Building Controls Technician

Location
Remote,WI

Description

Our client, a technology company determined to reduce energy costs, cut waste, and improve reliability by turning raw
facilities data into real-time insights across any building and any hardware stack is seeking a Building Controls Technician to add to their BAS team. This new team is 4 total employees but growing rapidly based on surging and repeat business. The purpose of this position is to scope, deliver results and install technology to create customer BAS efficiencies. Controls projects - startup, commissioning and maintenance - are also a part of this role. This role pays a salary in the $90K - $110K range based on experience, includes UNLIMITED PTO, 4% match on 401K and Health, Dental and Vision BENEFITS PAID at 100%. The role requires varied travel (See Below), but this is a WORK FROM HOME role that can be based at any location in the US.

The key to this role is past experience with deployment, upgrade, and ongoing operation of smart building and energy management infrastructures. This role focuses on the design, configuration, installation, testing, and commissioning of building control and monitoring systems, including support of HVAC, water, gas, and electrical metering across commercial properties. The incumbent will:

• Perform site surveys to document existing HVAC, electrical, water, gas, and building automation systems, network infrastructure, and control points
• Design, configure, and deploy building control and monitoring architectures,
• Configure and commission water, gas, and electrical metering systems for real-time usage tracking, analytics, and fault detection
• Research, evaluate, and validate new field devices, including sensors, submeters, controllers, and IoT hardware
• Maintain detailed project documentation, including network diagrams, control sequences, point lists, redlines, and as-built drawings
• Perform system commissioning, functional testing, trending, and QA/QC verification for all control and monitoring systems
• Support physical installation, wiring, device setup, and system startup
• Use proficiency in reading BAS and MEP drawings to determine if the drawing and programming required will work together
• Interface with clients, contractors, and utilities, providing project coordination and technical expertise

Qualifications

• 3 years experience in building automation, HVAC controls, commissioning, and system start-up
• Technical knowledge of control system installations, HVAC controls, and metering device configuration
• Working knowledge of building automation systems (BAS/BMS) and energy monitoring platforms
• Working knowledge of communication protocols such as BACnet and Modbus
• Experience with electrical, water, and gas metering
• Ability to analyze energy and utility data for performance and waste
• Proficiency with desktop applications such as MS-Word and MS-Excel.

Preferred but NOT required

• Familiarity with IoT devices and smart building infrastructure
• Experience deploying LoRaWAN devices, sensors, and gateways preferred
• Experience with energy, water, or utility monitoring systems preferred
• Ability to analyze energy and utility data for performance and waste

TRAVEL INFO


This role requires travel at some degree, but this is very much based on projects/clients and team makeup. Travel is often associated with "percentage". However, it's better to view travel is terms of "trips made." "50% travel" would equate to 26 weeks per year. This role has you making 26+ TRIPS per year but each trip is only 1-3 days in length and can be up to 5 days. A company credit card will be delivered, your leader will assign travel, and you are at liberty to book flight/car, hotel at your discretion. You will travel "above mid grade" for all trips/accommodations and you will know at least 1 week in advance of trips required. As the team grows, travel will be lessened. To be considered for this role, you should expect travel at 26 trips within the calendar year. The goal is to have 90% of the travel as "planned," meaning you will know in advance when and where you will be going, but about 10% may be "on the fly" when a customer needs a quick fix and travel is scheduled immediately.