Energy Engineer - Santa Barbara, United States - University of California, Santa Barbara

Description

Payroll Title: FAC MGT SPEC 3 CX

Job Code: 4483

Job Open Date: 05/01/24

Application Review Begins: 05/16/24

Department Code (Name): UTIL (Utilities)

Percentage of Time: 100%

Union Code (Name): CX-Clerical

Employee Class (Appointment Type): Staff: Career

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Grade: N/A

Hiring/Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $83,000-$89,000/yr.

Full Salary Range: The full salary range for this position is $65,165.80-$122,905.00/yr. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience; the budget for the position; and the application of fair, equitable, and consistent pay practices at the University.

Work Location: FACM-1312 Navigator Building 897

Working Days and Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:30pm

Benefits Eligibility: Full Benefits

Special Instructions

For full consideration, please include a resume and a cover letter as part of your application.

Department Marketing Statement

The mission of all Design, Facilities & Safety Services units is to design, build, operate, maintain, and renew the physical environment required to support the University's instructional, research, and public service mission and to assure UCSB is at the forefront of world class universities.

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Brief Summary of Job Duties:

Monitors and maintains the campus wide Energy Management System to ensure the system's daily operation and reliability. Supports technicians to troubleshoot building systems. Interfaces with customers to ascertain the status of environmental conditions and custom data interface tools. Provides secure access to researchers, building MSO's and Department Chairs for monitoring critical system or building environment real-time conditions. Evaluates Energy Management System hardware and software to ensure the system is up-to-date with all security functions and to ensure all field components are operational and reliable. Supports divisional and campus goals for energy conservation and decarbonization through optimization of building system schedules, setpoints, and enhanced monitoring and metering capabilities.

Required Qualifications

Special Conditions of Employment

Maintain a valid CA driver's license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull-Notice Program

May required evening and weekend hours to meet the operational needs of the department.

Satisfactory conviction history background check

UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment

Job Functions and Percentages of Time:

55%- Energy Engineering

Supports all issues related to Energy Management, Metering and Utility Database Systems. Performs daily operation and maintenance of these systems, including hardware and software components. Provides support for commissioning testing, measurement & verification and system acceptance on all retrofitted and upgraded building management systems on campus. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of all aspects of Energy Management Systems, including software, hardware, monitored devices and sensors, in order to be able to assess cost impacts, reliability, and maintainability. Provides support to FM Trades in troubleshooting, identifying and correcting building system operational issues. Provides training to FM Trades staff for Energy Management System interface modifications and upgrades. Coordinates with maintenance contractors to inspect monitoring and metering system design and makes suggestions and corrections when needed as well as evaluates newly constructed systems to ensure all documentation, new software revisions, graphics, databases and as-built drawings are complete. Works with Facilities Management Information Technology unit to design and maintain the constantly expanding campus Energy Management network infrastructure. Implements a maintenance program and schedule that assures the proper operation of all campus Energy Management System components.

30%- Campus Support

Supports commissioning services for all new and existing building Energy Management systems for Design & Construction Services and Facilities Management. Provides direction and recommendations to Design & Construction Services Project Managers and consultants to ensure that proper design is incorporated into construction projects during design development, construction and post-occupancy phases. Provides secure Energy Management System access to researchers, Building MSO's and Department Chairs for monitoring critical system or building environment real-time conditions. Implements campus electrical Demand Response Program to ensure contracted grid response targets are met.

15%- Energy Conservation

Assists in the implementation of programs designed to optimize energy usage on campus and in support of UCSB's decarbonization targets.

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As a condition of Physical Presence at a Location or in a University Program, all Covered Individuals* must participate in any applicable Vaccination Program by providing proof that they are Up-to-Date with any required Vaccines or submitting a request for Exception in a Mandate Program or properly declining vaccination in an Opt-Out Program no later than the Compliance Date (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.). Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

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