DDC Specialist - Facilities & Services

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign•Urbana, IL

1d•$69,752 - $94,380

About The Position

A Direct Digital Control (DDC) Specialist monitors campus direct digital controls, reviews system status, and makes setpoint adjustments. The role provides basic support for facilities construction, renovation, and maintenance related to building automation systems. The posting describes three possible levels—DDC Specialist I, II, and III—with level and salary determined by assessment of qualifications, experience, internal salary equity, applicable agreements, and budget constraints. The position supports the Energy Management Control Center and campus facilities operations. Work is generally performed in an office, with occasional field visits to equipment rooms that may be hot, cold, dusty, or noisy. Workload can be fast-paced. The role provides 24/7 emergency support for DDC and Card Access systems. This is a 100% full-time Civil Service appointment on a 12-month basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after December 7, 2026. Salary depends on level: DDC Specialist I, $69,751.50; DDC Specialist II, $82,075.50; or DDC Specialist III, $94,380. The position is not eligible for work-authorization sponsorship and is intended to be eligible for benefits, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, a retirement plan, paid time off, and tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
For DDC Specialist I, two years of work experience in IT-related functions, such as hardware/software support, programming, network design, network engineering, IT systems integration, or a closely related field. Relevant college coursework may count toward this experience using the stated semester-hour conversion table or its proportional equivalent.
For DDC Specialist I, demonstrated experience in building automation programming and/or completion of HVAC vocational training or training in a related field; experience may be concurrent.
Competency with computers and software.
Basic electronic knowledge.
Mathematical aptitude.
Analytical ability for problem solving.
Ability to learn the building systems served by the building automation system.
DDC Specialist II additionally requires demonstrated building automation programming experience, experience equivalent to vocational training, at least one factory training certification in Siemens or Schneider Building Automation Systems, and experience modifying graphical user interfaces; experience may be concurrent.
DDC Specialist III additionally requires three total years of IT-related work experience, with relevant college coursework counted according to the stated conversion table or its proportional equivalent; demonstrated building automation programming experience; experience equivalent to vocational training; at least two factory training certifications in the same system, either Siemens or Schneider Electric Building Automation System; and experience creating or building custom graphical user interfaces. Experience may be concurrent.

Responsibilities

Monitor, maintain, and make minor programming and setpoint adjustments to campus DDC and Card Access systems, with assistance from higher-level DDC Specialists.
Review connected building equipment and systems in response to craft-person requests or alarm conditions.
Assist with troubleshooting by verifying sensor operation, inputs and outputs, and controller communication.
Assist with commissioning, startup, and checkout of new building automation systems and Electronic Access Control installations.
Assist the Energy Management Control Center with daily activities.
Maintain controller databases, equipment inventories, system documentation, and logs of building systems and monitored applications.
Maintain and update files associated with alarm handling and critical alarm paging.
Support campus customers, students, and Facilities and Services groups and shops, including HTML programming and implementation of web interfaces and graphics.
Review graphics while assisting with system troubleshooting.
Provide data trending and reports.
Provide 24/7 emergency support for DDC and Card Access systems.
Perform other duties as assigned.