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POSITION SPECIFICATIONS Position: Controls Engineer III Department: Performance Group (PG) Reporting Relationship: Controls Manager, PG COMPANY BACKGROUND KFI Engineers is a recognized industry leader in facility infrastructure design and performance. Since 1996, our culture of collaboration and unique capabilities have allowed us to make a difference in the way infrastructure and processing projects are delivered. Headquartered in St. Paul, MN, with numerous regional offices throughout the United States, and a team of hundreds of professionals, we offer opportunities to continue your career with mentorship programs, career growth support, and continued education. With KFI, we find a way to provide creative solutions to unique projects while providing the same care we would expect if we were the client. For more information about KFI Engineers and our culture, please visit www.kfi-eng.com. POSITION OVERVIEW & RESPONSIBILITIES The Controls Engineer III plays a key role in the successful application of controls to a mechanical HVAC design. Reporting to the Controls Manager, this individual will review and understand how HVAC equipment operates at both the individual unit level and in concert with other equipment at the whole building level. The successful candidate will prepare the control documents portion of the overall mechanical design, which includes schematic drawings, point lists, sequences of operation, and specification sections. To provide high quality control documents, the Level 3 Controls Engineer will be capable of implementing entire control systems, from initial hardware design to final system tuning, and have past experience. As required, the individual in this role will provide field assistance to support controls system project delivery. Field assistance may include communicating design intent and details, answering technical questions, and participating in any portion of the control system project as required, seeing it to completion. The Level 3 controls engineer will act as project manager for smaller projects and assist in managing larger projects. Regular collaboration is necessary within our controls and commissioning teams, and with others in the industry to keep current and this individual will help drive controls standards and mentor junior staff. The successful incumbent will be constantly challenged to create better, practical, and sustainable solutions. Specific responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following: Prepare control documents portion of the overall mechanical design: schematic drawings, point lists, sequences of operation, and specification sections. Stay current on control strategies and code changes. Participate in training, internal and external. Obtain and maintain technical certifications as needed. Stay current on control systems programming and implementation practices. Construction administration efforts such as internal participation with other KFI groups. Project planning meetings, control submittal reviews, and other support as required. Project management. Since most any effort can be made more efficient with a good plan, KFI expects good planning and execution practices. Tools, training and metrics are made available to ensure the success of our teams. Provide field assistance to support controls system project delivery. Communicate design intent and details, answer technical questions, participate in any portion of the control system project construction as required, seeing it to completion. Regular collaboration within our controls and commissioning team, and with others in the industry to keep current. Constantly challenge traditional practices to imagine better, practical, and sustainable solutions. Create control hardware design and installation drawings, including equipment selection to provide bill of materials. Ma