Building Automation Specialist - Utilities - Operations

Building Automation Specialist - Utilities - Operations

** Galveston, Texas, United States*
* Engineering, Crafts, Trades & Labor

UTMB Health

Requisition # 2506197

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* Minimum Qualifications:

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* Associate degree in electronics, instrumentation, or a related field or equivalent, and four years of related experience.

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* Preferred Qualifications:

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* + Five years' experience in the design, installation, and implementation of building automation control systems

+ Working operational knowledge of emergency power, automatic transfer switches, and main switch gear

+ Working knowledge of instrumentation and automation sensor calibrations

+ Proficient with Microsoft Office Excel, Word, and Outlook

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* Job Summary:

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* Provides highly skilled technical work involving electronic, electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic control of typical state-of-the-art hospital facilities systems and equipment.

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* Job Duties:

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* + Performs detailed inspections of operating equipment, personnel activities, and plant facilities as necessary. Works on HVAC problems in patients' rooms, research facilities, and animal rooms.

+ Troubleshoot system problems, which could require following detailed operational and maintenance procedures and reading system blueprints.

+ Supervises compliance with standards of workmanship and safety.

+ Interfaces with maintenance staff regarding system issues and maintains appropriate documentation.

+ Installs, troubleshoots, and repairs controls and equipment.

+ Reads, draws, and interprets electrical, pneumatic, mechanical, and HVAC schematics, one-line diagrams, and control sequences of operations.

+ Reads, writes, and interprets programming in order to diagnose sequence problems. Diagnoses complex control problems.

+ Programs microprocessors for initial commissioning, tuning control loops, and calibration of analog inputs.

+ Must perform functions on live circuits and in operating control enclosures.

+ Provides expertise to Instrumentation Technicians with knowledge of Siemens, Johnson, and TAC Control Systems.

+ Assists in the training of other technicians.

+ Maintains and repairs Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEM) equipment for stack emissions testing. Performs the duties of the Utilities Operations Technician (Operator) in an emergency or as needed.

+ Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

** Equipment:*
* Standard office and mechanical/electrical equipment.

** Working Environment/Location of Position:*
* Mechanical, electrical, and/or office environments. May be exposed to occupational hazards such as mechanical and electrical equipment.

** Salary Range:*
* Actual salary commensurate with experience.

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* Work Schedule:

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* Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, and as needed on occasion.

** Equal Employment Opportunity*
* UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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