"Facilities Control Specialist"

Facilities Control Specialist

Job No: 552338
Work Type: Staff
Location: Southern California: Long Beach
Categories: Bargaining Unit: Unit 6 - Teamsters Local 2010, Appointment Type: Probationary, Time Basis: Full Time, Job Search Category/Discipline: Trades

Job Summary

Under the supervision of the Supervising Building Services Engineer, responsibilities include but are not limited to installation, maintenance and repair of all types of electric, electronic, and pneumatic control systems and related Energy Management/Building Automated Control systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor campus-wide building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment and energy demand to ensure effective and efficient operation while maintaining building occupant comfort.
• Maintenance, installation, and repair of campus-wide building automation control system components and all associated heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment.
• Respond to Facilities Management Customer Service generated work orders and after-hours emergencies to resolve reported control systems failures and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning related problems.
• Assist energy management consultants in re-commissioning and modernization of existing building automation system control components to increase the efficiency and reliability of campus heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment.
• Schedule as required heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment to ensure thermal comfort and ventilation needs for occupied space.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

The ideal candidate possesses hands-on experience with electrical, electronic, and pneumatic controls, along with programming expertise in Energy Management Systems, particularly those manufactured by Staefa/Talon and Niagara. They are proficient in operating trade-specific tools and equipment, demonstrate strong record-keeping and work order completion skills, and can effectively interpret technical documentation. Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication abilities are essential, as is prior experience working in a university or large institutional setting.

Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community. Ability to follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines including but not limited to safety, civility, information security, and non-discrimination policies and procedures. Ability to contribute to a positive university experience for each and every student and assist in achieving the university's commitment to a "vision of excellence."

Education and Experience

• Equivalent to four years of journey-level experience diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining large, complex, and sophisticated heating, ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning, and water treatment systems; installing, inspecting, servicing, repairing, replacing, and calibrating building automation and control systems; and using programming features of building automation systems.
• Solid work record.

Physical Summary

Heavy work - Job involves lifting more than 40 pounds. Approximately half of the incumbent's time will be spent walking, standing, squatting, kneeling, or climbing.

Licenses / Certificates

• Valid California driver's license required.

Employees who are required to operate motorized vehicles and/or use their personal vehicle more than once a month on university business are required to take a mandatory Defensive Driving course and enroll in the DMV Employee Pull Notice (EPN) Program.

Department: FM Engineering Services
Classification: Facilities Control Specialist

Compensation

Salary placement is determined by the education, experience, and qualifications the candidate brings to the position, internal equity, and the hiring department's fiscal resources.

CSU Classification Salary Range: The CSU Classification Salary Range for this position is $6,705 - $9,768 per month.

Time Base: 1.0 time-base, 40 hours per week.
Duration of Appointment: This is a regular position.

Benefits

Excellent benefits through CalPERS (health, vision, dental), tuition fee waiver, generous vacation and sick leave, and 14 paid holidays each year.

Application Procedures

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Application Closes: 12 January 2026

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