Facilities Engineer

Position Title: Facilities Engineer 2

About the University:

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive.

About the Department:

Facilities Operations supports Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

About the Position:

This position performs engineering assignments in support of required installation and operation of the centralized Energy Management Center and all associated mechanical & electrical components throughout the University system. Under general direction, work activities include system controls, system maintenance, system design and recordkeeping. This position has a high level of responsibility and technical expertise and involves elements of controls monitoring, troubleshooting and creative analysis, design and engineering interpretation, programming, integration of new systems, process optimization, database analysis and reporting, and communications.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or four years of college level coursework in related engineering studies or seven years of progressively more responsible and complex HVAC engineering work.
• Knowledge of ASHRAE and IAQ standards for ventilation and mechanical systems.
• Documented experience with Siemens Apogee Building Automation Control Systems (BACS) to include but not be limited to: DDC controls applications, base level PPCL (Powers Process Control Language), computer programming language, specific accepted ASHRAE applications for sequence of operation, and computer based networked controls with central monitoring.
• Demonstrated experience or ability to work in commercial and institutional settings.
• Proficiency with SQL Database applications, MS Word, Access, Excel, Windows, or latest current version of operating system or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license or the ability to obtain one prior to starting work in order to drive a state-owned vehicle for travel to work locations.
• Technical accuracy and recordkeeping skills.
• Manage time well and work under pressure situations with tight schedules and deadlines to complete projects.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a friendly and cooperative manner with students, staff, and faculty at all levels of the organization, and in contacts with the public.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Possess technical accuracy and recordkeeping skills.
• Demonstrated ability in producing high quality work with attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to read and comprehend blueprints.
• Effectively read and understand written information and instructions.
• Ability to work well…