Building Engineer

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About Denver Botanic Gardens
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Green inside and out, Denver Botanic Gardens was founded in 1951 and is considered one of the top botanical gardens in the United States and a pioneer in water conservation. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, The Gardens has a robust living plant collection, natural history collection and art collection along with temporary art exhibitions. The Gardens is a dynamic, 24‑acre urban oasis in the heart of the city, offering unforgettable opportunities to flourish with unique garden experiences for the whole family – as well as world‑class exhibitions, education, and plant conservation research programs.

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Denver Botanic Gardens is currently seeking a Full Time Building Engineer in our Operations Department! This position performs ‘hands‑on’ maintenance work in all aspects of facilities maintenance, including but not limited to plumbing, carpentry, fleet maintenance, HVAC maintenance, repair, and construction. The role continuously improves the preventative maintenance program, provides skilled technical expertise for historic and modern building systems—including fire systems, HVAC, lighting controls, fleet mechanics, and equipment—and focuses on energy monitoring and improvement.

The engineer acts as a customer‑oriented liaison between Denver Botanic Gardens and the public, ensuring the highest possible level of service while performing mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and carpentry repair work as directed. In addition to general carpentry work, duties include a wide variety of maintenance projects, such as masonry, tile, glass, doors, and other structures, fixtures, and furniture throughout the Gardens.

Fleet mechanical skills involve work on tractors, small engines, and automotive equipment.

• Perform preventative and routine building maintenance (e.g., replace light bulbs and ballasts, repair and/or replace carpet, flooring, plumbing fixtures, roofs, windows, doors, walls, ceiling tiles).
• Paint interior and exterior structures.
• Conduct routine maintenance and/or repairs to fleet equipment and construction items.
• Move and transport furniture and equipment.
• Use skill and manual dexterity to safely and proficiently operate various tools and equipment.
• Repair/maintain building components—walls, doors, windows, ceilings, counters, cabinets, furniture, and various roofing systems.
• Use blueprints and drawings during construction and maintenance of facilities.
• Operate and maintain construction equipment and hand tools, including gas‑driven/electric tools, rotating drills, woodworking machines, band saw, mortise, drill press, power saw, joiner, shaper, wood lathe and other related power and hand tools.
• Inspect facilities and equipment to determine installation, maintenance, and repair needs.
• Estimate materials and costs.
• Apply productivity time guidelines and other required data to repair forms, maintain records, and prepare daily activity reports.
• Recommend, scope, estimate capital repairs, equipment repair, and replacement.
• Demonstrate a hands‑on approach to installation, maintenance, and repair work across trade areas.
• Maintain reports; estimate materials, labor, and equipment costs.
• Observe all safety practices.
• Program, monitor, and update computer control systems and settings.
• Participate in snow removal duties as assigned.
• May be required to be on‑call to address emergent needs.
• Resolve problems encountered during daily operations and determine standards for problem resolution, including escalations from clients.
• Assist with creation/implementation and coordination of assigned projects utilizing contractors, vendors, and staff.
• Respond to project issues and advise pertinent issues to the Associate Director.
• Maintain a positive, helpful, and solution‑oriented demeanor when interacting with staff, members, and visitors.
• Regular attendance at the worksite is required.
• All Gardens employees must be committed to the mission of connecting people with plants, especially plants from the Rocky Mountain region and similar regions…