[Remote] BAS Controls Mission Critical Service Technician

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Upchurch is a full-service building engineering company providing mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and controls services across the southeastern United States. The Controls – Mission Critical Services Technician maintains, troubleshoots, validates, and supports controls systems in high-availability data centers, including BAS/BMS, EPMS interfaces, sensors, actuators, alarms, sequences, and integrated building automation systems. The role also performs preventive and corrective maintenance, commissioning support, documentation, emergency response, and compliance with mission-critical procedures.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on data center controls and automation systems, including but not limited to:
• BAS/BMS controllers and field panels
• EPMS and power-monitoring interface points
• DCIM-adjacent monitoring and integration points
• Control panels, relays, terminal blocks, low-voltage wiring, and communication modules
• Temperature, humidity, differential pressure, static pressure, airflow, leak detection, and equipment status sensors
• Dampers, actuators, valves, VFD control interfaces, and controlled devices
• CRAH/CRAC, AHU/RTU, fan wall, chilled water, pump, cooling tower, adiabatic, and liquid-cooling control interfaces
• UPS, generator, ATS/STS, switchgear, PDU, RPP, and electrical monitoring points where applicable
• Alarm points, trend logs, graphics, setpoints, schedules, and sequence-of-operation logic
• Execute work through the approved field management system using approved. MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, and change-management processes
• Maintain awareness of redundancy, upstream/downstream impacts, stacked risk, and potential consequences of controls changes
• Support alarm response, degraded performance investigations, sensor failures, communication loss, control-loop instability, and emergency service calls per SLA
• Perform point-to-point verification, sensor validation, command/feedback checks, trend review, and controls readiness inspections
• Support startup, functional testing, integrated systems testing, and turnover activities as assigned
• Document work performed, readings, screenshots, trends, deficiencies, alarms, corrective actions, and system conditions accurately
• Follow strict safety protocols, including LOTO, PPE, low-voltage electrical safety, site access rules, tool control, and live-site restrictions
• Participate in scheduled maintenance windows, on-call rotations, after-hours response, and outage-support activities
• Complete required company, data center, controls, OEM, and mission-critical training through Upchurch University LMS DC|MC program, third-party partners, and OEM programs

Skills

• • 0–2 years controls, BAS/BMS, low-voltage, HVAC controls, electrical, or data center support experience
• • 2–5 years controls, BAS/BMS, building automation, low-voltage, HVAC controls, electrical controls, commissioning, or critical facility experience
• • 5+ years controls, BAS/BMS, building automation, HVAC controls, electrical controls, commissioning, or mission-critical experience
• • 7+ years controls, BAS/BMS, building automation, HVAC controls, electrical controls, commissioning, or mission-critical experience
• • Strong mission-critical, data center, central plant, industrial, healthcare, or high-availability operations background
• • Demonstrated ability to lead technical work, mentor technicians, coordinate with customers, and support commissioning or integrated systems activities
• • High school diploma or equivalent
• • Ability to read and interpret: + Controls drawings + Points lists + BAS/BMS graphics + Alarm summaries + Trend logs + Sequences of operation + Electrical one-lines and panel schedules, as applicable + Low-voltage wiring diagrams + OEM documentation + MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs
• • Familiarity with basic electrical and low-voltage safety practices
• • Valid driver's license
• • Ability to work in live critical environments
• • Ability to follow strict procedural, access, and documentation requirements
• • Willingness to travel to support the service region
• • Willingness to work nights, weekends, maintenance windows, and on-call rotations as needed
• • Lift up to 50 lbs
• • Work in raised-floor environments, rooftops, and equipment rooms
• • Exposure to noise, airflow, and operational equipment
• • Ability to work nights, weekends, and on-call rotations
• • technical, vocational, controls, HVAC, electrical, or automation training preferred
• • Prior data center, industrial, hospital, manufacturing, central plant, or mission-critical facility exposure preferred
• • Strong data center, critical facility, industrial, healthcare, central plant, or high-availability operations background preferred
• • BAS/BMS experience with platforms such as Distech, Niagara, Tridium, Schneider, Siemens, Johnson Controls, Automated Logic, Honeywell, or similar systems
• • EPMS, DCIM, or power-monitoring familiarity
• • Data center controls, critical facility, hospital, industrial, central plant, or high-availability operations experience
• • Experience with point-to-point verification, sensor calibration, alarm validation, and trend analysis
• • Experience supporting CRAH/CRAC, AHU/RTU, fan wall, chilled water, pump, cooling tower, adiabatic, liquid-cooling, UPS, generator, ATS/STS, switchgear, PDU, or RPP monitoring/control interfaces
• • Experience with BACnet, Modbus, MSTP, IP networking fundamentals, controller addressing, and communication troubleshooting
• • OEM controls training or certifications
• • OSHA 10 / 30
• • NFPA 70E awareness or qualified-worker training, where applicable
• • Commissioning, startup, integrated systems testing, or turnover support experience

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off and holiday pay.
• Opportunities for professional development and certification assistance.

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