Senior​/Principal Facilities Technologist - Mechanical Services, Onsite

Overview

Job  —

Location:

Albuquerque, NM — Full-Time — Regular

About Sandia:
Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas.

What Your Job Will Be Like:
Join our dynamic team as a Facilities Technologist and take the lead in operating and maintaining Sandia's building automation controls system. In this exciting role, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact every day.

• Craft innovative Building Automation System (BAS) programs that drive the operation of our facility systems, with a focus on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC).
• Collaborate with engineers to develop groundbreaking control strategies that enhance our systems.
• Team up with HVAC technicians to troubleshoot and resolve challenges within our Facilities Control Systems.
• Engage in the design review process for new buildings and HVAC systems, ensuring our projects meet the highest standards.
• Contribute as a vital team member throughout the design, construction, start-up, commissioning, and troubleshooting phases of new buildings and HVAC systems.
• Monitor and report on progress toward goals and schedules related to facility equipment, keeping operations running smoothly.
• Uphold Sandia National Laboratories' industry guidelines, ensuring excellence in everything we do.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

$62,400 - $120,400

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• High school diploma plus three (3) or more years of directly related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • Operation and troubleshooting of HVAC systems and associated equipment.
  • BAS operation for the control and monitoring of HVAC and other facilities systems.
  • Writing BAS programs for the control of HVAC systems and associated equipment such as boilers, chillers, air handlers, or comparable mechanical sub-systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active DOE Q-level security clearance.

• Knowledge and understanding of commercial and industrial mechanical HVAC components and systems from small single zone air handlers up to and including large campus chilled and heating water generation plants.
• Familiarity with cleanroom and laboratory ventilation systems.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of HVAC DDC control systems, including configuration and setup of controllers, creation of databases and control programming, and troubleshooting/maintenance of system components.
• Experience with management level configuration of DDC front end interfaces and software.
• An excellent understanding of BAS software and hardware, control programming and logic, database management, graphics creation, or relevant experience with comparable equipment such as PLC-based control systems.
• Experience with computer networks, serial- and Ethernet-based communication protocols (especially BACnet), or relevant experience with computers and communication systems.
• Experience with Siemens APOGEE or DESIGO system software and PX and DXR series controllers and components.
• Experience in creating or reviewing BAS or comparable controls designs.
• An understanding of building energy auditing processes, HVAC system commissioning, or monitoring-based commissioning.
• Familiarity with smart building control concepts, advanced demand-based control strategies, and the latest ASHRAE HVAC standards.
• LEED, CEM/PEM/EMP, or CMVP certification, or similar energy- or facilities-related certifications.

Department 4844, Mechanical Services, operates and provides preventive and corrective maintenance for mechanical systems associated with buildings at Sandia-NM. This department also provides heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) control, via the Facility Control System, to select buildings at Sandia-NM and Sandia-CA.