EMCOR Group

Engineer (Non-Exempt)

EMCOR Group, Los Alamitos

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Job Title: BAS Application Engineer

Location: Los Alamitos, CA

Reports to: BAS Engineering Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Salary Range: $65K - $100K

Prepared By: Human Resources

Prepared Date: August 5, 2025

Core Hours: 7:00 am to 4:00 pm, M-F, flexible hours possible

Additional hours outside the above times/days may be required to support project activities. Periodic travel outside the SoCal area may be required.

KDC Inc. has been in the electrical contracting business since 1950. Since that time, we have developed many strong, long-term relationships with general contractors, architects, and engineers in Southern California. Our skill, experience, purchasing power, and access to technical and financial resources enable us to complete your project in a timely manner with cost competitive performance. Owned by EMCOR, the largest U.S. specialty contractor, KDC Inc. has a nationwide network of sister companies experienced in working together, linking our strengths to meet our customers' needs.

KDC Inc. provides electrical, transportation, telecommunications, and control system integration services. Our electrical division performs specialty electrical contracting work as well as design/build projects. Our transportation division performs all phases of underground network and traffic control technology. Our telecommunications division specializes in the installation of voice-data systems and DC power plants and cabling. KDC Systems, our controls division, provides products and services for environmental monitoring, HVAC, lighting control, process control, security and U.L. panel fabrication.

KDC Inc. can handle a variety of projects from small and simple to the most advanced and complex. Our project experience includes arenas, college campuses, communication centers, convention centers, data centers, energy performance contracts, generation and co-generation facilities, high rise office and commercial buildings, hospitals, manufacturing and aerospace complexes, Metro stations and tunnels, parking structures, research laboratories, thermal energy storage, toll roads, and wastewater treatment facilities.

KDC Inc. maintains its excellent reputation by consistently meeting the needs of its clients, producing quality work on time and in a cost-competitive manner. We welcome the opportunity to work with you on your upcoming projects and are ready to meet the challenges unique to your needs.

Job Summary: Direct Digital Control (DDC), Energy Management Systems (EMS); collectively referred to as Building Automation Systems (BAS) design and programming of Schneider Electric; Andover Continuum and EcoStruxure Building Automation Systems.

Duties and Responsibilities:

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Provide BAS design, programming and graphic design in an office environment.
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Develop design and submittal documents for approval of control strategies and products.
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Provide on-site support, troubleshooting, repair for BAS systems in a new construction and live system environment
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Provide strict testing and commissioning support as per specifications and in conjunction with installing contractors and commissioning agencies
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Travel to and from customer locations throughout Southern California as required
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Qualifications:

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Schneider Electric; Andover Continuum and/or EcoStruxure programming experience (candidates with extensive experience with other non-Schneider building automation system platforms will be considered)
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Skill in the programming of BAS systems for control of cooling, heating, and air-handling systems
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Good communication skills to include verbal and written expression and interpretation in an engineering and construction environment to include process descriptions, test documentation, programming concepts and the ability to lead discussions with project stakeholders
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Value Added:

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Tridium Niagara programming experience
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HVAC mechanical installation background
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Industrial electrical panel design capability
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BSc; BCS, BSME, BSEE degree or degree study
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Language Skills:

Must have the demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with multiple levels of customers, employees, unions, government agencies, vendors and suppliers, and other contractor organizations.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, see, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is regularly required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to commute to field locations. The employee must have the ability to navigate around job site locations.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee should expect to sit for long periods in front of a computer and travel to field locations as needed.

While visiting field locations, the employee may be required to work outdoors, be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical and electrical parts; high, precarious places; dust, fumes, or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions, extended exposure to sunlight; cold and heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

We offer our employees a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package and are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Equal Opportunity Employer

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