ALC Controls Technician

Certified Control Systems•Brunswick, GA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Certified Controls seeks an ALC Controls Technician to commission and maintain customer systems using pneumatic, electrical, and electronic technologies. The role includes testing, programming, startup, commissioning, servicing, calibration, and maintenance of building automation systems and related equipment. The technician maintains accurate as-built drawings and project documentation, configures operator workstations, supports turnover to service, and tracks job progress while keeping project personnel informed. The technician serves as a direct customer contact, identifies and repairs equipment and system issues at customer locations, and coordinates with managers, project personnel, customers, subcontractors, and other trades to meet project requirements. Work includes reviewing contract documents and approved scope changes, troubleshooting controls and building automation equipment, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The role may involve overtime, varied shift hours, occasional travel, and meeting short or unpredictable deadlines. The company describes its work environment as challenging and rewarding, with an emphasis on teamwork, results, honesty, integrity, and safety.

Requirements

Five years of electrical experience with 120 VAC, 24 VAC, 24 VDC, and 12 VDC, preferably involving low-voltage control systems.
Five years of experience with mechanical systems, including chillers, air handlers, VAV systems, boilers, and other mechanical equipment.
Ability to work with ladder logic, relay logic, controllers, and field-controllable devices.
Knowledge of startup and commissioning of building automation control systems.
Ability to work with multiple control systems, potentially at different sites on a daily basis.
Ability to maintain courteous, positive relationships with customers.
Ability to verify devices, panels, and annunciators on controls projects.
Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with supervisors and crew members and work independently and as a team member.
Ability to work overtime, varied shift hours, and occasional travel as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Automated Logic systems and networks.

Responsibilities

Implement startup, commissioning, and recommissioning of customer systems using pneumatic, electrical, and electronic technologies.
Maintain accurate as-built drawing packages and update drawings and related materials using Visio, Excel, and Word as required.
Calibrate systems using basic electronic test equipment, including multimeters, network terminals, and laptop computers.
Perform static and dynamic commissioning of software programming.
Set up operator workstations and associated software.
Manage the turnover process to service.
Track and record job progress and keep lead project personnel informed.
Inform project management of concerns and issues.
Complete timesheets, expense reports, work-order postings, on-site documentation, and project status reports on time.
Test, program, start up, commission, and service assigned projects and accounts.
Serve as a direct customer contact; identify, analyze, diagnose, and repair equipment and systems at customer locations to support customer satisfaction.
Coordinate with the Controls Manager, project managers, and customers to understand on-site installation and repair requirements, examine building layouts, track issues, gather materials, and synchronize on-site work.
Enforce safety standards and maintain security and accountability of company-issued and procured assets.
Maintain project documentation, including commissioning documents, daily reports, as-builts, and status reports.
Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with company members, clients, subcontractors, and other trade contractors.
Meet short or unpredictable deadlines as needed.
Perform point-to-point checkout, commissioning, diagnostic, and maintenance procedures on building automation systems, front-end workstations, servers, and electrical and pneumatic controls.
Troubleshoot and repair building automation system panels and associated communications equipment, printed circuit boards, power supplies, electrical and electronic controls, sensors, and transducers.
Edit building automation system point programs, including determining conversion patterns, defining point acronyms, and obtaining alarm specifications from operating personnel.
Consult with the Project Manager about scope additions and deductions, priorities, and deadlines.
Review contract documents and reconcile them with RFIs and project correspondence concerning approved additional scope; confirm with the Project Manager what work should be executed.
Assist with job commissioning, startup procedures, and owner training when necessary.
Prepare sketches showing as-built locations of wiring and equipment.
Attend project meetings as necessary.
Read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings, communicate clearly with supervisors and crew members, and work independently or as part of a team.
Observe safety, health, and loss-prevention rules, practices, procedures, and work-specific safety instructions.