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Team Lead-Electrical Safety, Automation and Contracted Support

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

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Austin, TX
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Job overview

The Team Lead provides leadership and direction to engineering, technical, and project management staff supporting university facilities. The role leads building automation upgrades, electrical safety initiatives, and facilities maintenance and capital projects. It coordinates resources and contractors, provides technical guidance on building systems, and communicates recommendations and project information to university leadership and stakeholders.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Staff LeadershipBuilding Automation SystemsProject ManagementElectrical SafetyBuilding Systems Engineering

Qualifications

Acceptable Driver Rating

Full job description

Provide leadership, direction, and accountability for assigned engineering, technical, and project management staff. Establish priorities, allocate workload, mentor staff, communicate departmental objectives, and promote best practices to support Facilities Services' mission and strategic goals.Lead the planning, design, procurement, implementation, commissioning, and closeout of campus building automation system (BAS) upgrades and modernization projects. Coordinate activities involving control system migrations, network infrastructure, front-end software platforms, programming, graphics development, point integration, functional testing, documentation, training, and stakeholder communications. Manage project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and contractor performance to ensure reliable and maintainable building systems.Provide leadership and organizational support for the university's electrical safety initiatives, including the arc flash program and related risk-reduction efforts. Establish priorities, coordinate resources, remove barriers to execution, and support engineering staff responsible for assessments, standards development, corrective action planning, and compliance activities. Collaborate with Facilities Services leadership and campus stakeholders to improve the safety, reliability, and resilience of campus electrical infrastructure.Lead engineering and project management efforts supporting facilities maintenance, repairs, renewals, and capital improvement projects. Provide technical guidance for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and related building systems across the university.Effectively communicate technical and program information to leadership, clients, contractors, consultants, building occupants, and university stakeholders. Develop and present recommendations, project updates, technical reports, and executive-level briefings.Prioritize, assign, and monitor resources to maximize service delivery and project execution. Evaluate workload demands, identify resource constraints, and adjust priorities to meet changing operational and institutional needs.Support continuous improvement initiatives, standards development, committee participation, and departmental programs. Perform other duties and special assignments as required.Perform other related functions as assigned. Work is performed in accordance with normal trade practices and is inspected for conformity to standards, quality and quantity by journey-level employees or supervisor. Attends staff meetings, safety training and meetings. May volunteer for the on-call program. May drive University vehicles. If driving University vehicles, must maintain acceptable driver rating as established in Policy: UTS157 Section 2.5.4.

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