Building Automation Manager (BAS) - Columbia, MD

Compass Group•Columbia, MD

2d•$150,000 - $170,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Building Automation Manager (BAS) provides leadership, vision, and technical expertise for a healthcare system comprising ten hospitals. The primary focus of this role is to monitor, operate, manage, and enhance each hospital’s existing BAS, serving as the primary subject matter expert in automated controls. This involves researching and understanding each hospital’s unique BAS, operating them both on-site and remotely, and providing support to on-site operators. The role requires in-depth research and field investigations to identify system challenges and vulnerabilities, devising mitigation strategies, and contributing to capital improvement scoping and project management. The Building Automation Manager also plays a crucial role in crisis and event management during outages, service disruptions, or facility-related events, investigating root causes using the BAS and developing strategies to retrieve necessary data for cause determination. The manager is responsible for identifying operational problems with major building equipment controls and implementing solutions to improve performance and reliability. The selected candidate must possess extensive experience in Building Automation Systems, including programming for major building equipment, and experience as a controls technician, including physical installation and service of electronic and pneumatic systems. The role requires integrating engineering principles of mechanical (HVAC), electrical, and electronic systems, as well as computer hardware and software, into the installation, operation, inspection, preventative maintenance, and repair of hospital mechanical equipment, all in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and MedStar Health’s standards.

Requirements

Minimum 3-5 years controls experience in hospitals
Strong proficiency in Siemens Apogee Insight and Desigo CC software
Strong ability to read, comprehend, and critique MEP drawings
Working knowledge of JCI Metasys and Niagara Tridium front ends
Demonstrable technical proficiency for troubleshooting sensors and field devices
Demonstrable ability to lead training effectively
Good technical writing ability
Extensive experience in Building Automation Systems
Experience as a controls technician
Experience writing programming for the operation of major building equipment
Experience with physical installation of new work as well as service on existing systems of all ages both electronic and pneumatic
Ability to integrate engineering principles and technologies of mechanical (HVAC) systems, electrical systems, electronics, and computer hardware and software in the installation, operation inspection, preventative maintenance, and repair of systems operating hospital mechanical equipment.

Responsibilities

Monitor, operate, manage, and improve each hospital’s existing BAS.
Act as the primary subject matter expert in automated controls.
Examine and understand each hospital’s existing BAS, operating each system both on-site and remotely.
Provide support to on-site operators.
Identify unique challenges and system vulnerabilities and devise mitigation strategies.
Contribute to capital improvement scoping and other project management initiatives.
Play a key role in crises and event management during outages, service disruptions, or facility-related events.
Investigate events using the BAS to critically arrive at conclusions of root causes of failures or disruptions.
Devise strategies to assist in identifying data requirements needed when evaluating such events to allow cause determination and implement strategy to retrieve.
Identify operational problems or deficiencies with how major building equipment is controlled.
Identify, devise, implement, and monitor controls solutions to improve performance and reliability.
Write programming for the operation of major building equipment.
Perform physical installation of new work as well as service on existing systems of all ages both electronic and pneumatic.
Integrate engineering principles and technologies of mechanical (HVAC) systems, electrical systems, electronics, and computer hardware and software in the installation, operation inspection, preventative maintenance, and repair of systems operating hospital mechanical equipment.