Lead Utility System Programmer

The University of Texas at Austin
flexible benefit account, sick time, tuition assistance, 403(b), retirement plan, employee discount
United States, Texas, Austin
101 East 27th Street (Show on map)
April 01, 2024
Job Posting Title: Lead Utility System Programmer ---- Hiring Department: Utilities and Energy Management ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ---- FLSA Status: To Be Determined at Offer ---- Earliest Start Date: Ongoing ---- Position Duration: Expected to Continue ---- Location: AUSTIN, TX ---- Job Details: General Notes Who We Are We are "the power behind UT". Utilities and Energy Management (UEM) provides reliable and cost-effective electricity, chilled water, steam, deionized water, compressed air, emergency power, and elevator services for The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). We have more than 190 employees in five divisions: Electrical Distribution and Elevator Services, Energy Management and Strategic Programs; Mechanical Distribution, Operations, and Support Services. Who We Are Looking For We are seeking candidates who share the following core values: Safety: Commitment to the well-being of our fellow employees, ourselves, and the campus community. Respect: Treating everyone with fairness and dignity. Integrity: Transparency, honesty, trust and ethics in our work and our relationships. Reliability: Delivery of consistent, dependable, and uninterrupted services. Teamwork: Working together through cooperation, contribution, and the sharing of our knowledge. Excellence: Setting the highest standards through innovation, collaboration, forward-thinking, and stewardship. You will be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will make a difference in the lives of University students, faculty, and staff, thereby enhancing the experience of being a member of one of the premier institutions in the world. 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 8% 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 access to all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card. For more details, please see and . Learn more about . Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employee without sponsorship. Security sensitive; Certified 3-Yr Driving Record and Criminal Background Check conducted on selected applicant. Hiring decision is contingent upon applicant clearing background check and driving record requirements. Follow all University and UEM safety policies and procedures, take required safety training, and identify and report safety hazards. Perform work tasks in a safe manner, wear the proper personal protective equipment, and report near misses and incidents. Abide by Utilities and Energy Management's set of core values: Safety, Respect, Integrity, Reliability, Teamwork, and Excellence. Work effectively from a remote office or on campus. Drive university vehicle or cart. Maintain acceptable driver rating as established in Policy: UTS157 Section 2.5.4. Perform other related functions as assigned. Purpose To perform skilled, technical work related to the installation, troubleshooting, operation and maintenance of process control data applications and systems. Responsibilities Install, Program, and Maintain Programmable logic controllers. Become familiar with the principles and methods of electrical, thermal and water utility metering. Use applications to manage, monitor and report meter issues. Work in tunnels and mechanical rooms while testing, troubleshooting or installing PLC equipment. Effectively communicate status, progress or any issues found with the metering system to the group, internal customers and management. Create, maintain and utilize data systems and pathways to make real-time process control and billing data available to relevant databases and applications. Follow established conventions for labeling and naming of tags, variables, instruments and meters. Maintain applications used for historical trending, utility billing and alarm monitoring. Familiarity with OPC-UA and data gateways is necessary. Install and Maintain computer hardware and software that is used in plant process control. Knowledge of computer systems such as servers, clients, domain architecture, multi-monitor displays is necessary. Install and Maintain virtual servers and clients. Familiarity with how to back up, move or clone virtual environments. Assist with inventory process by maintaining accurate logs and audits of hardware/software installed or removed. Install, Program and Maintain computer network switching and routing. Familiarity with fiber and copper media is necessary. Experience with configuration back up, loading changes and investigating faults is necessary. Understanding of switch and firewall implementation rules, port and service assignment, NAT, VLAN and DMZ areas. Acquire and maintain the knowledge necessary to obtain network certifications such as CCNA. Design, Develop and maintain data driven applications using common web languages and cloud infrastructure. Utilize API's and common query methods to obtain or augment databases used for analysis and utility billing. Familiarity with machine data acquisition and transfer. Have a working knowledge of application repositories and version control management. Work within in a staging environment prior to deploying changes on production systems. Additional duties as assigned by supervisor. Drive University vehicles. Maintain acceptable driver rating as established in Policy: UTS157 Section 2.5.4. May be required to report to work at PRC campus. May be required for recall afterhours, weekends, and holidays. Required Qualifications High school graduation or GED. Work experience with any of the following is required: Allen Bradley-Rockwell, Emerson Ovation, GE Versamax, Red Lion, IA-Ignition, IA-Perspective, Kepware OPC, Modbus,MSSQL, PostgreSQL, HeidiSQL, HTML5, CSS, Python, JavaScript, Node, Ruby, MQTT, API, FTP, AWS S3, Bitbucket, Jira,Windows Server, Linux, VMWare, Cisco IOS. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. Preferred Qualifications College level course work or boot camps related to the following fields: utilities and energy management systems, data acquisition, web programming, machine learning, PLC programming, industrial communication protocols. Driving Required This job requires a class "C" operator's driver's license. The applicant selected must provide a current three-year driving record from the current state of residence. If not currently a Texas resident, a Texas driver's license must be obtained within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Salary Range $75,000 + depending on qualifications Working Conditions Environmental Demands: Uniforms and/or personal protection equipment (furnished) May work in all weather conditions May work in extreme temperatures May work around chemical fumes May work around standard office conditions May work around biohazards May work around chemicals May work around electrical and mechanical hazards Physical Tasks: Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation Use of manual dexterity Climbing of stairs Climbing of ladders Lifting and moving Additional Working Conditions: May be required to work in confined spaces, manholes, tunnels, elevated work, extended shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays. May be exposed to loud noise, high dust and allergen levels. May be required to lift up to 50lbs. Often required to twist, grasp, push, pull and bend. Operate job related equipment. May be required to operate forklifts, personnel lifts and cranes. May be required to perform elevated work. Occasional work from ladders and/or scaffolds. Participate in on-call program. Work Shift 9-80 Work Schedule; Monday-Friday (Every other Friday-Off), 06:00 AM - 03:30 PM Required Materials Resume/CV 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor Letter of interest Importantfor applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above. ---- Employment Eligibility: Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval. ---- Retirement Plan Eligibility: The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. ---- Background Checks: A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position. ---- Equal Opportunity Employer: The University of Texas at Austin, as an ,complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. ---- Pay Transparency: The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. ---- Employment Eligibility Verification: If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university. ---- E-Verify: The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following: [PDF] [PDF] [PDF] [PDF] ---- Compliance: Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in . The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.