Security Systems Designer II

25 Harris Mountain West, LLC (Ogden); Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 68,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life ins.

401K with company match

Vacation time, sick time, and paid hol

Paid Parental leave

Short-Term Incentive Plan

Job summary

Harris is looking for engineers and designers to collaborate with customers and internal teams to confirm security system intent, prepare design drawings, and update layouts based on field conditions. The role emphasizes coordination with multiple departments, documentation accuracy, and staying current with security technology and integration requirements.

As a national mechanical contractor, Harris offers stability, resources, and opportunities across sites while maintaining a local team

Responsibilities

• Pre-Design Drawings/Development: Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts, designs, and operational plans.
• Design Drawings/Development: Produce electrical, electronic, or mechanical drawings, sketches, blueprints, and/or engineering instructions for assembly, or other related documents or graphics necessary for security design.
• Responding to Changes in Scope: Consult with engineers to ensure that security equipment or systems meet design specifications. Modify, refine, or update designs to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, and field changes.
• Choosing Parts for Security Systems: Research equipment, select components that meet project specs, and submit purchase requests for outside material.
• Customer Service and Coordination: Present designs to customers and stakeholders for review and approval; resolve conflicts and coordination gaps.
• Documentation: Prepare submittals, device schedules, risers, BOMs, and related design records; interpret change orders for pricing and final documentation.
• Training: Instruct individuals on how to operate technical tools and equipment and suggest improvements.

Job description

Pre-Design Drawings/Development:

Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts, designs, and operational plans. Meet with customers, project teams, specialists, and stakeholders to confirm security system intent, owner standards, access control requirements, camera coverage, alarm points, fire/life-safety interfaces, network needs, and project scope before design development.

Design Drawings/Development:

Produce electrical, electronic, or mechanical drawings, sketches, blueprints, and/or engineering instructions for assembly, or other related documents or graphics necessary for security design. Translate security drawings into design specifications Examine project plans, specifications, door schedules, reflected ceiling plans, network standards, estimates, take-off sheets, and owner requirements to design effective and coordinated security systems.

Responding to Changes in Scope:

Consult with engineers to ensure that security equipment or systems meet design specifications. Maintains close contact with system specialist personnel and, depending on location, respond to material needs as they arise. Modify, refine, or update designs to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, I/O on controller, or changes in design trends as needed. Update device layouts, risers, point lists, camera schedules, access control point lists, intrusion zone lists, and security system design documents based on field changes and approved scope revisions. Stay current with security system technology, networked devices, video platforms, access control panels, intrusion systems, fire/life-safety interfaces, licensing, cabling, power, and integration requirements.

Choosing Parts for Security Systems:

Research security equipment and related component needs, sources, competitive prices, delivery times, licensing requirements, compatibility, and ongoing operational costs. Select access control, CCTV/video surveillance, intrusion detection, fire interface, network, power, cabling, and field device components that meet project specifications and functional requirements. May prepare material lists, coordinate substitutions, confirm product compatibility, and submit purchase requests for outside material.

Customer Service and Coordination:

Present designs, submittals, reports, device layouts, and system concepts to customers, engineers, project teams, and other stakeholders for review and approval. Independently and proactively resolves conflicts, questions, and coordination gaps involving doors, power, network, pathways, fire/life-safety interfaces, ceiling conditions, device locations, and owner standards before final system designs are issued. May respond to Requests for Information (RFIs), support design clarifications, and help customers or engineers understand security system functionality, limitations, and project impacts.

Documentation:

Prepares completed job documentation, including submittals, device schedules, risers, bill of materials, cable schedules, installation details, programming requirements, commissioning documents, and closeout documents that meet contract requirements. Generate security system input/output summaries, door hardware coordination notes, camera schedules, access control point lists, intrusion zone lists, and related design records. Document changes in material, equipment, device locations, network requirements, system configuration, and field conditions. Interpret change order requests and take necessary design action to support project completion, accurate pricing, and final documentation.

Training:

Instruct individuals on how to properly and efficiently operate technical tools and equipment. Help individuals understand how to affectively implement ideas. Guide individuals through the work day to assist with any needed tasks. Suggest new ways of doing or thinking about tasks to improve efficiency and/or quality of work.

Your life at Harris

As one of the country's leading mechanical contractors, Harris offers you the best of both worlds: the stability, resources and opportunities of a national company, and the team culture, creative spirit and customer loyalty of a local business. If you thrive on variety and new challenges, we want to meet you! From stadiums to manufacturing facilities, power plants to hospitals, concert halls to classrooms, we handle projects of all sizes and complexity from multiple regional locations across the country.

Harris Benefits + Compensation

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401K with company match
• Vacation time, sick time, and paid holidays
• Paid Parental leave
• Short-Term Incentive Plan Visit our Careers Page for additional benefit details: https://www.harriscompany.com/careers/employee-benefits-at-a-glance.

Pay Range: $67,524.87 - $101,287.31

The actual salary offer will vary by candidate based on a wide range of factors such as specific skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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As one of the country’s leading mechanical contractors, Harris offers you the best of both worlds: the stability, resources and opportunities of a national company, and the team culture, creative spirit and customer loyalty of a local business. If you thrive on variety and new challenges, we want to meet you! From stadiums to manufacturing facilities, power plants to hospitals, concert halls to classrooms, we handle projects of all sizes and complexity from multiple regional locations across the country.