Facilities Chief Engineer

Facilities Chief Engineer

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is an arm’s-length federal agency responsible for the shared stewardship of the lands and waters that make up the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest port. Our mandate, as outlined in the Canada Marine Act, is to enable Canada’s trade objectives on behalf of all Canadians, ensuring the safe movement of goods through the Port of Vancouver while protecting the environment and considering local communities.

As an organization with a significant impact on communities and businesses across Canada, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is dedicated to diversity, inclusion, and sustainability. We strive to create a workplace that mirrors the richness of our community, empowering all employees to achieve their full potential.

• Supervise and support a team of skilled Power Engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and performance oversight while promoting a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Set clear expectations and support staff development through regular feedback, coaching, and skill-building opportunities, while ensuring employees receive necessary training to enhance their competencies and meet operational requirements.
• Oversee daily operations, maintenance and repair activities, ensuring effective scheduling, prioritization, and task completion aligned with service level standards, key performance indicators and facility goals.
• Act as the primary technical resource for the plant, facility systems and infrastructure, assisting with troubleshooting and guiding complex problem resolution.
• Foster a safety‑first culture by ensuring regulatory compliance, promoting safe practices, and supporting the development and execution of maintenance and safety procedures.
• Oversee all aspects of plant operations to ensure the safe, compliant, and efficient performance of heating, cooling, mechanical, and pressure systems. Provide technical leadership and ensure 24/7 system reliability across the facility.
• Establish, document, and enforce operational standards, setpoints, and performance parameters for plant and facility equipment and systems. Ensure team adherence to technical best practices, while fostering a proactive and accountable operational culture.
• Lead energy management initiatives by analyzing building automation data, trend logs, and performance analytics. Identify and implement strategies to improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and support sustainability and carbon‑reduction goals.
• Oversee utility metering systems and infrastructure for steam, electricity, gas, and water.
• Ensure accurate monitoring, data integrity, and internal reporting to support billing, variance analysis, and utility forecasting. Investigate anomalies and collaborate on solutions to enhance energy accountability and performance.
• Support the development and implementation of preventive maintenance programs that align with best practices, manufacturer guidelines, and compliance requirements.
• Supervise the execution of daily maintenance and repair activities, ensuring alignment with schedules developed by the Maintenance Planner and Coordinator.
• Supervise work order assignments and progress, conduct site inspections, and ensure maintenance tasks are completed efficiently and to high‑quality standards in line with operational goals. Oversee and track budgets and expenditures to maintain cost control.
• Allocate staff effectively to meet workload demands and service level standards, balancing operations, scheduled maintenance, repairs, customer requests, replacements, and project support.
• Collaborate with assigned maintenance team members to ensure accurate forecasting of resource needs and task durations.
• Support the delivery of capital and operational projects, including system upgrades, replacements, equipment installations, and infrastructure renewals.
• Oversee the work of consultants, contractors, and service providers to ensure compliance with safety protocols, technical specifications, contractual obligations, and project timelines for work within the Chief Engineer’s scope of responsibility.
• Ensure operations and maintenance…