HVAC Control Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Conduct design reviews for infrastructure and tenant improvement HVAC controls projects to ensure compliance with relevant standards, design guidelines, best practices, and stakeholder expectations.
• Perform technical review of control sequences of operation, program logic, and associated functional performance test plans.
• Coverage field inspection throughout project implementation to verify compliance with scope and best practices, and to proactively identify implementation risks and deviations from approved design.
• Cookordinate with project teams and represent client on the project team to ensure stakeholder requirements are appropriately addressed and all issues are effectively resolved within the project design and implementation schedule.
• Collaborate with clients, consultants, and contractors to ensure project requirements are met.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely completion and budget adherence.
• Cookordinate with project teams and stakeholders to ensure project success.
• Provide regular progress updates and reports.
• Support mechanical engineering team with controls-specific guidance as appropriate.
• Proactively identify process deficiencies and other issues, and develop and implement improvements.
• Ensure internal records and databases are verified via ongoing quality assurance / quality control.
• Prepare and present reporting to stakeholders as appropriate to drive effective solutions.
• Recommend new processes, and changes to existing processes, to demonstrate continuous improvement.
• Oversee the installation and configuration of BMS and/or BOS hardware and software.
• Develop and execute comprehensive commissioning plans.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system issues during commissioning and operation.
• Perform controls program “clip-in” to transition new control systems onto in-operations servers.
• Evaluate operating trends, alarms, and other data from the BMS system subsequent to clip-in to validate performance of control systems is consistent with design.
• Monitor system performance and identify opportunities for optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related facilities engineering field with relevant controls experience.
• (Associates degree with additional relevant experience may be considered.)
• 7+ years of experience in facilities HVAC and control systems.
• Experience with HVAC building automation systems, including development and/or review of operating sequences for equipment and systems.
• Strong knowledge of control theory, HVAC systems, and building automation protocols (e.g., BACnet, Modbus).
• Experience with major BMS platforms (e.g., Tridium, Johnson Controls, Siemens).
• Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multiple simultaneous projects.
• Demonstrated experience in HVAC engineering fundamentals, including trend analysis.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.