HVAC Control Engineer , Facilities Services

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At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom, and belonging makes it a special place for students, faculty, and staff, who are among the most talented and accomplished anywhere, including Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Mac Arthur Fellows. Since our founding in 1868, we have been an engine for innovation - driving intellectual, economic, and social progress that benefits California, the U.S., and beyond.

Together, we change the world.

At Berkeley, the best careers are built on a foundation of continuous learning and growth. We actively support professional development by providing all full-time staff employees with at least 80 hours of paid time per year and provide space for supportive colleague communities via numerous employee resource groups.

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Facilities Services works to continuously improve the campus in partnership with all members of the University community to ensure that classrooms, laboratories, and offices support teaching, learning and research. With over 500 dedicated staff members serving over 10 million building square feet and 1,100 acres, Facilities Services includes the asset management program, custodial services, maintenance operations, engineering and technical services, environmental services, grounds operations, the Cal Zero Waste program.

The HVAC Control Engineer analyzes, diagnoses, and troubleshoots Building Automations systems campus wide. This position operates and maintains various building automation systems, developing and implementing sequences of operation, software programming strategies, and hardware point lists for control systems.

The First Review Date for this job is August 7, 2026.

HVAC Control Engineer - 60%

• Operate and maintain various Barrington and ALC building automation systems.
• Develop and implement sequence of operation, software programming strategies and hardware point lists for control systems.
• Analyze, diagnose and troubleshoot HVAC/R systems.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot electronic, DDC and pneumatic controls.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and install electronic systems & sub-systems; analyze technical data to determine applicability to design problems.
• Install energy management control systems (or similar systems) from control panels to end devices including cabling.
• Document and install control system hardware, cabling and conduit that are necessary to facilitate building energy management conversions.
• Install new control panels, new field devices temperature sensors, pressure sensors, flow sensors, control relays, and all communication cabling between panels and devices.
• Perform calculations to size circuit control transformers, wire, fuses and other control circuit components. Calculate conduit fill limitations and sizes.
• Review drawings, as-builts and submittals and make comments for adherence to campus standards.
• Align existing building automation systems to campus standards.
• Make programming, network and graphical changes to the system.
• Witness testing and commissioning of controls project work.
• Participate in weekly rotation of on call schedule for after hours work.

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES - 30%

• Adherence to the scheduling of work…