Control Technician; Fire​/Security

Control Technician (Fire/Security) 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.

In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

Facilities Development & 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.

Position performs skilled maintenance, repair, and installation of fire alarm, intrusion detection, suppression systems, clocks, controls, and other associated equipment. Works independently and exercises sound judgment in carrying out standard operations, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring compliance with safety procedures and requirements.

Duties include:

Perform skilled maintenance on systems maintained and operated by Technical Maintenance, either independently or in coordination with other trades, Control Technicians, Facilities Engineers, and Fire Protection Engineers.

Tasks include:

• Perform installation, modification, troubleshooting, testing, repair, calibration, and operation of electrical, electronic, and mechanical equipment used in fire alarm and suppression systems, intrusion alarm systems, access control systems, CCTV, intercoms, central clocks, master clock control systems, and other low-voltage control systems.
• Perform maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of electrical and electronic equipment, including computer-based fire alarm, access control, intrusion/security field devices, and related interface hardware.
  Lay out, fabricate, and install electrical, electronic, and mechanical equipment.
  Update electronic and hard-copy system drawings in as-built format to maintain accurate system records and master CADD files.
• Read and interpret blueprints, plans, CADD drawings, and sketches to estimate labor and material requirements. Provide technical support and information to Facilities Management, Facilities Development and Capital Budget engineers, designers, architects, and consultants as needed.
  Perform maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of Building Automation Control System (BACS) field devices and interface hardware.
• Follow all applicable safety requirements and use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).

Tasks include:

• Perform installation, modification, troubleshooting, testing, repair, calibration, and operation of electrical, electronic, and mechanical equipment used in fire alarm and suppression systems, intrusion alarm systems, access control systems, CCTV, intercoms, central clocks, master clock control systems, and other low-voltage control…