Energy Control Technician - Building Maintenance - Energy

Valid Georgia driver’s license required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED (required)
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (preferred)
• 5 years of energy-management-system operations or related experience (required)
• Extensive energy-management experience (preferred)

Skills

• High degree of technical competence in energy management and automated control systems
• Ability to analyze and solve problems
• Ability to translate user and system needs into creative solutions
• Ability to work independently
• Effective communication with customers, maintenance craftsmen, contractors, and vendors
• Ability to analyze existing processes and identify areas for improvement

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance and guidance to the Energy Manager in building automation and control while maintaining HVAC and indoor-air-quality standards for building occupants
• Maintain and utilize the computerized energy-management system to research and resolve customer complaints
• Work with HVAC technicians to maintain system-wide HVAC equipment and ensure effective operation
• Oversee processing of school HVAC electronic schedule requests for after-hours use
• Create and implement work orders, projects, procedures, and new initiatives with the Energy Manager, Facilities and Operations Area Manager, Dispatcher, and other district personnel
• Collaborate with skilled technicians to achieve Building Maintenance Department goals
• Evaluate, monitor, and track indoor air quality on a routine basis
• Oversee value engineering by reviewing bid packages (prints and specifications) for all new schools and additions
• Evaluate and monitor EMS controls and operations of HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems before customer occupancy of new schools or additions
• Interact with contractors, district personnel, and outside personnel to achieve Building Maintenance Department goals
• Evaluate and review controls and equipment for improved sequence of operations
• Analyze, review, and price EMS projects for building-maintenance implementation
• Provide continuous quality improvement to departmental processes
• Perform other duties as assigned

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Stand, walk, negotiate stairs, and climb ladders
• Reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear
• Manipulate tools and small items with hands
• Lift and transport up to 50 pounds over short distances
• Operate a motor vehicle

Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and color vision. The employee may be subjected to:

• Wide ranges of ambient temperature and humidity while working on equipment
• Overhead work and work in confined spaces

Potential hazards include:

• Working with electricity
• Working with heat- and noise-producing machinery and equipment
• Working on elevated equipment using ladders or other lifting devices
• Use of chemicals and solvents