System Integration Manager, Building Automation

DAC, Inc.; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DAC, Inc. is seeking a System Integration Manager to lead Systems Specialists and Support Specialists during project commissioning for HVAC control systems.

You will coordinate with IT, Engineering, and Installation teams to ensure access to tools, parts and information for startup and warranty resolution. The role requires strong English communication, professionalism, and extensive experience in HVAC control system startup and field implementation.

Qualifications

• HVAC control systems knowledge and field startup experience.
• Strong English communication, both oral and written.
• Willingness to coordinate across departments and manage commissioning/warranty tasks.

Responsibilities

• Manage all Systems Specialists and Support Specialists, coordinate with Commissioning Managers, IT, Engineering, and Installation departments to ensure that Specialists have all tools, parts and information for startup and warranty troubleshooting.
• Dispatching and assignment of projects to direct reports in collaboration with Project Managers for proper resource allocation.
• Document defective parts to ensure proper asset utilization and accurate job-costing.
• Ensure startup punch lists are finalized by Engineering/Software and installation.
• Identify, produce and maintain all contract documents and as-built/commissioning documentation for the project Operations Manual.
• Study project scope and sales agreements to ensure commissioning within scope; understand addendums and changes.
• Understand contractual conditions; coordinate for temporary cooling/heating needs; manage changes and delays.
• Develop start-up and commissioning procedures; produce a commissioning standard document for technicians.
• Provide first-response warranty service and coordinate with service dispatch; document warranty issues and completion records.
• Provide feedback to Installation, Software and Engineering on quality improvements.
• Provide monthly progress percentage reports to the Project Manager for progress billings.
• Pursue established profit margins for commissioning and warranty through project completion; manage time sheets and hours.

Skills

HVAC control systems

Field startup knowledge

English communication

Education

High School Diploma

Four-year degree preferred

Job description

System Integration Manager Position Responsibilities:

• Manage all Systems Specialists and Support Specialists, coordinate with Commissioning Managers, IT, Engineering, and Installation departments to ensure that Specialists have all the tools, parts and information needed to efficiently startup projects and troubleshoot warranty issues. This includes vehicles, laptops, meters, controllers, engineering submittals, vendor manuals, and installation assistance etc.
• Perform managerial tasks for assigned direct reports including System and Support Specialist. Managerial responsibilities include hiring, termination, mentoring, time sheet approval, and performance coaching and evaluations.
• Dispatching and assignment of projects to direct reports. This task will be performed in collaboration with Project Managers to ensure proper resource allocation to meet project schedules.
• Properly document defective parts to ensure that DAC provides all necessary information to ensure that our assets are utilized, and job-costed properly.
• Ensure startup punch lists are finalized by Engineering/Software and installation.
• Identify, produce and keep current all contract documents for the work to be executed and documented during project commissioning. Upon completion ensure as-built documentation and commissioning documentation is turned in as part of the project Operations Manual.
• Study and understand the project scope and conditions of our sales agreements with the project specifications and ensure project is commissioned within our scope of work. Identify, and become totally familiar with addendums, specification changes, and all changes issued to date that affect commissioning.
• Study and understand the contractual conditions under which we must perform our work. Recognize and work with the customer for temporary cooling and heating needs. Recognize and control changes and job conditions such as delays, acceleration, suspension, occupancy, availability, sequence, construction, services, misinterpretation, errors, cardinal changes, and warranty.
• Determine procedures for process of start-up and commissioning. Generate, issue, and maintain a DAC Commissioning standard book to all technicians.
• Provide first response warranty service for projects. Coordinate with the service dispatcher to ensure warranty requests are received and responded to. Evaluate if requests are warranty and then perform the warranty task. Keep documentation on warranty issues and keep customer informed with completion records.
• Provide feedback to Installation, Software and Engineering departments on quality issues that need improving.
• Provide a monthly estimate percent completion report to the Project Manager by the 5th day of each month for the process of progress billings
• Actively pursue the established profit margin for commissioning and warranty of projects and follow through to the end of the project make sure the estimating process is accurate. Obtain time sheets weekly from direct reporting employees. Review hours against progress and approve.
• Provide Project Closeout functions as required to complete the project and turnover to our Service Department. These duties include spot-checking software sequences, tuning PID loops, checking alarms and history data for accuracy and validity, reviewing graphics usability and functionality, ensuring panels are cleaned, and insuring as-built documentation is complete.

Requirements

System Integration Manager Qualifications:

• High School Diploma required.
• Four (4) year degree preferred.
• Five (5) years of HVAC control system and field startup knowledge.
• Ten (10) years of HVAC control system field implementation, startup and application engineering preferred.
• Communication Skills - Both oral and written in the English language with a high level of professionalism