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Columbia University Facilities & Operations ยท 2 months ago

Environmental Controls Technician

Columbia University Facilities & Operations is seeking an Environmental Controls Technician to perform preventive maintenance and repairs on various types of electrical equipment. The role involves working with electrical systems, supervising lower-grade employees, and being available for emergency calls.

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Responsibilities

Performs operations as required by job work order and/or blueprint or diagram in preventive maintenance and repairs to various types of electrical equipment such as motors, control and power circuits (both A.C. and D.C.), switches, generators, transformers, relays, motor controllers, rectifier units, electrical devices, systems and apparatus, load distributions, cables, and printed circuitry
Must be proficient in the use of all tools of the electrical trade and must be skilled in the operations of electrical test equipment such as voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters, multi-meters, meggers, tachometers, temperature gauges, watt meters, phase meters, and various recording devices
Shall be capable of reading blueprints and schematics to determine circuitry
Shall supervise and direct the work of lower labor grade employees assigned to projects in electrical repair work and installations in accordance with the Electrical Code of the City of New York
Shall have a home telephone and be available for emergency calls at night and on days off
Shall accept a proportional share of scheduled overtime work

Qualification

Electrical equipment maintenanceBlueprint readingElectrical test equipmentElectrical trade school diplomaSupervisory skillsEmergency availabilityOvertime willingness

Required

High school diploma and/or equivalent or electrical trade school diploma required
6 years in the electrical field, 2 years experience as an 'A' mechanic, and 1 year experience in electro-magnetic controllers
Must be proficient in the use of all tools of the electrical trade
Must be skilled in the operations of electrical test equipment such as voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters, multi-meters, meggers, tachometers, temperature gauges, watt meters, phase meters, and various recording devices
Shall be capable of reading blueprints and schematics to determine circuitry
Shall supervise and direct the work of lower labor grade employees assigned to projects in electrical repair work and installations in accordance with the Electrical Code of the City of New York
Shall have a home telephone and be available for emergency calls at night and on days off
Shall accept a proportional share of scheduled overtime work

Company

Columbia University Facilities & Operations

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Columbia University Facilities and Operations is the largest administrative department at the University.

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Funding

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Leadership Team

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Peter Michaelides
Chief Financial Officer / Vice President of Finance and Administration
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