Monroe County Roads
Join a workforce where innovation and teamwork provide support to the community and citizens of Monroe County.**Compensation:**$61,027.82 - $94,593.12**Job Description:**The primary responsibility of this position is to oversee automation and software systems, primarily within secure correctional facilities where inmates play a key role in operations. This role includes managing automated controls, including environmental and electrical building automation systems (BAS), electrical and HVAC equipment, and other integrated technologies. This position ensures that all automated facility systems operate efficiently and reliably in a commercial or industrial correctional setting.**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS*** Serves as the Correctional Facilities point of contact for Siemens and other third-party building automation systems (BAS) or similar automation platforms.* Manages, monitors, interprets, and adjusts controls for all automated systems, including HVAC, lighting, electronic locks, surveillance integration, and chilled water systems.* Diagnoses and repairs faults in PLCs, DDC systems, and other automation hardware or software.* Coordinates and schedules updates, calibrations, and vendor services for automation and control systems.* Oversees and evaluates vendors and contractors for facility automation and software programs, ensuring compliance with county standards and correctional facility security protocols.* Maintains logs, records, and documentation for system performance, software versions, configuration changes, and maintenance activities.* Plans, assigns, and reviews electrical maintenance and repair work to ensure quality, safety, and compliance with applicable codes and facility regulations.* Installs, troubleshoots, and maintains electrical and electronic systems, including power distribution, lighting, alarms, and communications.* Provides technical guidance, mentorship, and training to maintenance personnel.* Supports emergency maintenance operations and promptly responds to critical system failures, such as lock or HVAC issues within inmate housing areas.* Participates in facility inspections, audits, and performance reporting to ensure safety, reliability, and compliance.* Ensures all maintenance and automation activities adhere to federal, state, and local regulations, as well as correctional facility protocols for access, tool control, and security.* Supervises maintenance tasks performed by inmate labor or trustee workers, in accordance with facility procedures.* Represents the county in meetings and performs related duties as assigned.* Manages and maintains BAS, PLCs, DDC systems, HVAC controls, and related electrical/electronic systems to support safe and reliable facility operations.* Troubleshoots and resolves issues across mechanical, electrical, and control systems to minimize downtime and ensure uninterrupted operation of critical infrastructure.* Reads and interprets wiring diagrams, blueprints, and system schematics to plan, perform, and verify installation, maintenance, and repair activities.* Utilizes Microsoft Office applications, CMMS, and other software to document work, track assets, and analyze system performance.* Communicates and coordinates effectively with internal stakeholders and external vendors, including scheduling work, reviewing technical recommendations, and overseeing vendor performance related to automation and controls.* Prioritizes and manages multiple automation systems, projects, and work orders, making timely decisions to meet operational needs and departmental objectives.* Performs all duties professionally and safely within a secure correctional environment, observing facility security procedures, safety standards, and regulations* Responsible for personally knowing and following the County’s Personnel Policies and Procedures, Administrative Instructions, Department Operating Procedures, and applicable Statutes and Regulations.
Responsible for ensuring others also adhere to these standards.* Performs other related job duties as assigned.* In the event of special, emergency, or disaster situations, employee may be required to work schedules other than those for which they are regularly scheduled in any capacity deemed appropriate.**QUALIFICATIONS****Education and Experience:**High School Diploma or equivalent. Six (6) years minimum of prior related work experience in facilities maintenance or automation/control systems.**Special Qualifications:**A valid Florida Driver’s License is required. EPA Refrigeration Certification preferred. Valid trade license(s) and technical certifications are desired.**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:*** Ability to work from a general outline of duties and responsibilities.* Ability to perform professional-level work dealing with data, people, and technology that relates to administrative, technical, scientific, engineering, accounting, legal, or managerial skills.* Ability to make decisions that govern my activities as well as others. Decisions impact how our unit provides services and support to internal and external customers.* Ability to oversee and manage work involving multiple units.**PHYSICAL DEMANDS**The work is heavy and requires exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:* Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.* Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.* Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.* Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.* Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.* Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.* Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.* Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.* Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.* Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.* Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.* Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.* Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.* Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.* Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.* Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.* Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.* Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.* Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, #J-18808-Ljbffr
Responsible for ensuring others also adhere to these standards.* Performs other related job duties as assigned.* In the event of special, emergency, or disaster situations, employee may be required to work schedules other than those for which they are regularly scheduled in any capacity deemed appropriate.**QUALIFICATIONS****Education and Experience:**High School Diploma or equivalent. Six (6) years minimum of prior related work experience in facilities maintenance or automation/control systems.**Special Qualifications:**A valid Florida Driver’s License is required. EPA Refrigeration Certification preferred. Valid trade license(s) and technical certifications are desired.**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:*** Ability to work from a general outline of duties and responsibilities.* Ability to perform professional-level work dealing with data, people, and technology that relates to administrative, technical, scientific, engineering, accounting, legal, or managerial skills.* Ability to make decisions that govern my activities as well as others. Decisions impact how our unit provides services and support to internal and external customers.* Ability to oversee and manage work involving multiple units.**PHYSICAL DEMANDS**The work is heavy and requires exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:* Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.* Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.* Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.* Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.* Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.* Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.* Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.* Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.* Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.* Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.* Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.* Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.* Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.* Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.* Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.* Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.* Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.* Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.* Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, #J-18808-Ljbffr