Command Center System Technician, Associate

UPMC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC is actively hiring a Command Center System Technician, Associate in Pittsburgh, PA. This role involves supervising and monitoring various building systems and ensuring a safe environment across UPMC facilities.

The ideal candidate will have HVAC experience and thrive in a fast-paced environment, working varied shifts, including weekends. This position will also require collaboration with field engineers and act as a liaison during emergencies.

Qualifications

• Prior experience within HVAC.
• Ability to troubleshoot and perform operational checks on infrastructure systems.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 surveillance of building systems.
• Collaborate with engineers to resolve failures immediately.
• Serve as liaison during emergencies.

Skills

HVAC experience

Data analysis

Communication

Job description

UPMC Corporate Facilities Maintenance and Engineering is hiring a Command Center System Technician, Associate to join our team! This role will work varied days, which will include weekend and holidays. The position will work a variety of shifts, including daylight, evening and overnight hours. At times, the position can require travel to other UPMC Facilities as needed.

The role will be supervising and monitoring building environmental systems to maintain a safe and comfortable environment for patients, visitors, students and team member in all UPMC Corporate system facilities infrastructures. As well as serving as redundancy for coordinate activities of city fire, police departments, and/or other local government official with UPMC staff during emergencies.

We are looking for someone strategic, thrives in fast-paced, enjoys variety of tasks and has prior experience within HVAC. If this sounds exciting to you, look no further and apply today!

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Responsibilities:

• Provide support of 24/7/365 surveillance of and trouble shoot failures of building systems, fire systems, safety systems and climate control systems through data displays in the command center.
• Collaborate and communicate with the engineers in the field to resolve failures immediately. Consult and coordinate with security, dispatch, and facilities member in non-routine situations.
• Serve as communication liaison between UPMC on-call and dispatch team, city fire, police, and contractors during emergencies and/or when unresolved problems arise. Recommend corrective action when appropriate through UPMC Facilities work order system. Evaluate conflicting information, document, and initiate action to resolve in timely manner.
• Serve as a redundancy for maintaining trends or data to meet compliance requirements.
• Advise UPMC system facilities compliance team on adverse trends and potential problems. Recommend corrective action and notify the appropriate personnel when out of compliance. Maintain the data integrity such as logs and records related to compliance.
• Initiate work orders for repairs found necessary during routine activities. Open the work orders through UPMC Facilities work order system.
• Troubleshoot and perform operational checks of infrastructure systems through fault detection diagnostic, including but not limited to building automation system, pneumatic tube system, and others.
• Work closely with the engineers on the installation and programming of building systems during any construction projects.
• Use software engineering tools and a thorough understanding of HVAC systems to service the programmable controllers.
• Present knowledge of all emergency procedures. Advise UPMC team in following these procedures.