24/7 Building Automation Operator – Critical Facilities

HTI Ltd; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunton Services, a leader in critical facility operations, seeks a dependable Plant BAS Operator in Childress, TX. You will monitor the Central Utility Plant and HVAC systems using BAS/BMS and Ignition SCADA, identify issues, and take authorized actions to maintain uptime and safety.

Responsibilities include reviewing alarms and trends, coordinating field verification, maintaining logs, and supporting maintenance and shift turnover in a 24/7 environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 2–5 years of BAS/BMS or critical facilities experience.
• Hands-on experience monitoring and operating BAS/BMS-controlled HVAC systems.
• Familiarity with chillers, pumps, VFDs, sensors, actuators.
• Ability to interpret BAS/BMS graphics, alarms, trends, P&IDs, sequences.
• Experience in 24/7 critical operations.
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office and CMMS.
• Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Monitor Central Utility Plant, HVAC, and mechanical equipment through BAS/BMS, Ignition BMS/SCADA, and related control interfaces.
• Track equipment status, temperatures, pressures, flow rates, loads, setpoints, alarms, and system trends.
• Operate authorized equipment and control functions, including chillers, pumps, cooling equipment, air-handling units, rooftop units, valves, VFDs, equipment starts and stops, resets, and lead/lag changes.
• Respond to alarms and abnormal conditions by reviewing system data, coordinating field verification, completing approved operational actions, and escalating issues according to site procedures.
• Use alarms, trends, historical data, and field observations to identify developing equipment or control issues before they affect plant capacity or reliability.
• Maintain awareness of plant capacity, equipment availability, redundancy, active maintenance, temporary operating conditions, and equipment that is out of service.
• Immediately communicate conditions that could affect uptime, safety, plant reliability, or customer operations.
• Coordinate troubleshooting with field operators, BAS programmers, controls technicians, HVAC technicians, commissioning teams, contractors, and site leadership.
• Assist with resolving issues involving equipment, sensors, actuators, controllers, system communications, and sequences of operation.
• Conduct or coordinate plant rounds to verify BAS/BMS readings against actual field conditions and confirm that operating records are complete and accurate.
• Maintain shift logs, alarm records, equipment-status reports, work orders, event documentation, and shift-turnover information.
• Document equipment failures, operational changes, corrective actions, temporary conditions, and outstanding concerns.
• Support preventive and corrective maintenance by coordinating equipment availability, shutdowns, startups, equipment swaps, and post-maintenance operational verification.
• Participate in shift turnover and communicate active alarms, equipment under repair, work in progress, and operational priorities to incoming personnel.
• Follow established SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, change-management processes, Lockout/Tagout requirements, customer standards, and Hunton Services safety policies.
• Assist with developing, reviewing, validating, and improving operating procedures, alarm-response guidance, documentation, and control-room practices.
• Maintain a clean and professional control-room environment.
• Participate in ongoing BAS/BMS, HVAC, safety, and critical-facilities training.

Skills

BAS/BMS monitoring

HVAC systems operation

Troubleshooting

Alarm handling

Documentation

Communication

CMMS experience

Microsoft Office

Shift work

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma or GED

Assoc degree or technical cert in HVAC/building automation

Tools

Ignition BMS/SCADA

Tridium Niagara N4

BACnet

Distech

Trane

Job description

Hunton Services, a leader in critical facility operations, seeks a dependable Plant BAS Operator in Childress, TX. You will monitor the Central Utility Plant and HVAC systems using BAS/BMS and Ignition SCADA, identify issues, and take authorized actions to maintain uptime and safety.

Responsibilities include reviewing alarms and trends, coordinating field verification, maintaining logs, and supporting maintenance and shift turnover in a 24/7 environment.