🚀 BMS Commissioning Engineer

The Role

ABEC undertakes a number of projects across the UK for key clients and is now looking to expandits team due to a number of new projects secured.

The Commissioning Engineer will be responsible for designing and engineering BMS projects of varying sizes and types. A strong understanding of mechanical and electrical services, HVAC systems and applications, Control Panels, Building Management Systems and discrete controls is a necessity. The role holder will work closely with Project Managers and customers in providing a technically sound solution on time and in budget.

For on site activities the engineer will be responsible for commissioning, demonstration and handover of BMS projects of varying sizes and types. A strong understanding of mechanical and electrical services, HVAC systems and applications, Control Panels, Building Management Systems and discrete controls is a necessity.

The engineer will work closely with the relevant CE, to provide our customers a fully working system on time and in budget. The engineer will take complete ownership of the tasks scheduled to him / her, and ensure the activities are completed in a professional and fully complete and robust manner to ensure the quality output of service of which the company strives to achieve.

Responsibilities

• Carry out to high standards, on-site pre-commissioning / final commissioning of Building Management Systems and associated technologies.
• Be solely responsible in the demonstration and hand over of fully operational systems for acceptance by the customer.
• Be responsible for ensuring pertinent documentation (commissioning handover and training records for example) are all signed and maintained appropriately in real time.
• Maintain accurate and timely communication on all matters with the ABEC project manager.
• Be responsible in ensuring work efficiency is maintained to complete tasks within or ahead of allocated time frames / programme, and delays.
• Assist project manager to achieve a 'zero defect' delivery of all projects.
• Provide on-site coordination with client and sub-contractors as needed / directed by the ABEC project manager.
• Ensure sites are cleared of equipment and materials / products prior to handover / demonstration / completion. Ensure sub-contractors comply.
• Carry out internal and external factory acceptance testing of control panels, including demonstrations, witnessing and customer training.
• Be responsible to ensure health and safety procedures and standards are followed on site. Ensure all Health and safety documentation is filed, maintained and updated on site.
• Carry out all tasks associated with the design of a Building Management System, including application engineering, control panel design / approval, operation and maintenance manuals, software, computer aided design, factory acceptance testing, graphics and commissioning.
• Be responsible in ensuring engineering budgets and programme requirements for individual project tasks are maintained or improved upon.
• Provide technical support to project managers, service / commissioning engineers and all staff.
• Consider and review alternative engineering methods and products to improve quality and costs.
• Be responsible in ensuring tasks are accurately recorded on timesheets. Provide regular progress updates / engineers reports to project managers. Ensure any issues / delays are recorded and communicated to project managers.
• Mentor and support other engineers.
• Provide off-site / on-site training for internal and external engineering / commissioning resource.
• Ability to write and modify software as necessary, and carry out project engineering tasks as required.
• To undertake any other duties as requested by senior staff within ABEC.

Liaise with

• Senior Commissioning Engineer
• Project manager(s)
• Contracts Manager
• Projects Co-ordinator(s)
• Projects Engineer(s)
• Commercial Manager
• Operations Director
• Commissioning Engineer(s)

Line Management

The line manager for this role is the Regional Manager.

Relevant experience, skills & knowledge

Essential

• Experience of commissioning building management systems. with particular experience of Schneider BMS.
• Experience of commissioning Projects in the order of £100k in contract value.
• A good understanding of a variety of mechanical and electrical building services.
• Fluent with Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Fluent with Trend and or Schneider building management system manufacturer, to facilitate writing and commissioning of controller / network, software and graphics.
• Experience of and demonstrate competence of commissioning integration products and protocol exchange software such as TONN, Tridium, SIPs using Modbus, BACnet, M-Bus etc.

Desirable

• Extensive experience commissioning building management systems.
• Experience of commissioning significant sized projects (ie, over £250k in contract value).

Relevant qualifications

Essential

• Suitable qualification to demonstrate electrical competency around the electro-technical aspects of control panels, LV and ELV installations associated with our industry (such as C&G 2391, 2356 or NVQ Level 3 Electrical Qualification).
• Trend Expert level qualification / and one other manufacturer equivalent (Delta / Siemens / Tridium).
• HVAC application of controls qualification.
• Various industry related product specific technical engineering courses.
• CITB / SSSTS H&S accreditation or IOSH equivalent.
• ECS CSCS accreditation as "Controls Engineer".
• First Aid Trained PASMA accreditation advantageous.

Desirable

• BEng (Hons) Building Services Engineering / Controls and Instrumentation.
• IPAF (3a and 3b) accreditation.

Communications and interpersonal skills

Essential

• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proactive attitude.
• Comfortable working as part of a team.
• Customer focused approach.

Desirable

• Excellent man management skills

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