Journeyperson Control Technician

University of Toronto • Toronto, ON

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision of the Working Supervisor, the incumbent maintains, installs, troubleshoots and calibrates all types of Sensors, instruments and programmable controllers on environmental/control systems in the University’s buildings at the St. George Campus.

Requirements

• Diploma from a recognized Ontario technical college as an Instrumentation Technician or Building Environmental systems.
• Minimum of 5 years’ practical experience in the programming maintenance, installation, troubleshooting of DDC and Building automation control systems; as well as, pneumatic, electromechanical, electronic and programmable controllers related to building HVAC.
• Reading and interpreting circuit & control diagrams and schematics.
• Inspecting and testing the operation of instruments and systems to diagnose faults using testing Instruments.
• Refurbishing and servicing final control elements.
• Completing maintenance reports, repairing and adjusting system and replacing defective parts.
• Calibrating instruments, performing scheduled preventative maintenance work on control and measurement instruments for existing or new plant equipment, observing safety in accordance with government and company standards.
• Personal computer skills in Windows, Word, Excel, Email and programming knowledge in Siemens(Apogee), Honeywell (Comfort point-EBI) and Johnson Control (Metasys – CCT,SCT, GX9100, HVAC Pro).
• Programming and setting up network control systems with functional block diagram (FBD), Statement Logic (STL) and Ladder logic (LL) based application environments.
• Verify and calibrate various flow and BTU meters (used for billing).
• Strong communication skills in English (written/oral), must be a team player and enjoy working in a structured team environment.
• Must be a member in good standing of The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 353 or willing to join.

Responsibilities

• Inspects, troubleshoots and tests the operation of control systems and life/safety monitoring systems to diagnose faults and resolves breakdowns.
• Repairs, maintains, calibrates, adjusts and installs measuring and control instrumentation.
• Using engineering drawings wires up control panels, setup pneumatic control logics.
• Installs new BAS instrumentation equipment on existing running systems.
• Performs scheduled preventative maintenance work on control equipment including instrument replacement.
• Updating DDC/DCS programs from sequence narratives.
• Works with Working Supervisor, Building Operating Engineers, to establish new or better means of controlling temperatures and humidity in buildings and experimental labs as required.
• Maintains or revises maintenance procedures for newly installed equipment or instruments used for testing, measuring, monitoring and controlling flows, levels, pressures, temperatures and other variables.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree