Building Engineer

Why WHIN?

WHIN Music Community Charter School is the first school of its kind! Built on the principles of El Sistema, WHIN is a place where children learn, grow, and make music together. At WHIN, we are building a nucleo, a community where staff, families, and students work together to make a powerful shift in public education that puts learners’ needs first.

Our Mission:

To provide our diverse student population with rigorous academic instruction, intensive music education and a positive learning environment so that every student can thrive academically and socio emotionally.

We believe…

• that all children deserve a high-quality education, with access to academic rigor, music creation, and a holistic approach to developing character.
• that a collaboration with families ensures the greatest success for our learners.
• that restorative justice, inquiry-based hands on learning, and authentic learning experiences provide the most effective environments for growth, success, and joy.

We are looking for staff who are…

• looking to grow and prosper in a collaborative work environment.
• excited about teaching in a school and neighborhood where diversity is central.

In action, our mission looks like caring deeply about all aspects of our young learners’ potential. We make academics a priority while also ensuring students’ character and personal growth. With music at our core, students experience working together to create something bigger than their individual skills every single day, and this approach extends to our classrooms where project-based, hands-on learning cultivates curious, creative, and hardworking learners.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Building Engineer at WHIN reports directly to the Director of Operations and is responsible for ensuring effective and efficient day-to-day building operations. Key responsibilities include:

• Facilities Maintenance:
• Serve as the primary on-call responder for emergency facility issues, available 24/7 via phone, email, and in person when necessary.
• Provide data for any needed facilities related reports including but not limited to, inspection report, sustainability reports, etc…
• Maintain immaculate and detailed administrative records, floor plans and permits.
• Perform routine general maintenance and non-technical repairs to buildings, fixtures, walls, floors, equipment and furniture as assigned.
• Participate in other assigned activities such as moving and arranging furniture, cleaning and restoring campus facilities during vacation periods and delivering materials to locations.
• Coordinate preventative, routine and reactive repair maintenance of all building systems
• Building Compliance:
  • Maintain up-to-date building documentation and certifications
• Vendor Relations:
  • Manage relationships with facilities vendors
  • Create and maintain a reliable, vetted and current vendor list for every trade and building need.

Qualifications for the Building Engineer :

• Minimum of 2-5 years of experience as an effective building manager, preferably in a school setting.
• Familiarity with key building systems such as boiler, electrical, plumbing, and security.
•  Comfort utilizing technology to communicate, track and organize work and information (e.g. Google Suite, documents, spreadsheets).Strong time and task management skills with the ability to prioritize multiple obligations.

• Systems-thinking problem solving approach 
• Deep rooted belief in continuous improvement
• Pride in providing a clean and safe environment for students and staff

Requirements: 

• Within 6 weeks of hire, obtain and maintain: 
  • S-95 and S-97 Certificate of Fitness for Supervision of Fire Alarm Systems
  • F-07 and D-10 Fire Drill Conductor
  • S-13 Citywide Standpipe Systems
  • S-12 Citywide Sprinkler Systems
• Ability to lift items weighing up to 75lbs.

Compensation & Benefits: Salary $90,000-110,000. WHIN Music Community Charter School offers a competitive salary and benefits, fun and professional working environment, as well as ongoing development opportunities. 

EEO Policy: WHIN Music Community Charter School is an equal rights and opportunity agency and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, ancestry, marital status, or any other legally protected classification in its activities, educational programs, or employment practices as required by Title VI, IX, and Section 504.              

To Apply: Apply online at https://www.whinmusic.org/our-team/work-at-whin/ rk-at-whin/