Smart Building Controls Technician & Programmer

The Building People; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Rx

Dental

Vision

Flexible Spending Accounts

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance/AD&D

Long Term Disability and Short-Term

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

Job summary

The Building People, LLC, is seeking a Building Controls Technician to lead programming, configuration, and testing of Direct Digital Control (DDC) building automation systems for smart infrastructure in Austin, TX. The role works independently to meet project requirements with limited supervision.

Responsibilities include hardware/software design, commissioning, and owner training, with 25% travel to job sites.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience with programming, startup and commissioning of control systems.
• Niagara Ax or N4 certification is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer control system hardware and software programming based on project plans, specifications, and other contract documents.
• Ability to program projects with various levels of complexity.
• Capable of performing network troubleshooting, database troubleshooting and repair programming.
• Collaborates with the engineering team on the system configuration, network and software requirements, graphics, programming, and sequences of operations.
• Develop and configure the sequence of operations, programming, graphics, database, network, and integrations into third party systems.
• Maintains accurate and thorough project documentation and redlines.
• Provides owner training as required by the project.
• Executes system commissioning and functional testing.
• Assist in installation of control hardware.
• Startup and commission new hardware installations.
• Provide project management assistance on projects as required, interfacing directly to customers.
• Supervise sub-contractors and suppliers as needed.
• Help educate lower-level technicians through on the job training as needed.

Skills

DDC programming

HVAC control theory

Diagnostics & troubleshooting

Communication skills

Project coordination

Team collaboration

Documentation

Customer service

Electrical knowledge

Tools

Niagara Ax/N4 certification

MS Office

Job description

The Building People, LLC, is seeking a Building Controls Technician to lead programming, configuration, and testing of Direct Digital Control (DDC) building automation systems for smart infrastructure in Austin, TX. The role works independently to meet project requirements with limited supervision.

Responsibilities include hardware/software design, commissioning, and owner training, with 25% travel to job sites.