Job Description

Job Title: Building Automation Sales Engineer (Senior BAS Technician)
Location: Houston, TX or Dallas, TX. Fully remote with no office; must live in either metro.
Travel: Regular on-site visits to customer buildings and job sites throughout the local territory.

About the Role:
The building-controls group of a well-established Texas engineering and automation company is expanding into Houston and Dallas, and this hire will be its first person in the market. The work combines field engineering with business development. You’ll program, commission and support building automation systems, and between projects you’ll find and win new controls work. This suits a highly experienced controls professional who wants to build a territory from the ground up and doesn’t need an office to stay productive.

What You’ll Do:

• Install, set up, program and maintain commercial BAS across HVAC, lighting, life-safety and access/security applications.
• Diagnose and fix problems with field devices, wiring, network communications and control logic.
• Work from mechanical, electrical and controls drawings, submittals and sequences of operation to deliver systems that perform as designed.
• Take projects from startup to turnover, including point-to-point verification and functional testing.
• Work with project managers, design engineers and other technicians to keep projects on schedule and within spec.
• Serve as the on-site technical expert for building owners and facility teams and answer their system questions.
• Generate new business between projects: meet with facility managers, mechanical contractors and engineers; scope retrofit, upgrade and service opportunities; and help develop proposals.
• Deliver work that meets project specifications, timelines and quality standards.

What You Bring:

• Deep hands-on experience as a commercial BAS/DDC controls technician, programmer or engineer (typically 7–10+ years).
• Strong troubleshooting skills across controllers, field devices, BACnet/LonWorks/Modbus networks and programming logic.
• Comfort reading HVAC mechanical, electrical and controls documents and translating sequences into working code.
• A record of startup, checkout and commissioning on commercial projects.
• Customer-facing confidence and an interest in selling or growing an account base.
• Self-direction and organization to work remotely without daily supervision.
• Valid driver’s license and the ability to travel locally across the territory.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Alerton, Siemens (Apogee, Talon or Desigo), Honeywell, Distech or Johnson Controls Metasys.
• Tridium Niagara (AX/N4) integration experience and certification.
• Background converting pneumatic or legacy DDC systems and implementing energy management strategies.
• Existing relationships with Houston or DFW building owners, facility managers or mechanical contractors.
• Prior sales engineering, estimating or service-agreement sales experience.