Building Automation Technician

Building Automation Technician

Building Automation Technician

496187

Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States

FM-Cust/Maint

Facilities/Maintenance/Trades

Full-time Staff

Closing on: May 29 2025

Salary/Position Classification

55,000+ Annual, Dependent on Experience, Non-Exempt (Eligible for overtime)

40 hours per week

100% Remote Work Availability: No

Hybrid Work Availability (requires some time on campus): No

Purpose of Position

This is a technician position, which is necessary for installing, retrofitting, and maintaining the campus building automation systems. Campus automation is provided for heating, Ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, security systems, elevators, fire alarm systems, and other mechanical systems. This requires analyzing mechanical and electronic equipment as it relates to control by the building automation systems. Maintaining appropriate documents, database files, archives, and as-built drawings according to standards. Ordering related parts and equipment, as related to the repair and maintenance of systems. Providing technical support and training to operators and technicians. Supervising student staff and/ or temporary help. This position also provides backup support for the central automation servers and workstations. This is an on-call position and is subject to 24-hour call-backs on a rotational schedule.

This position requires an electronic technician who has a well-versed knowledge of electronic controls, computer systems, operating systems, and application programs. Experience with building automation systems is highly desired. In addition, strong knowledge of electronic components, DDC controllers, programmable logic controllers, and sensors is needed. General knowledge of mechanical system operation of air handling units, steam heat exchangers, boilers, chillers, cooling towers, direct expansion cooling units, and other associated mechanical equipment is desired to evaluate the use of the automation system. Computer programming knowledge is required to evaluate how the electronic hardware controls the mechanical equipment. Networking knowledge is preferred to understand how the building controllers communicate with each other and back to the