Lead Controls Engineer

Own the engineering behind every system we build.

ABOUT R&R CONTROLS

R&R Controls has designed, installed, and serviced building automation systems across San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial counties since 1994. We're a Honeywell ACI Elite integrator working on the Niagara Framework, and we've delivered more than 1,500 projects for schools, hospitals, labs, data centers, campuses, and public agencies.

We're a small team with aggressive growth plans, and we're modernizing how we work. We're building out our engineering function, and we're looking for the person who will own it, make it better, and eventually lead the engineering team we build around them.

This is a ground-floor role. You'll shape our standards, our tools, and how we do the next thousand jobs.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

• System design: control drawings, points lists, valve and damper schedules, and network architecture, coordinated against the mechanical design and specification.
• Sequences of operation: writing sequences that can actually be programmed, tested, and understood by the next person.
• Submittals and shop drawings: complete, accurate, and on time, so questions get settled while they're cheap.
• Engineering standards and templates: you inherit our standards, master them, and then improve them. If you find a better way, you get to put it into practice.
• Engineering coordination: working with other engineers before, during, and after design to keep every job buildable.
• Estimate review: checking estimates when needed so sales and estimating have accounted for everything. You won't build estimates yourself.
• New tools and methods: we move quickly and like new technology. We expect you to bring vision, efficiency, and ideas, and to push us to be the best at what we do.

What you won't do: programming, graphics, commissioning, or project management. Those sit with our technician team and project leads. Your time goes to design, submittals, and standards.

WHERE THIS ROLE GOES

You start with no direct reports. As we grow, you'll hire, train, and lead a team of controls engineers. Candidates with management experience may be brought in at the Engineering Manager level.

WHO DOES WELL HERE

We can teach platforms. We can't teach someone to care how their work looks when no one is watching. You'll fit if you:

• Take real ownership of your work and want to help build a business, not just fill a seat
• Have strong attention to detail and care about doing things right the first time
• Have ever gone back to fix something that was already signed off because it bothered you
• Want your ideas tried on real jobs, without bureaucracy between a good idea and a job site

WHAT YOU BRING

Required:

• 7+ years of building automation or controls engineering experience
• Proficiency in CAD for control drawings
• Working knowledge of BACnet, Modbus, and LON
• Experience with Tridium/Niagara and Honeywell platforms
• Ability to attend job walks and site surveys, including mechanical rooms and rooftops

Preferred:

• Degree in mechanical or electrical engineering, or a related field
• Niagara 4 certification or Honeywell manufacturer training

A PE license is not required.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• Salary range: $80,000 to $150,000, depending on experience and the level at which you join
• Annual bonus eligibility
• Health insurance, 401(k), and paid time off
• Paid manufacturer training on Honeywell and Niagara platforms
• Company phone and laptop
• Primarily in-office at our Alvarado Canyon Road office in San Diego, with some remote flexibility.

HOW TO APPLY

There's no portal and no tracking number. Send a resume, or just a note about what you've worked on, to View email address on beyondsandiego.com or call View phone number on beyondsandiego.com. A person will read it.

R&R Controls is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

R&R Controls, Inc. | CA Lic. No. 697656 (C-10) | 4564 B Alvarado Canyon Rd, San Diego, CA 92120 | rrcontrols.com