Assistant Manager, Commissioning - Flagstaff, United States - Northern Arizona University

Description

Job Title

Assistant Manager, Commissioning & Controls Or Manager, Commissioning and Controls

Job ID

607780

Location

Facility Services

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Favorite Job

Regular/Temporary

Regular

Workplace Culture

NAU aims to be the nation's preeminent engine of opportunity, vehicle of economic mobility, and driver of social impact by delivering equitable postsecondary value in Arizona and beyond.

Special Information

• This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities for remote work are rare.
• Employees of Facility Services are considered essential staff and must report to work when the university is closed for emergencies. This position is required to participate in on-call, call back duties and snow removal, which can include days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Under established circumstances will respond to emergency dispatch calls within set timeframes Administrative or Campus Living buildings.

Job Description

Assistant Manager, Commissioning & Controls and Manager, Commissioning & Controls

Under the general direction of the Assistant Director for Utility Services, or the Manager, Commissioning & Controls will perform, oversee, or review the building commissioning, systems test and balance, and control system programming and maintenance on campus.

This position will also work closely with Project Managers, various Facility Services departments, the Office of Sustainability, and other university stakeholders to improve campus energy infrastructure, policies, procedures, programs, and efficiency to reach carbon neutrality goals.

This position exists to aid and advise the Assistant Director of Utility Services for Facility Services in fulfilling Facility Services' mission to the University by providing superior customer service to the Campus community, exercising fiscal responsibility, reporting on leading edge technology, practicing sustainable maintenance and operations methods, and supporting the trade shops to achieve optimal efficiency.

Assistant Manager, Commissioning

Commissioning and Controls - 50%

• Works with Planning, Design, and Construction staff to participate in design review, submittal review, and commissioning and controls implementation.
• Retro-commission campus buildings and make control or balance repairs and improvements.
• Perform controls maintenance in buildings as needed.
• Perform commissioning, collecting data, testing, balancing, and adjusting required for optimum operation of air and water systems.
• Develop and program control sequences and schedules.
• Work with EHS and ensure building ventilation meets code and safety requirements.
• Work with ITS to ensure network security on all building control systems.

Leadership - 25%

• Provide leadership, direction, and training for full-time staff, students, and temps, as it relates to utilities, distributed energy and building energy.
• Staff performance planning and evaluation, mentoring for skills and behavioral development.
• Assist with development of policies, procedures, and protocols as it relates to energy management and energy reduction.
• Participate in building energy audits to establish baselines, identify energy conservation measures, propose efficiency projects, and report on improvements.
• Participate as a member of various university and departmental committees as requested.
• Manage outside vendors.
• Review of new technology such as fault detection and diagnostics and provide recommendations for implementation.
• Prepare training programs and instruct staff in new and proper HVAC and control system operation.

Data Analysis - 20%

• Prepare reports for campus community and departmental leadership.
• Monitors, maintains, and develops plant data acquisition, building management, and central control systems to verify proper operations.
• Analyze buildings and operations to determine the optimum utilization of HVAC, electrical, lighting and control systems.
• Prepare and review applications for grants or rebates.
• Note deviations from normal operating conditions and work with Facility Services personnel to perform corrective actions.

Other - 5%

• Participate in Sustainability Action Plan management, review, implementation, and updates.
• Provide documentation for Facility Condition Assessments.
• Assist with Revolving Fund management and project submission.
• Other duties as assigned.

Manager, Commissioning & Controls

Commissioning and Controls - 50%

• Works with Planning, Design, and Construction staff to participate in design review, submittal review, and commissioning and controls implementation.
• Oversee Retro-commissioning of campus buildings and make control or balance repairs and improvements.
• Oversee and perform controls maintenance in buildings as needed.
• Manage and perform commissioning, collecting data, testing, balancing, and adjusting required for optimum operation of air and water systems.
• Develop and program control sequences and schedules.
• Work with EHS and ensure building ventilation meets code and safety requirements.
• Work with ITS to ensure network security on all building control systems.

Leadership - 25%

• Provide leadership, direction, and training for full-time staff, students, and temps, as it relates to utilities, distributed energy and building energy.
• Staff performance planning and evaluation, mentoring for skills and behavioral development.
• Develop policies, procedures, and protocols as it relates to energy management and energy reduction.
• Manage and participate in building energy audits to establish baselines, identify energy conservation measures, propose efficiency projects, and report on improvements.
• Participate as a member of various university and departmental committees as requested.
• Manage outside vendors.
• Review of new technology such as fault detection and diagnostics and provide recommendations for implementation.
• Prepare training programs and instruct staff in new and proper HVAC and control system operation.
• Assist the Assistant Director of utilities with utility consumption projections and budget planning.
• Manage the metering, energy and billing program.

Data Analysis - 20%

• Manage and prepare reports for campus community and departmental leadership.
• Monitors, maintains, and develops plant data acquisition, building management, and central control systems to verify proper operations.
• Analyze buildings and operations to determine the optimum utilization of HVAC, electrical, lighting and control systems.
• Prepare and review applications for grants or rebates.
• Note deviations from normal operating conditions and work with Facility Services personnel to perform corrective actions.

Other - 5%

• Participate in Sustainability Action Plan management, review, implementation, and updates.
• Provide documentation for Facility Condition Assessments.
• Assist with Revolving Fund management and project submission.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Assistant Manager, Commissioning Controls

• Completion of a 4 Mechanical, Energy, Engineering Technology or other degree related to HVAC systems AND
• 2-3 years of relevant experience.
• Possession of valid AZ driver's license.
• Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Manager, Commissioning and Controls

• Completion of a four-year Mechanical, Energy, Engineering Technology or other degree related to HVAC systems AND
• 4-6 years of relevant experience AND
• 1-2 years of management or supervisor experience.
• Possession of valid AZ driver's license.
• Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

Assistant Manager, Commissioning Controls and Manager, Commissioning and Controls

• Commissioning and/or controls certifications.
• Experience programming with Alerton and/or Niagara 4.
• Certified Energy Manager certification or ability to be certified.
• Master's degree in job related area.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Assistant Manager, Commissioning & Controls and Manager, Commissioning & Controls

• The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent customer-service skills, possess, and demonstrate strong communication skills, and exhibit a high-level of organizational and administrative capability.
• A cooperative collaborative nature along with the desire and ability to motivate coworkers is an essential trait of this position.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships throughout the University and Flagstaff community.
• Ability to perform operation, installation, maintenance and repair of HVAC equipment and controls.
• Ability to apply knowledge of building code, engineering best practices, and standards and guidelines from entities such as ASHRAE.
• Skill and experience reading and understanding blueprints and schematic plans.
• Skill in creating, reviewing, editing, programming sequence of operations.
• Skill in operating, maintaining, and programming digital building management systems such as Alerton Compass.
• Skill in coordinating activities, evaluating data, and establishing priorities.
• Skill in calibrating, installing, and/or replacing sensors and meters with associated wiring and programming.
• Skill in wiring other controlled components and associated programming.
• Ability to keep abreast of changes in technology, or in the application of existing technologies, as they pertain to energy efficiency or energy cost reduction.
• Ability to perform energy cost savings calculation of items such as chillers, boilers, air handling systems, electric motors, lighting systems, pumps and control strategies and other building energy systems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and with competing priorities.
• The ability to work effectively with people from a variety of culturally diverse backgrounds.

Driving Requirement

Driving a vehicle on behalf of the university is anticipated to be a regular part of both positions.

Arizona Administrative Code Fleet Safety Policy requires all employees who drive on university business become authorized by submitting Driver's license information for driving record monitoring, and completion of training appropriate to the level of driving performed.

The law applies to all faculty, staff, and students who drive personal or university-owned motorized vehicles for any business purpose.

More information on the NAU Authorized Driver Policy can be found on the NAU website.

Background Information

This position has been identified as a safety/security sensitive position.

Therefore, per AZ Revised Statute, Northern Arizona University requires satisfactory results for the following:
a criminal background investigation, employment history investigation, degree verification (in some cases) and fingerprinting.

If you are applying for a job that requires a CDL, you will be required to register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse and adhere to the clearinghouse requirements.

Additionally, as an employer in the state of Arizona, NAU is required to participate in the federal E-Verify program that assists employers with verifying new employees' right to work in the United States.

Finally, each year Northern Arizona University releases an Annual Security Report. The report is a result of a federal law known as the Clery Act.

The report includes Clery reportable crime statistics for the three most recent completed calendar years and discloses procedures, practices and programs NAU uses to keep students and employees safe including how to report crimes or other emergencies occurring on campus.

In addition, the Fire Safety Report is combined with the Annual Security Report for the NAU Flagstaff Mountain Campus as this campus has on-campus student housing.

This report discloses fire safety policies and procedures related to on-campus student housing and statistics for fires that occurred in those facilities.

If you would like a free paper copy of the report, please contact the NAUPD Records Department at or by visiting the department at 525 E.

Pine Knoll Drive in Flagstaff.

Salary

Assistant Manager, Commissioning Controls

• Anticipated salary range is $72,445 - $90,556. Annual salary commensurate with candidate's qualifications and related experience.

Manager, Commissioning and Controls

• Anticipated salary range is $83,312 - $104,140. Annual salary commensurate with candidate's qualifications and related experience.

FLSA Status

Both positions are exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and therefore will not earn overtime or compensatory time for additional time worked.

Benefits

Assistant Manager, Commissioning Controls

This is a Classified Staff (CLS) position.

NAU offers an excellent benefit package including generous health, dental and vision insurance; participation in the Arizona State Retirement System; paid vacation and 10 holidays per year; and tuition reduction for employees and qualified dependents.

More information on benefits at NAU is available on the Human Resources benefits website. Classified Staff employees are in a probationary status for their first six months at NAU. NAU is a tobacco and smoke-free campus. Employees offered a position will be eligible for state health plans (including NAU's BCBS Plan).

New employees are eligible for benefits on the first day of the pay period following their enrollment, after their employment date.

Employees will have 31 days from their start date to enroll in benefits.

Additionally, new employees will begin participating in the Arizona State Retirement System, and the long-term disability coverage that accompanies it, on the first of the pay period following 6 months after the new employee's start date.

Manager, Commissioning and Controls

This is a Service Professional (SPF) position.

NAU offers an excellent benefit package including generous health, dental and vision insurance; participation in the Arizona State Retirement System or the Optional Retirement Program; 22 days of vacation and 10 holidays per year; and tuition reduction for employees and qualified dependents.

More information on benefits at NAU is available on the Human Resources benefits website. NAU is a tobacco and smoke-free campus.

Service Professionals are hired on a contract basis, renewable each 6 months according to terms of the Conditions of Professional Service.

Employees offered a position will be eligible for state health plans (including NAU's BCBS Plan).

New employees are eligible for benefits on the first day of the pay period following their enrollment, after their employment date.

Employees will have 31 days from their start date to enroll in benefits.

If a new employee chooses the ASRS retirement option, participation in the Arizona State Retirement System, and the long-term disability coverage that accompanies it, will begin on the first of the pay period following 6 months after the new employee's start date.

New employees who choose to participate in the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP), which is an alternative to the ASRS plan for faculty and other appointed staff, will begin to participate on the first day of the pay period following election.

Additionally, the long-term disability plan that accompanies the ORP will begin on the first day of the pay period following election.

Learning and Development

Your career at Northern Arizona University includes the opportunity for professional development. New employee on-boarding training includes courses to be completed within the first 30 days.

Immigration Suppt/Sponsorship

NAU will not provide any U.S. immigration support or sponsorship for this position.

Application Deadline

April 8, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply" button on this page. You must submit your application by clicking on the "Submit" button by midnight of the application deadline.

If you need assistance completing your application there are instructions available on the Human Resources website or in person in the Human Resources Department located in Building 91 on the NAU Campus - on the corner of Beaver and DuPont Streets.

If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process, please contact the Disability Resources Office at , , or PO Box 5633, Flagstaff AZ 86011.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Northern Arizona University is a committed Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. NAU is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.

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NAU is an Employer of National Service. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other National Service alumni are encouraged to apply.