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Job overview
The Instrumentation and Controls Technician II maintains and improves HVAC comfort-control systems in university buildings. The role troubleshoots electronic and pneumatic controls, leads cross-discipline teams on complex problems, performs preventive maintenance and calibration, and renovates or upgrades systems. It also supports procurement, documentation, field-data analysis, customer service, and participation in the On-Call Program.
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Full job description
Troubleshoots and resolves issues with electronic and pneumatic controls systems and components to maintain HVAC comfort control in university buildings.Leads work teams across multiple maintenance disciplines to resolve complex technical control system problems.Performs preventive maintenance and calibrates electronic and pneumatic controls and sensors to prevent failures and to keep the building HVAC equipment operating at optimum performance for maximum energy conservation.Renovates and upgrades control systems to provide efficient operation of HVAC equipment and improve building comfort.Assists other shops and team members in the accomplishment of shop goals related to key performance indicators. Assist outside entities. Provides timely and courteous customer service, keeps supervisors up to date on daily work order status to ensure clear, concise and necessary communication channels are maintained and customer expectations are met.Researches and recommends repair components and test equipment to assist in procuring components. Creates material lists and acquires materials for efficient work. Keeps accurate records of materials used and maintains daily time reports to efficiently complete work and document details of the functions performed. Keeps accurate and up to date documentation of all systems.Gathers building HVAC and mechanical field data to facilitate analysis and improvement of HVAC performance. Participates in the On-Call Program.Perform other job related functions as assigned.
How this job compares
Set against the 457 open Controls Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$74–109K/yr52 salary ranges
- US median$33–48/hr217 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 54 open Controls Technician jobs in Texas and 457 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- SpaceX18 open
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- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)4 open
- Experience
- Controls Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (354 postings).
- Education
- 7 of the 457 open Controls Technician jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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