Building Automation System Technician - ES III

Colorado State University•Fort Collins, CO

1d•$73,200 - $90,666•Onsite

About The Position

The Building Automation Services (BAS) department at Colorado State University provides essential trade maintenance services, including HVAC, electronic systems, and construction project management related to BAS HVAC systems. Their goal is to maintain a functional environment that meets or exceeds university needs for instruction, research, and outreach. BAS actively monitors, operates, maintains, improves, and expands the campus-wide BAS networked controls, graphics, and alarm management systems, impacting major building components like heating, ventilation, cooling, and building pressure. The buildings supported are used for instruction, research, and house advanced bio-safety level III containment and drug manufacturing facilities.

Requirements

3 years building automation controls experience.
A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to three (3) years.
Pre-employment Criminal and Motor Vehicle Background Check
Pre-employment Physical
Driver's License Required
Essential Services Designation
Shift Work
On-call Status
In-person

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with a major building control systems and products (e.g. JCI, Alerton, Siemens)
Journey-level experience troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving major HVAC mechanical systems
Ability to manage & troubleshoot Windows Systems / Hardware (e.g. Active Directory, domains, operating systems, VM’s, servers, switches, network management, security)
Experience working in OPC based platforms
Advanced knowledge of communication protocols for building automation systems
Demonstrated attention to detail
Demonstrated Written & Verbal communication skills required to provide professional customer service and contribute to the overall success of the team
Any certifications, licenses, or coursework in HVAC, networking, programming, electronics, or other related disciplines that may lead to exceptional performance as a Building Automation System Technician (ESIII) at Colorado State University.

Responsibilities

Writes and advises on appropriate software programming and hardware installation for new and retro commissioning projects.
Diagnoses all types of HVAC control system problems on an as-needed basis.
Provides training to other staff on systems and components related to BAS.
Helps resolve and troubleshoot building automation control problems.
Installs/programs digital control systems for monitoring and control of university and auxiliary building HVAC systems.
Acts as staff authority for all Alerton Controls BAS systems on campus and provides support and training to all other controls technicians.
Creates, modifies, and simulates programs for devices on campus using programming tools.
Downloads and tests functionality of modifications to ensure proper operation.
Updates old drawings or creates new, accurate control drawings, which will flow layouts, points schedules, sequence of operations, and wiring diagrams for each controller that is to be retrofitted.
Responds to work orders that require immediate attention to buildings on multiple campuses: Main Campus, parts of South Campus, East Campus, and the ARDEC Campus. These DIN (Do It Now) calls demand knowledge in multiple disciplines including HVAC, Electrical, TAB, Telecom, HVAC system knowledge, and device/controller knowledge.