Engineering Associate

Company Overview

Headquartered in New York with a nationally-scaled platform, RXR is a 450+ person, vertically integrated investment manager with expertise in a wide array of value creation activities, including acquisitions, asset and portfolio management, property operations, development, construction, leasing, and technological innovation. RXR is an active investor in real estate credit, rental housing, commercial property, and property technology through value-added and opportunistic investment strategies.

The Engineering Associate plays an integral role in the overall success of RXR’s engineering department. Under the leadership of the VP - Head of will assist with all aspects of engineering operations, including engineering asset management/maintenance, project management, data analysis, reporting, and management of strategic projects. The associate will assist the team with property engineering services.

• Assist in the day-to-day performance of the delivery of services at the property level, ensuring operations are in line with best practices and established procedures. Assist with governance practices to ensure properties are operated, maintained, and tested per local, state, and national requirements.
• Interface with corporate teams, ensuring compliance with all policies and procedures. Reach all performance goals, including quantitative cost savings and qualitative customer service ratings.
• Assist with metrics and objectives for engineering staff; support performance and compensation processes in line with union collective bargaining agreements.
• Build and maintain robust relationships with the Property Teams. Assist with the development and operation of portfolio and property-level preventative/predictive maintenance programs; regularly track monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual progress.
• Assist with administrative R&M audits to ensure corporate programs and local municipality guidelines are adhered to.
• Support the development and management of capital / operating financial budgeting and expenditures.
• Compile and review individual property metrics and compare against portfolio-wide metrics using analytics or other tools to ensure that the portfolio is being managed within goal parameters.
• Review potential and existing leasing for operational impacts.
• Provide input and support to strategic planning initiatives; in partnership with Portfolio Property Managers, identify cost savings opportunities. Participate in regional planning processes to develop portfolio-wide strategies.
• Assist with input to the annual operating plan for assigned assets.
• Review and assist with management of 3 rd party maintenance reports.
• Manage corporate guidelines and objectives to align the assets with industry best practices of predictive maintenance.
• Assist with input of multi-year capital infrastructure plan for assigned assets.
• Manage the collection and archiving of all critical documentation. Ensure that team members are properly maintaining archives of drawings, schematics, equipment operations manuals, warranty documents, and other critical information.
• Assist with purchase orders, requests for proposals, contract documentation, vendor management processes, and various vendor scope and fiscal documentation.
• Effectively manage communications across assets between team and management contacts, particularly in instances of critical emergencies (i.e., system failure, downtime).
• Assist with company ESG data analytics and reporting.
• Assist with the implementation and management of custom reporting as required.
• Perform property analytics, including property equipment and system management, energy and sustainability management, and financial management.
• Assist with incident management programming.
• Utilize suppliers for the effective delivery of maintenance and repair services in support of all applicable environments.
• Assist with periodic audit schedules, ensuring that all audits are 100% completed and properly recorded.
• Support the property teams to ensure the timely and cost-effective completion of all R&M-related violations. Proactively track all equipment and personnel permits (DOB, FDNY, DEP, etc.)…