Lead Field Controls Engineer

About this role

As a Lead Field Controls Engineer, you will be crucial to ALC’s business through the field commissioning of building automation systems created specifically for each individual customer. We are looking for a team member who is self-motivated, detail oriented, customer focused, and acts as a role model for other field engineers. You will work to solve complex problems, help in training of less experienced Field Engineers, and serve as a contact in the field as a product and technical expert.

This is an onsite at clients’ site in a 80 mile radius around Reno Nevada.

We value our people and offer an extensive benefits package, with financial rewards including health insurance, retirement savings plan, and also lifestyle support with flexible working and parental leave. Plus, we’ll support your growth with paid-for external training programs and courses.

Key Responsibilities

• Initiate, install, troubleshoot, optimize customer systems that utilize advanced Direct Digital Control technology.

• Serve as local contact for technical issues.

• Offer effective solutions for complex system issues.

• Provide turnkey project delivery on medium to large projects.

• Responsible for ensuring that systems operate properly, to include controls, sensors, and software.

• Load software, configure trends, alarms, and reports.

• Implement time management strategies to ensure customer satisfaction.

• Communicate and document the status and details of the project for the customer.

• Provide site-specific training to owners/operators on the complete system.

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.

• 4+ years of experience in Building Automation, HVAC, or in a technical field.

• Capable of climbing ladders or using other lift equipment over 8 feet above grade and capable of lifting items up to 50lbs.

• Valid and current Driver’s License and can be insurable by the company’s insurance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, Associate Degree, Technical/Business School Certificate or Diploma in HVAC, Controls, or related field.

• Proficient with advanced building automation software, such as WebCTRL, and installing building automation controls.

• Ability to navigate and integrate into a variety of building automation systems.

• Expert with TCP/IP networks including wireless technology.

• Experience interacting with a large and diverse number of simultaneous challenges, requiring knowledge of multiple disciplines.

• Ability to communicate technical information to a non-technical audience.

• Excellent communication skills as well as the ability to work well in a team environment.

• Proficient with Microsoft 365 applications.

Additional information:

• This position doesn’t support immigration sponsorship

Benefits
Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; wellness incentives

• Retirement benefits

• Time Off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Healthcare Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here: The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

This position may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.

Pay Range:

$80,750.00-$113,250.00