluating health, safety and environmental conditions, assuring compliance with applicable policies, procedures and governmental standards; and maintenance of regulatory and safety programs. Coordinate with managers, leads, journey level workers, and staff to facilitate the accomplishment of work in a safe and regulatory compliant manner.

Regulatory Environmental Stewardship (5% of time)

Responsible for providing engineered solutions that ensure that the department and University comply with a wide range of environmental, health, and safety regulations during the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of University facilities.

Core Competencies

• Demonstrate personal integrity and trustworthiness. • Manage stressful situations and change priorities effectively. • Anticipate, recognize, and resolve problems. • Be responsible and accountable. • Use organizational skills and pay attention to details. • Maintain a positive, optimistic, and success-oriented attitude. • Exercise professionalism, which includes being tactful and courteous. • Exhibit a professional work ethic. • Continuously promote a safe work environment.

Requirements include:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related field. • Five years of professional experience in the design, construction, commissioning, troubleshooting, operation, and maintenance of fire protection and life safety systems. • Knowledge and engineering-level understanding of fire protection and life safety systems. • Knowledge of applicable building, mechanical and energy codes. • Demonstrated ability to analyze information, evaluate situations and solve problems. • Demonstrated ability in working well with others and as a member of a team. • Excellent oral and written communications skills, presentation skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. • Experience working independently and under general direction. • Experience in the use of personal computers and Microsoft Office Suite applications.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

Desired:

• Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Washington. • Current and valid City of Seattle Fire Department FA-1 or AS-3 certification or National Institute of Certified Electronics Technicians (NICET) certification at Level II or higher • Ten years of experience in fire safety systems, along with a broad overall knowledge of building related systems including building electrical and mechanical systems. • Specialized knowledge of the University and the maintenance and operations units or experience working in a complex academic and research institution, with specific experience and knowledge in the operations and maintenance of academic and research institutional facilities • Experience with fire protection and life safety systems integration using TrueSight. • Knowledge of computer network systems. • Experience with institutional/governmental/public works projects. • Experience working with computer applications; ability to formulate reports, spreadsheets, and presentations. • Solid presentation, and excellent verbal, written communication, and interactive skills in working with professionals, administrators, research staff, employees, faculty, students, contractors, and consultants. • Demonstrated leadership abilities, and the ability to work effectively in a large, diverse, complex, and diversified organization.

Conditions of Employment:

• Must be able to work in mechanical/electrical spaces, including utility tunnels, outdoors, and confined spaces and around operating equipment such as boilers, pumps and transformers following all applicable safety protocols. • Regular and predictable attendance is required. • Must be able to work independently and respond to emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. • Must be able to work outside normal and regular business/office hours and working days to fulfill responsibilities of this position. • Must maintain a professional appearance at all times. • Must be able to work in a smoke-free environment. • Must have a valid Washington State Driver’s License. • May be required to work in research, hospital and laboratory environments which may also include assignments in non-human primate/animal areas and willing to enter BL-2 laboratories. • Must participate in medical screening/monitoring (such as TB screening and proof of measles inoculation) required for work assignments in locations, including but not limited to, nonhuman primate areas, the Animal Research and Care Facility, and the University of Washington Medical Center. • Requires the ability to work in both office and field environments, using personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety equipment as required.

Application Process:

The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.