City : Ottawa

Category : Regular Full Time

Industry : Education

Employer : University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa—A crossroads of cultures and ideas
The University of Ottawa is home to a dynamic community of over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English. Our campus is a crossroad of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas. We believe in the power of representation, and that increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff supports this objective. Our goal is to provide students with the best possible learning experience, in an environment that reflects the diversity of its people, their ideas, and their identities. 

We are one of Canada’s top 10 research universities—our professors and researchers explore new approaches to today’s challenges. One of a handful of Canadian universities ranked among the top 200 in the world, we attract exceptional thinkers and welcome diverse perspectives from across the globe. Our employees come together around the shared purpose of constant improvement, personal development, service excellence, teamwork and a passion for learning with a desire to make uOttawa and the world a better place. Everyone's contributions are valued, we all play a part in making uOttawa a world-class institution. Most importantly, we make it possible for you to achieve your full potential. Because at uOttawa, you belong!

About the faculty/service: Facilities 
Facilities services are characterized by a dynamic and creative growing team where the winds of change are blowing, offering people like you opportunities to use your leadership and innovation skills to contribute to the achievement of their inspiring mission: to deliver best in class research infrastructure, reshape campus life and student experience, and provide a sustainable environment for students, researchers, teachers and community.

Position purpose:
Maintains Power Plant (PLC/DSC) and campus system equipment and control elements in good condition, including ventilation, heating, air conditioning, lighting, classrooms and laboratories, as well as energy-use optimization and other matters handled by the technician’s section. Ensures operations of Power Plant 24/7 monitoring and alarm system and building graphic interface web pages.

Salary: Salary determinations are done in compliance with the 772B collective agreement.  The salary scale for this opportunity ranges between $32.79 and $37.32 hourly.  Once you are hired, your years of continuous service at the University of Ottawa as well as obtaining the required certification will be recognized which means you can potentially earn a salary ranging between $40.26 and $43.91 per hour (based on the 2022 salary scale).
These regular positions offer a unique and competitive benefits package including medical, vision & dental, vacation, a defined-benefit pension plan and eligibility to the Tuition Fee Financial Support Program.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Working under the supervisor and the team lead, perform a variety of preventive and corrective tasks related to repairs, minor renovations, and modernization and maintenance of facility digital and pneumatic automated systems.
• Coordinate repair, replacement, verification and certification of remote control systems with clients and staff, for daily facility operations.
• Perform set-up of complex systems or equipment.
• Analyze electrical equipment to maximize effectiveness and economical operations and proposes necessary corrective measures to the engineering and other sections.
• Maintain building fibre optic and internal communication networks.
• Analyze, maintain and verify operation of control and programming systems, for energy efficiency, quality assurance and other projects. 
• Identify and addresses causes of system or complex equipment failure. 
• Handle data entry in the work order management software for statistical and billing purposes.
• Share knowledge and expertise with members of the Facilities team, as well as faculties and other services.

What you will bring:

• College diploma in industrial electronics, instrumentation or building services   
• Mastery of software for programming automatic control systems and alarms, of ABB and DELTA
• Knowledge and experience related to maintenance software, spreadsheets, word processing, PowerPoint and other software
• Knowledge and experience related to various municipal, provincial and federal codes as well as the Ontario Health and Safety Act and other applicable laws and regulations
• Valid driver’s licence
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer service skills
• Bilingualism — French and English (spoken and written)

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realise an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.