Staff - Union
Job Category
BCGEU Okanagan Support Staff
Job Profile
BCGEU OK Salaried - Engineer
Job Title
Engineer
Department
UBCO | Operations and Utilities | Facilities Management
Compensation Range
$5,713.00 - $6,545.00 CAD Monthly
Posting End Date
September 28, 2026
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.
This position is subject to the satisfactory completion of required background checks
Job End Date
Ongoing
An additional $1/hour stipend will be added for Red Seal or Power Engineer Class 4 Certificate.
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Job Summary
The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for operating and maintaining building equipment and infrastructure related to boilers, cooling towers, pumps, air compressors, geo-exchange and district energy system HVAC systems, controls, assists in fire suppression systems and other related equipment to ensure the campus remains operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Organizational Status
Reports to the Charge Engineer. Maintains effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external groups, including UBC faculties, staff and administrative departments, other institutions, external agencies, advisory committees, professional associations and community organizations.
Work Performed
1. Provides safety checks by:
- Review daily log book to maintain communication continuity between shifts.
- Follow log book procedure as in accordance to the BC safety authority.
- Inspect Boiler systems for safe operation and report abnormalities to the Charge Engineer.
- Conduct rounds of building mechanical rooms and report abnormalities to the Charge Engineer.
- Follow all safety procedures such as lock out, fall arrest, confined space entry, etc.
- Wear appropriate personal protective equipment.
- Attend job related safety training.
2. Complete systems operation and maintenance, essential to UBC operations, including:
- Monitor water quality in both open aquifer loop, district energy system heating and cooling systems and report anomalies or water quality concerns to the Manager, Engineering and Utility Services.
- Works in a team approach to assist in the safe operation and maintenance of the campus mechanical systems and supporting infrastructure.
- Work with required professional services or external contractors to assist in planning, designing and execution of complex system related contract work.
- Assists in collection of records of utility data such as meter readings.
- Conducts preventative maintenance of the specialized and highly technical district energy systems, geo-exchange systems, HVAC systems, boiler and chiller systems, air and vacuum compressors, and supporting infrastructure, requiring significant periods of concentration throughout the day.
- Reports the need for inventory items requiring replenishing to the Charge Engineer.
- Responds to urgent University situations such as fire alarms, floods, leaks, power disruptions, etc.
- Conducts periodical fire hydrant flushing and testing, as well as campus wide unidirectional flushing.
- Assists in routine fire sprinkler system tests.
- Enters work order status into work order system.
- Purchasing of supplies and recording into excel tracking system.
- Monitors and makes necessary adjustments to building automation systems.
- Responds to space temperature complaints.
- Minor cleaning of mechanical areas.
- Performs backflow testing.
3. Responsible for administrative functions such as:
- Keeping and maintaining necessary administrative and systems records, such as log books, records, and tool inventories.
- Responsible for holding a p-card and…