Niagara 4 Building Automation Controls Specialist

Midgley Huber

Orange, CA

Pay: $37/hr

**Shape smarter buildings with Niagara 4**

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Step into a role where you turn complex HVAC systems into cohesive, efficient Building Automation Systems (BAS). Your week might begin building a new Niagara station in Workbench, crafting operator graphics and dashboards, and setting up trends, alarms, and schedules. By midweek, you’re on site validating points on VAVs, AHUs, RTUs, and a central plant, then collaborating with project managers and engineers to fine‑tune control logic from sequences of operation. You close the loop by commissioning, documenting, and backing up every controller and station so the system runs reliably long after turnover.

What you’ll do

• Program and configure BAS for commercial HVAC: AHUs, RTUs, VAVs, central/chilled water plants, boilers, and related equipment.
• Develop Niagara 4 applications for JACE and Supervisor, including station architecture, drivers, point databases, graphics, histories/trends, alarms, schedules, and operator interfaces.
• Integrate and troubleshoot communications using BACnet/IP and BACnet MS/TP, plus third‑party devices.
• Interpret mechanical/electrical drawings and written sequences to create, modify, and validate control logic.
• Execute startup activities: point-to-point checkout, functional testing, and full system commissioning.
• Diagnose programming, controller, network, and integration issues through resolution.
• Partner with project managers, engineers, fellow controls technicians, customers, and contractors from kickoff to closeout.
• Maintain complete documentation: logic notes, backups for controllers and stations, database records, and project files.

What you’ll bring

• 2 to 5 years hands‑on experience programming BAS.
• Strong Niagara 4 (N4) background; an active N4 certification is strongly preferred. Demonstrated, proven N4 programming expertise may substitute for the credential.
• Fluency with Niagara Workbench: station setup, driver configuration, point discovery, trends, alarms, schedules, graphics, and backups.
• Solid understanding of commercial HVAC systems (AHUs, RTUs, VAVs, chillers, boilers, etc.).
• Ability to derive and implement sequences from SOOs and design documents.
• Working knowledge of BACnet/IP, BACnet MS/TP, and basic IP networking.
• Skill reading mechanical plans, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and controls drawings.
• Independent problem‑solver with strong analytical skills; comfortable owning startup and commissioning end‑to‑end.
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to prioritize multiple projects and hit deadlines.

Preferred extras

• Current Niagara 4 (N4) certification.
• Experience engineering, programming, and commissioning Niagara JACE and Supervisor applications.
• Background integrating third‑party systems/devices into BAS via BACnet.
• Track record commissioning and optimizing BAS from initial startup to project completion.

Compensation

Starting hourly pay: $50.