Operations & Maintenance Lead

About the role

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, offers competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and an encouraging and collaborative team environment. This position supports a single on-site customer at NBAF in Manhattan, Kansas.

Responsibilities

• Designs, configures, and services technically complex building control systems for the customer's facility.
• Creates flow diagrams, sequence of operations, bill of material, network layouts, schedules, and electrical schematics as required.
• Develops and tests software programs necessary to operate the system per customer facility requirements' intent.
• Captures and communicates design and operation information to customers, consultants, Sales and Service team, and subcontractors.
• Selects, orders, and tracks the delivery of materials for assigned jobs.
• Assists in the loading and commissioning of all system and network-level controllers as required.
• Validates complete system functionality and solves problems with subcontractors and other trades to ensure proper operation.
• Provides field change information to the team for the creation of as-built drawings and software.
• Keeps management and JCI contractor and customer informed of job progress and issues.
• Assists in performing site-specific training for owner/operator on the total building control system.
• Participates in coordination and release meetings with sales and service operations.
• Performs value engineering to provide cost-effective results while maintaining customer satisfaction.
• May provide work direction to Service Controls Technician I and Senior I and Senior II Controls Technicians.
• Adheres to safety standards.

Requirements

• A minimum of fifteen (15) years of relevant experience with a High School Diploma (HSD), or a bachelor’s degree in engineering with a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the construction or service, or HVAC industry.
• Demonstrated knowledge of control theory, automatic temperature controls, building automation systems, and other building subsystems.
• Demonstrated experience in the integration of low voltage building sub-systems using various industry protocols (i.e., LON, BACnet, etc.).
• Ability to relate technical knowledge to a non-technical audience.
• Demonstrated advanced computer skills required, particularly computer-related drafting tools.

Qualifications

• High degree of regard to employee and subcontractor safety.

Skills

• Control theory
• Building automation systems
• Low voltage building sub-systems
• Various industry protocols (LON, BACnet, etc.)
• Computer-related drafting tools

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care – Available day one.

Pay

Hiring hourly range: $36.59 - $50.29 Hourly rate to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Schedule

This position is based at NBAF in Manhattan, Kansas.