Building Automation Specialist - Utilities - Operations

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Job Summary:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five years' experience in design, installation, and implementation of building automation control systems
• Working operational knowledge of emergency power, automatic transfer switches, and main switchgear
• Working knowledge of instrumentation and automation sensor calibrations
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Excel, Word, and Outlook
  
  

Job Duties:

• 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 sequence 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.

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm 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 VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Primary Location

United States-Texas-Galveston

Work Locations

1113 - Central Energy Plant

Job

Engineering, Crafts, Trades & Labor

Organization

UTMB Health

Regular

Shift

Standard

Employee Status

Team Lead / Technical

Job Level

Day Shift

Job Posting

Dec 27, 2024, 11:39:12 AM