Multi-Skilled Technician

Position Overview

The Multi-Skilled Technician (PM) provides specialized focus on planned preventive maintenance activities, ensuring systematic inspection, servicing, and upkeep of building systems and equipment according to established schedules and standards. This role emphasizes proactive maintenance, equipment lifecycle management, and reliability optimization to prevent failures, extend asset life, and maintain optimal facility performance.

Key Responsibilities

Preventive Maintenance Program Execution

The Multi-Skilled Technician (PM) performs scheduled preventive maintenance tasks across all building systems according to established PM programs and manufacturer requirements. This includes executing comprehensive PM work orders in the CMMS following detailed task lists and checklists, conducting systematic inspections of HVAC equipment, electrical systems, plumbing systems, fire protection equipment, and building infrastructure, performing routine servicing including lubrication, filter changes, belt replacements, calibrations, and adjustments, documenting equipment conditions, readings, deficiencies, and work performed accurately in the CMMS, and adhering to PM schedules to ensure completion of all assigned tasks within designated timeframes. The role requires methodical attention to detail and thoroughness in executing maintenance procedures to industry standards.

Equipment Inspection and Condition Assessment

Systematic evaluation of equipment condition identifies developing issues before they result in failures. The Multi-Skilled Technician (PM) conducts detailed visual inspections for wear, damage, leaks, corrosion, and abnormal conditions, takes and records operational readings including temperatures, pressures, voltages, amperages, and flow rates, listens for unusual sounds indicating bearing wear, imbalance, or mechanical problems, checks for proper operation of safety devices, controls, and protective equipment, and identifies components approaching end of useful life requiring replacement or rebuild. The role uses condition assessment findings to generate corrective work orders and inform capital planning decisions.

Multi-Trade PM Capabilities

The Multi-Skilled Technician (PM) performs preventive maintenance across multiple disciplines including HVAC systems covering chillers, boilers, cooling towers, air handlers, exhaust fans, pumps, and controls, electrical systems including transformers, switchgear, panels, UPS systems, emergency generators, and lighting, plumbing systems covering pumps, water heaters, backflow preventers, fixtures, and domestic water systems, fire protection equipment including sprinkler systems, fire pumps, fire alarm panels, and suppression systems, and building systems such as elevators (minor PMs), dock equipment, overhead doors, and specialty systems. The role requires competency across trades to execute comprehensive facility-wide PM programs independently.

Testing and Performance Verification

Ensuring systems operate correctly and meet performance standards is critical. The Multi-Skilled Technician (PM) conducts functional testing of equipment controls, safety devices, and automated sequences, performs operational tests including emergency generator load tests, UPS battery tests, and fire pump flow tests, verifies proper operation of building automation system controls and setpoints, measures and records system performance parameters to establish baselines and identify degradation trends, and adjusts equipment for optimal efficiency, reliability, and performance within design specifications. The role ensures testing is conducted safely and according to established procedures.

Deficiency Identification and Corrective Action Initiation

Proactive identification of maintenance needs prevents unplanned failures. The Multi-Skilled Technician (PM) identifies deficiencies, wear items, and impending failures during PM activities, determines urgency and priority of corrective actions needed based on safety, criticality, and operational impact, generates detailed corrective work orders documenting issues found and recommended repairs, performs minor corrective repairs immediately when within scope and time allows, and communicates significant findings to supervisors and engineering staff for planning and resource allocation. The role serves as early warning system for equipment problems requiring attention.

Documentation and Record Keeping

Comprehensive documentation provides historical records and supports data-driven maintenance decisions. The Multi-Skilled Technician (PM) completes all PM work order documentation thoroughly including tasks performed, readings recorded, and conditions observed, photographs equipment conditions, nameplates, and deficiencies to support records and work planning, maintains accurate equipment history in the CMMS to track maintenance patterns and reliability trends, updates equipment data including run hours, cycle counts, and service dates, and ensures PM task lists remain current by recommending updates based on equipment changes or manufacturer guidance. The role recognizes that quality documentation is as important as quality maintenance work.

PM Schedule Management and Planning

Maintaining PM program adherence requires effective planning and coordination. The Multi-Skilled Technician (PM) reviews upcoming PM schedules and plans daily activities for efficient execution, coordinates with operations staff and building occupants to schedule access and minimize disruption, identifies conflicts or constraints that may impact PM completion and adjusts schedules accordingly, tracks PM completion rates and backlog to ensure program compliance, and communicates schedule status and anticipated delays to supervisors for visibility and support. The role balances thorough PM execution with schedule adherence to maintain program effectiveness.

Safety and Compliance Focus

Maintaining safety and regulatory compliance during PM activities is paramount. The Multi-Skilled Technician (PM) follows all lockout/tagout procedures when servicing equipment with stored energy, uses appropriate personal protective equipment for tasks being performed, ensures compliance with manufacturer service requirements to maintain warranties, conducts required regulatory inspections and testing including backflow testing, fire alarm testing, and emergency lighting tests, and maintains certifications necessary for performing specialized PM tasks such as refrigerant handling or confined space entry. The role ensures PM activities meet or exceed safety and regulatory standards.