Building Automation System Technician

Position Location Fort Collins, CO 80523

Work Location Position is fully in-office/in-person

Type of Position Full-time

Classification Title Electronics Spec II

Posting Number 202400186P

Position Type State Classified

Close Date 01/31/2025

Salary $5,115 - $6,138 Monthly

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Description of Work Unit

Building Automation Services works to provide quality services in order to maintain the campus building control systems for the benefit of the university community, by providing a safe comfortable environment conducive to the educational and research requirements of Colorado State University. Building Automation Services provides quality trade maintenance services, which includes mechanical (heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, etc.), electrical systems, and small construction project management in relation to BAS HVAC systems. These services are to create and maintain a functional environment that meets or exceeds the University’s needs for instruction, research and outreach. Building Automation Services provides services to monitor, operate, maintain, improve and expand the campus wide BAS networked controls, graphics and alarm management systems. Major building components affected are heating, ventilation, cooling and refrigeration. Buildings included are used for instruction and research and contain technologically advanced and bio-safety level III containment and drug manufacturing facilities all of which are utilized in research on the campus.

Position Summary

This position exists to develop, operate, and modify automated control sequences and hardware associated with mechanical system components. This position regularly makes complex operational decisions at levels that require the interpretation of variables from multiple sources. The result of such decisions balances the mandated energy policy and code compliance with a building environment conducive to safe and productive occupancy. Secondary duties are to provide technical advice, trend study analysis, and programming assistance to energy services contractors, as well as in-house staff. Design and apply alternate controls sequences specifically for the purpose of energy savings. Provide integration assistance with third party equipment and software manufacturers as a means of data collection and control associated with energy savings opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications

To be considered for this position, candidates must demonstrate in the application materials:

Experience Only: Two (2) years of technical experience installing and operating HVAC and/or lighting control systems.

OR

Education and Experience A combination of related education and/or relevant technical experience installing and operating HVAC and/or lighting control systems and related work assigned equal to two (2) years.

Preferred Qualifications

The highly desired candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills, abilities, personal characteristics, and experience directly related and critical to this position:

• Directly related state service experience
• Extensive knowledge of HVAC air handling, exhaust, and hydronic system operations.
• Electrical skills and knowledge of code compliance.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to interpret control and electrical schematics drawings.
• Ability to respond to Building BAS Controls Service Calls and work orders that require immediate attention.
• Experience with building controls software programming/in-house Commissioning Controls Assistant.
• Demonstrated ability to install and program Alerton, Johnson Controls and Siemens control systems.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated customer services skills (internal and external).
• Capacity to learn and uphold policies/regulations (State, University, Facilities Management).
• Ability to be resourceful and provide solutions.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Visio, Excel, and Word.

Essential Job Duties

Job Duty Category Building BAS Controls Service Calls.

Duty/Responsibility Respond to work orders that require immediate attention to buildings on multiple campuses: Main Campus, South Campus, East Campus, and the ARDEC Campus. These DIN (Do It Now) calls demand that the tech has knowledge in multiple disciplines including HVAC, Electrical, TAB, Telecom, HVAC system knowledge, and device/controller knowledge. Assist various trades in their tasks and duties related to buildings on all of the campuses: Main Campus, South Campus, East Campus, West Campus, and the ARDEC Campus. Controls Technicians will continually be used as a resource to other trades in a wide range of ways; such as overriding and manipulating equipment for motor/pump technicians, or overriding and manipulating steam equipment for plumbers, or assisting HVAC technicians with anything from device and controller issues to system manipulations using multiple controls vendors’ equipment on the different campuses. Technicians will assist in monitoring and responding to Iconics Alarm Management alarms.

Percentage Of Time 45%

Job Duty Category Building BAS Controls Systems Retrofit Projects and Controls Upgrades.

Duty/Responsibility There is a constant need on all of the campuses to keep the controls programming and hardware devices at the most advanced level. The campuses of Colorado State University have a unique quality in that they house programs and devices that range from forty years old to the most recent releases. Controls technicians will be able to seamlessly transition from older devices to new devices. In order to do so, the technician will be able to update old drawings, or create new, accurate control drawings, which will include at the very least flow layouts, points schedules, sequence of operations, and wiring diagrams for each controller that is to be retrofitted. Also, with the updated controllers, the programs will need to be updated to match their controllers. Controls technicians will also need to have an understanding of changing out the old devices with the new devices, and the steps involved in correctly doing so.

Percentage Of Time 10%

Job Duty Category Building Controls Software Programming / In-house Commissioning Controls Assistant

Duty/Responsibility Create, modify, and simulate control programs such as Alerton BACnet devices on campus using VisualLogic and other controls programming tools. Download and test functionality of modifications to ensure operation. Map all associated points to operator workstation in Compass.

Percentage Of Time 10%

Job Duty Category BAS Alarming, Trending, and Graphical Interface.

Duty/Responsibility Utilize software that is essential to build and adjust alarming and trending for Alerton, JCI, and Siemens systems installed in buildings on campuses. Able to build and adjust trends used to monitor both long-term and short-term issues for every point on every system in every building.

Percentage Of Time 25%

Job Duty Category Other duties/Training

Duty/Responsibility Attend scheduled training, read and understand policy and procedures, time recording of work, and attend workshops, and shop meetings, and other duties as assigned

Percentage Of Time 10%

Special Instructions to Applicants

• Clearly document job duties you have performed that relate to minimum qualifications, preferred qualifications, and essential job duties.
• Clearly outline dates of employment and hours worked per week for each employment experience.
• The Work Experience is the only document that will be utilized to determine if minimum qualifications have been met.

FOR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF COLORADO:

• Per the requirements of the Step Pay Program implemented on July 1, 2024, any State employee must be paid a rate that is equal to or greater than the appropriate step pay rate within their classification’s pay range based on completed years in their current class series as of June 30.

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