Central Plant Watch Engineer
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
New York, NYFull-time$81.47/hrPosted 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed today
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The Central Plant Watch Engineer supervises, monitors, and operates combined heat and power and chilled water systems and connected equipment. The role responds to changing operating conditions to maintain continuous plant performance, performs preventive maintenance, and supervises operations personnel. The position requires a high school education, relevant experience, specified licenses, and knowledge of plant systems, maintenance routines, and operating conditions.
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SHIFT: Monday - Friday 7:00AM - 3:00PM
Supervise, monitor, and operate combined heat and power and chilled water systems and connected equipment to perform safely and efficiently; monitor and respond to changes in operating conditions to maintain continuous plant performance; perform preventive maintenance duties and routines. Supervise operations personnel.
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Required Education:High School Graduate. Refrigeration License, Steam LicensePreferred Education:Trade School or other Post-Elementary Education Electrical LicenseRequired Experience:Ten years relevant experiencePreferred Experience:N/ARequired Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:- Knowledge of combined heat and power and chilled water systems, equipment and proper operating conditions. - Knowledge of maintenance routines and standards. - Good written and verbal communications skills, good interpersonal skills. - Basic knowledge/familiarity with computer applications such as email. - Positive attitude, willingness to collaborate and team with others to accomplish work efficiently and to high quality standards. Essential Requirements of the Position: - Proficient in English (e.g., reading directions and instructions written in English)Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:Knowledge of University and department policies, processes, and quality standards.
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In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the hourly rate for this position is USD $81.473. This rate is based on bargaining unit contracts. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.
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Posting Number2026-16116
Posted Date (10/29/2026 9:15 AM)
Location : LocationUS-NY-New York
Hybrid Remote Work ClassificationNot Applicable
DepartmentCogen Operations and Maintenance
School/DivisionCapital Projects and Facilities (WS2548)
Compensation GradeLocal 810
UnionLocal 810 - I.B.T. (International Brotherhood of Teamsters)
FT/PTFull-Time
CategoryCampus/Auxilary/Transportation, Facilities, Public Safety
How this job compares
Set against the 746 open Facilities Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$81.47/hr
- US median$34–42/hr144 hourly ranges
This rate, $81.47/hr, is 118% above the US median midpoint ($37/hr) — in the top quarter of Facilities Engineer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 44 open Facilities Engineer jobs in New York and 746 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Facilities Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 561 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 350 of the 746 open Facilities Engineer jobs (47%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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