Building Automation Design Engineer (VA3)

About the role

The Building Automation Design Engineer will support building automation design, execution, and monitoring. They will configure and monitor communication protocols to supervise building activity with a focus on continuous improvement. The role involves creating relationships with various stakeholders to drive efficiency and optimal performance in mission-critical data centers.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of technical systems related to building alarming, monitoring, controls systems, and infrastructure management systems.
• Assist with facility design and construction.
• Coordinate with subcontractors to ensure adherence to standards, schedules, and specifications.
• Create related diagrams and schematics as required.
• Assists in the design and configuration of building control systems as defined.
• Aids in the development and testing of software programs necessary to operate the system per the intent of the project requirements.
• Aids in the coordination and creation of necessary drawings and equipment schedules for submittals and installation.
• Selects, orders, and tracks the delivery of materials for assigned projects.
• Coordinates factory-mounting processes to meet factory and project schedule.
• Reads and interprets electrical schematics and mechanical blueprints.
• Willingness to learn and interact with multiple systems, vendors, and specific equipment used regularly.
• Communicate and interact in a professional manner with internal and external customers.
• Document work by completing work orders and time keeping on each job in a detailed and timely manner.
• Promote and demonstrate the behaviors consistent with CoreSite’s culture and 8 Guiding Principles.

Requirements

• Knowledge of technical systems related to building alarming, monitoring, controls systems, and infrastructure management systems.
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems.
• Knowledge of control theory, automatic temperature controls, building automation systems, and other building mechanical subsystems.
• Working knowledge of communication protocols over both serial and TCP such as: Modbus, BACnet, SNMP, and TCP.
• Working knowledge of various sensor requirements and wiring such as: 0-20ma, 0-10v, and relays.
• Basic understanding of how networks are constructed, interconnect, and ultimately provide data between field devices.

Education/Experience

• 4-year degree or relevant technical experience.
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in building alarming, monitoring, controls systems, and infrastructure management systems.
• 2-4 years of relevant experience with applicable gateways and communication protocols (Modbus, BACnet and TCP for example).
• Prior experience working in mission critical or data center environments strongly preferred.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Benefits

CoreSite offers a range of benefits including first-day medical insurance through Cigna, dental insurance through Delta Dental, vision insurance through VSPTelemedicine, healthcare flexible spending accounts (FSA), health savings accounts (HSA), life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with a 5% company match, discretionary annual bonus and equity incentive plan, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), wellness reimbursement program, wellness incentive program, technology stipend, educational reimbursement program, charitable donation matches, referral bonus, discounts, and more.