| Position Summary | The Building Systems Controls Technician is responsible for installing, programming, testing, calibrating, operating, and repair of control systems along with their related software, hardware, and equipment. These systems control and monitor air handlers, pumps, valves, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, boilers, chillers, and other heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and components.
Austin Peay State University is a four-year public, doctoral-level university, with six colleges and four Chairs of Excellence. The University has an enrollment of over 9,000 students and is located in Clarksville, Tennessee, a community of an estimated 166,000 people located approximately 40 miles northwest of Nashville, TN. |
| Primary Duties and Responsibilities | - Analyze BMS system malfunctions and determine appropriate repairs
- Read and interpret mechanical and control system drawings to aid in troubleshooting controls problems.
- Diagnose and resolve technical problems related to control and monitoring systems and perform needed repairs.
- Test and calibrate system devices to ensure functional reliability of operating/monitoring system.
- Maintain operator work stations, including creating/updating graphics, maintaining a point database, and maintaining communications infrastructure.
- Add/modify BMS alarms for critical equipment
- Program control systems using appropriate system program language for proper sequences of operations and operating schedules
- Perform daily system administration of several software applications for building control systems.
- Monitor and control HVAC equipment, set schedules and define energy saving practices on campus.
- Perform upgrades and modifications to system software and building automation system equipment at the application and equipment level
- Work closely with campus HVAC, plumbing and electrical services personnel
- Uses tools such as pressure and temperature gauges, volt-ohm meters, manometers, and other basic test equipment
- Perform preventative maintenance procedures on HVAC pneumatic, electric, electronic, and DDC control systems; diagnose control problems and overhaul, either individually or as part of a team, various building pneumatic, electric, electronic, and DDC control systems.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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