Heating & Cooling Plant Assistant Supervisor

About the H&C Plant Assistant Superintendent position:

The H&C Plant Assistant Superintendent position is a part of our Physical Plant: Heating & Cooling Plant department within the Facilities Planning and Management Division at UW-Madison. This position oversees a shift team of Power Plant Operators to operate equipment, perform minor maintenance, and maintain critical utilities to the UW campus community. This position is responsible for overseeing the plant in the absence of Heating Plant Management.

About the Physical Plant Department and the Heating & Cooling Plant:

Physical Plant is the largest FP&M organizational unit and is responsible for the operation and maintenance of campus buildings, grounds, and utilities. Design resources, construction by the trades, and specialized facilities services are available for departmental requests and remodeling projects on a fee-for-service basis.

The Charter Street Heating & Cooling Plant and the Walnut Street Heating & Cooling Plant supply steam, chilled water, compressed air, and electricity to the UW campus, as well as to UW Hospital & Clinics, the US Forest Service Forest Products Laboratories, and the Division of Veterans Affairs VA Hospital, and some other non-campus customers. Our plant operators also coordinate with the West Campus Cogeneration facility (which produces electricity for Madison Gas and Electric customers) on steam and chilled water needs for heating and air-conditioning on campus.

About the Division of Facilities Planning & Management (FP&M):

The Division of Facilities Planning & Management (FP&M) is a full-spectrum service organization that builds, maintains, and operates the physical environment of UW-Madison in the university's education, research, and outreach activities. We are responsible for everything from the building projects that change the face of campus to the flowers that beautify the grounds.

Find out more about our Division: https://inside.fpm.wisc.edu/about-fpm/

• May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees

• Coordinates plant operations and schedules

• Assists with leading, mentoring, and coaching plant staff to ensure safe, reliable, and uninterrupted utility production of critical services

• Makes technical decisions, coordinates with other plants' production activities, performs hands-on mechanical maintenance, repairs, and adjustments, and inspects the work of staff and ensures optimum performance of critical equipment

• Enforces standard operating procedures and techniques, trains operating personnel in use of the procedures, and monitors and makes adjustments as needed

• Monitors control systems and operations, watches for changes, and makes adjustments and repairs as necessary

• Assesses problems and takes corrective actions as appropriate to maintain critical plant operations

• Monitors contractors and project status

Physical Plant: Heating & Cooling Plant within the Division of Facilities Planning and Management

$97,900 annual minimum

The minimum rate for this position is $97,900 , but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. For a summary of benefits, please see below for more information: Academic Staff: https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf

• Driver's License in accordance to UW- Risk Management requirements
• Experience leading a team in an industrial environment
• Experience with high-pressure boilers, chillers, water treatment or industrial equipment in a heating & cooling or power plant setting
• Experience with Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Excel, etc.)

• Four (4) years experience in a related field, internal lead/advanced operator training program
  

• High School Diploma or Equivalent -Preferred

Please submit a resume and cover letter. In your application materials, detail your experience as it pertains to this position. Your cover letter and resume are the ideal place for you to share how your qualifications and experience will translate to this position and showcase your unique talents.

Finalists will be asked to provide a list of at least three professional references with titles, emails, and phone numbers (including at least one
supervisory reference). Please note that references will not be contacted without your prior knowledge.

Passion Malotky

passion.malotky@wisc.edu

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