Job Title
Building Automation Systems Controls Engineer
Department
Energy Systems
Worker Type
Regular
Pay Type
Salary
Position Salary Minimum
105,000
Position Salary Maximum
125,000
Salary will be commensurate with the level of the position, education, and experience.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Benefit Eligible
Yes
Screening Date
2025-12-01
Job Description Summary
The Controls Engineer manages, plans, organizes, and controls a multi-faceted Building Automation System (BAS) across the Oxford, Middletown, and Hamilton campuses, encompassing over 300,000 control points and 600 field panels.
The system consists of a combination of Siemens and Delta controls. The work involves providing direction and support for network infrastructure, head-end software, and hardware; administering service agreements; diagnosing and repairing system and component problems; creating and modifying control programs; and performing minor control hardware installation. The Engineer serves as the university's primary technical authority on building controls, coordinating with university project managers and outside contractors to ensure system standards and sequences of operation are met. A primary function of this role is to proactively monitor and modify building sequences of operation to ensure optimum performance and drive campus-wide energy efficiency. The Controls Engineer manages and develops a team of internal technicians and oversees the work of outside contractors. This position also manages and evaluates the effectiveness of a retro-commissioning program. Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Description
Essential Duties:
- Leadership & Management: Provides direction, focus, guidance, support, and prioritization for a well-developed campus-wide BAS infrastructure. Implements new and enforces existing programs, policies, and procedures that result in high levels of performance. Keeps superiors informed and is responsive to directives. Actively supports departmental and institutional goals through strategic BAS management. Evaluates performance, sets goals for direct reports, and participates in hiring recommendations.
- Daily Operations Management: Ensures the central BAS and individual workstations are functioning properly. Coordinates device-level diagnosis and repair with applicable trade shops. Serves as the central point of contact for specific control needs from the campus community. Develops and analyzes reports on BAS alarms and the performance of building systems. Administers service agreements with providers where applicable.
- Energy Efficiency Optimization: Drives energy efficiency initiatives by developing methods, practices, and metrics to monitor and modify building system sequences of operation. Recommends capital projects, new processes, and other concepts to increase campus energy efficiency and reduce utility consumption, coordinating efforts with other organizational units.
- Technical Support and Guidance: Provides supervisors and service technicians with expert technical support, leveraging the BAS as a primary diagnostic tool. Retains and engages technical staff in solving complex problems and fosters a culture of continuous improvement and professional development. Provides expert technical support for 24-hour, 7-day-a-week operations.
- Contractor Oversight: Performs contract administration for BAS-related work. Inspects work in progress and upon completion to ensure quality control and adherence to university standards.
- Long-Range Planning: Coordinates with IT Services on long-range networking and hardware infrastructure needs. Supports and provides direction to project managers on standardized equipment, installation practices, and sequence of operation deliverables. Develops and presents long- and short-range plans that align with industry shifts in BAS technology.
- Record-Keeping & Documentation: Develops and enforces policies and work practices that result in accurate as-built drawings and documented sequences of operation for all building systems.
- Technology Implementation: Stays abreast of industry trends and recommends the adoption of mature, beneficial technology for the campus BAS.
- Retro-Commissioning Program: Is responsible for maintaining and developing new processes to support an HVAC/controls retro-commissioning team to ensure existing buildings operate at peak efficiency.
- Safety & Compliance: Monitors the use of personal protective equipment and procedures to ensure all maintenance and testing operations are conducted in a safe manner. Coordinates and documents safety training for key university employees to maintain high operational standards.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field plus a minimum of five (5) years of full-time experience programming, installing, maintaining, and/or operating a complex building automation system; (OR)
- Related associate’s degree plus a minimum of eight (8) years of full-time experience programming, installing, maintaining, and/or operating a complex building automation system; (OR)
- A minimum of ten (10) years of full-time, verifiable experience programming, installing, maintaining, and/or operating a complex building automation system.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering plus a minimum of five (5) years of full-time experience programming, installing, maintaining, and/or operating a complex building automation system.
- Direct experience managing a BAS in a large, multi-building campus environment.
- Experience and knowledge of Siemens & Delta Building Automation Systems and their programming languages.
- Experience with HVAC new construction commissioning, re-commissioning, and BACnet protocol.
- Professional certification such as Certified Automation Professional (CAP), Certified Controls Engineer (CCE), or Siemens SITRAIN Certification.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Specific Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of network infrastructure, control processes, hardware, BAS software, and systems integration. Strong working knowledge of large-scale facility systems, including electrical devices, air-conditioning, heating, ventilation, chillers, boilers, energy management systems, fan systems, and pumping systems.
- Technical Understanding: The ability to read, interpret, and understand drawings, specifications, sequences of operation, and other technical data. Proven ability to create and modify complex programs within a Siemens Apogee/Desigo system.
- Attention to Detail: Ability to maintain detailed and complete records of system alterations and perform clear notifications for system outages.
- Communication Skills: Excellent ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and translate complex technical information for a wide range of persons, including non-technical stakeholders.
- Customer Service Skills: A thorough understanding of modern customer service theories and practices.
- Managerial Complexity: Must be able to successfully handle multiple tasks at once and determine appropriate priorities. Must be able to make independent interpretations and decisions that are in the best interest of the organization.
- Computer Skills: Must be proficient in the use of business application software and experienced in the use of a computerized maintenance management software (CMMS)
Additional Position Information (if applicable)
Required Application Documents
resume
Special Instructions (if applicable)
None
Additional Information
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