Virginia Commonwealth University

Electrical / Analytics Engineer

Virginia Commonwealth University • $90K — $110K *
Richmond, VA 23284In-Person
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field with strong stats or data science background
  • Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Manager or intent to obtain within a year
  • Several years of HVAC engineering experience
  • Familiarity with building automation systems and networking (e.g., JCI Metasys, Siemens Desigo)
  • Proficient in IT networking protocols like UDP/TCP/IP, TLS, and BACnet/IP
  • Excellent customer service and communication skills
  • Valid Virginia Driver's License

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement long-term upgrades and repairs for university buildings
  • Oversee the measurement and verification of energy conservation measures
  • Develop a strategy combining retro-commissioning with energy conservation initiatives
  • Manage the university's building automation systems architecture and compliance
  • Document and ensure building automation standards and security compliance
  • Implement fault detection and diagnostics to enhance asset performance
  • Identify opportunities for reducing energy consumption and improving environmental impact

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Paid annual and holiday leave
  • Generous tuition benefits
  • Retirement planning and savings options
  • Employee discounts and well-being resources
  • Opportunities for career development and advancement
Full Job Description
Unit: Facilities Operations Admin

Department: Facilities Ops Admin

Duties & Responsibilities:

VCU's Facilities Management Department is seeking to hire an Electrical/Analytics Engineer.

The Electrical/Analytics Engineer is primarily responsible for the design and implementation of VCU's long term concentrated upgrade and repair of university buildings (CURB). This includes the design and implementation of a strategy to combine retro-commissioning (RCx) of existing buildings with the identification and implementation of energy conservation measures (ECMs) to achieve lower operating costs while increasing indoor environmental quality and building performance and achieving VCU's commitment to lower our environmental impact and increase sustainability of operations. The Electrical Engineer oversees the measurement and verification (M&V) of executed ECMs to ensure implementation was successful. The position is responsible for design and implementation of a continuous commissioning program to maintain achieved improvements in operations and energy savings. In order to achieve these objectives, the Electrical Engineer oversees the university's building automation systems (BAS) architecture and infrastructure. The position is responsible for managing the growing convergence of BAS and VCU Enterprise IT networks in order to maintain both reliability and maintainability of HVAC systems and compliance with VCU information security policies.

Additional responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Building Automation Infrastructure Oversight
  • Document VCU's building automation standards for new construction and ensure compliance with VCU It's network security standards
  • Maintain campus BAS servers
  • Coordinate installation of BAS and embedded device(loT) connection to VCU IP network
  • Maintain FMD compliance with VCU InfoSec security policies for existing BAS systems

Data Engineering
  • Design and build data integration pipelines and workflows to facilitate data analysis for ECM discovery, retro and continuous commissioning, and fault detection and diagnostics

Retro/Continuous Commissioning
  • Implement Fault Detection and Diagnostics platform to aid in the identification and elimination of poor asset performance and energy waste
  • Use retro commissioning to correct defective performance and use continuous commissioning to maintain performance improvements and related savings

Energy Conservation Measures
  • Identify opportunities to implement system upgrades or changes to lower VCU's energy consumption and environmental impact

Management
  • Supervise, train, and coach VCU's Energy Manager in their role
  • Coordinate between FMD-Automation, VCU IT, and Facilities Operations to maintain secure access to building automation assets

Special Assignments
  • Working with Facilities Operations to integrate multi-vendor automation systems into a cohesive single system interface for all FMD users
  • Currently in year 2 of a multiyear project to use College of Engineering senior capstone projects to facility data engineering efforts
  • Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field with significant coursework in statistics or data science required, or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Manager or ability to obtain CEM certification within one year of hire required
  • Several years experience in HVAC related engineering required
  • Knowledge of building automation systems and networking architecture required (JCI Metasys, Siemens Desigo, and Tridium Niagara preferred)
  • Knowledge of Information Technologies including Web Servers (IIS preferred), virtual machines, SQL databases, and LDAP user management (Active Directory preferred)
  • Knowledge of IT networking protocols including UDP/TCP/IP, TLS, and BACnet/IP required
  • Strong customer service and communication skills
  • State of Virginia Driver's License required
  • Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from all backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU

Preferred Qualifications
  • Master of Science in Data Science, Mathematics, or Statistics preferred or extensive postgraduate level work in statistics, modeling, and time series analysis techniques
  • Ability to write basic data computer programs in R, Python, or related language with open-source libraries for data analysis
  • Five (5) years' experience in HVAC related engineering preferred
  • Experience with Energy Conservation Measure identification and implementation
  • Measurement and Verification Certification or related experience preferred
  • Project Management Institute certification or related experience preferred
  • Experience working in a research and teaching environment is preferred
  • Experience supervising technical professionals and skilled HVAC/BAS trades preferred

Salary Range: $90,000 - $110,000

Benefits: All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU's robust benefits package that includes comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave, generous tuition benefits, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more.

FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt

Hours per Week: 40

Work Days/Hours: Flex schedule, 40 hrs/week

Restricted Position: No

ORP Eligible: Yes

Flexible Work Arrangement: Fully Onsite

University Job Title: 17243Y - Engineer FM 3

About Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virginia General Assembly merged MCV with the Richmond Professional Institute, founded in 1917, to create Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2018, more than 31,000 students pursued 217 degree and certificate programs through VCU's 11 schools and three colleges. The VCU Health System supports the university's health care education, research, and patient care mission. Echoing his November 10, 1970 inaugural address, Dr. Warren W. Brandt, emphasized the University's commitment, which was unique in the country. "We are striving to be a strong institution with significant emphasis on being an urban university-serving the city, the state, and other institutions. We're not trying to be an elitist institution, but to be an institution which meets the needs of the Urban community by accepting a wide range of students into a variety of programs." VCU had a record $310 million in sponsored research funding in the fiscal year 2019 and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". A broad array of university-approved centers and institutes of excellence, involving faculty from multiple disciplines in the humanities, public policy, biotechnology and health care discoveries, supports the university's research mission. Twenty-eight graduate and first-professional programs are ranked by U.S. News & World Report as among the best in the country. VCU's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the VCU Rams. They are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The VCU campus includes historic buildings such as the Ginter House, now used by the school's provost.
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