Team Lead-Electrical Safety, Automation & Contracted Support

Job Posting Title:
Team Lead-Electrical Safety, Automation & Contracted Support
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Hiring Department:
Facilities Services
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Position Open To:
All Applicants
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Weekly Scheduled Hours:
40
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FLSA Status:
To Be Determined at Offer
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Earliest Start Date:
Ongoing
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Position Duration:
Expected to Continue
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Location:
AUSTIN, TX
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Job Details:
General Notes
Join the Facilities Operations and Maintenance team, a highly responsive and knowledgeable crew providing outstanding service for Facilities Services and to the university community.
Engineering & Technical Support, a branch of the Facilities Operations and Maintenance Division, provides comprehensive engineering and technical support to the maintenance groups and other departments in service of the University’s operations.
Our teams provide a comprehensive array of qualified services, backed by our licensed and certified technicians, to this end, we offer opportunities for continuing education, as well as various stipends for additional trade licenses. Our team of trained trade experts are well-matched for the university’s operational and maintenance needs, whether the facility is a brand new laboratory or our iconic Tower.
Our goal is to self-identify operations and maintenance issues long before our clients realize a repair is needed and take a thoughtful approach to using their resources, structuring processes, and providing the best client service and use of university resources. This goal comes from our sense of ownership and pride in our work.
With this approach in mind, the team is organized into a zone-based structure and employs flexible work hours, data analysis, and technology to meet operational goals.
Your skills will make a difference.
You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will contribute to operational excellence and enhance the student experience. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working in our department and for UT Austin. UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:
Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with employer matching funds
Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities.
Tuition assistance
Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
Free access to UT Austin’s libraries and museums with staff ID card
Free rides on all UT shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card
For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards.
For more information on the Maintenance Operations group, please visit: Visit the Facilities Operations and Maintenance Website
Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employee without sponsorship.
Security sensitive; Criminal background check conducted on selected applicant. Hiring decision is contingent on applicant clearing check. This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code §51.215. Applications will be reviewed online by the hiring department. This is a 40 hour work week schedule; Monday-Friday, hours to be discussed with supervisor. Some overtime, evenings, weekends and holidays possible.
Purpose
Lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for building automation systems, electrical safety programs, and contracted technical support across university facilities. Provide technical leadership, staff direction, and project management for the planning and execution of campus building automation system upgrades, including the migration of obsolete control platforms, replacement and integration of controllers, development and review of control sequences, network coordination, commissioning, functional performance verification, training, and project closeout. Provide leadership for the university's electrical safety and arc flash program, establishing priorities, policies, and standards; overseeing assessments and corrective actions; supporting regulatory compliance; and coordinating efforts to reduce operational risk while improving the reliability and maintainability of campus electrical systems. Coordinate with university departments, building occupants, consultants, contractors, and technical staff to minimize operational disruptions and ensure systems are reliable, maintainable, properly documented, and compliant with university standards, safety requirements, and applicable codes. Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, procurement, risks, resources, and stakeholder communication while mentoring staff and supporting the continued improvement of facilities engineering and project delivery practices.
Responsibilities
Provide leadership, direction, and accountability for assigned engineering, technical, and project management staff. Establish priorities, allocate workload, mentor staff, communicate departmental objectives, and promote best practices to support Facilities Services' mission and strategic goals.
Lead the planning, design, procurement, implementation, commissioning, and closeout of campus building automation system (BAS) upgrades and modernization projects. Coordinate activities involving control system migrations, network infrastructure, front-end software platforms, programming, graphics development, point integration, functional testing, documentation, training, and stakeholder communications. Manage project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and contractor performance to ensure reliable and maintainable building systems.
Provide leadership and organizational support for the university's electrical safety initiatives, including the arc flash program and related risk-reduction efforts. Establish priorities, coordinate resources, remove barriers to execution, and support engineering staff responsible for assessments, standards development, corrective action planning, and compliance activities. Collaborate with Facilities Services leadership and campus stakeholders to improve the safety, reliability, and resilience of campus electrical infrastructure.
Lead engineering and project management efforts supporting facilities maintenance, repairs, renewals, and capital improvement projects. Provide technical guidance for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and related building systems across the university.
Effectively communicate technical and program information to leadership, clients, contractors, consultants, building occupants, and university stakeholders. Develop and present recommendations, project updates, technical reports, and executive-level briefings.
Prioritize, assign, and monitor resources to maximize service delivery and project execution. Evaluate workload demands, identify resource constraints, and adjust priorities to meet changing operational and institutional needs.
Support continuous improvement initiatives, standards development, committee participation, and departmental programs. Perform other duties and special assignments as required.
Perform other related functions as assigned. Work is performed in accordance with normal trade practices and is inspected for conformity to standards, quality and quantity by journey-level employees or supervisor. Attends staff meetings, safety training and meetings. May volunteer for the on-call program. May drive University vehicles. If driving University vehicles, must maintain acceptable driver rating as established in Policy: UTS157 Section 2.5.4.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor'