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About the Role

The Controls Automation Engineer will support 5K's sales and solutions functions by providing technical expertise throughout the sales cycle. This role acts as a bridge between commercial and engineering teams, ensuring proposed BAS/EMS solutions are accurately scoped, priced, and feasible for deployment.

Responsibilities

• Support the BDM and Solutions Architect in qualifying technical requirements and developing solution designs for new opportunities.
• Prepare and review technical proposals, system architecture summaries, equipment specifications, and scope-of-work documents.
• Conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations for prospective clients.
• Assist in developing GC bid packages, including controls drawings, sequences of operations, and equipment schedules.
• Respond to RFIs and RFPs requiring technical controls content.
• Support estimating by providing input on controls labor hours, material quantities, and system integration complexity.
• Coordinate with manufacturer partners to obtain technical specifications, submittals, and pricing.
• Maintain technical knowledge of 5K’s platform offerings, keeping current on product updates, open-protocol standards, and competitive alternatives.
• Assist with technical onboarding of new clients, including system design review and coordination handoff to the project delivery team.
• Represent 5K professionally in client-facing technical interactions.

Requirements

• 3–7 years of experience in building automation, BAS/EMS, or HVAC controls with demonstrated technical proficiency in system design and application.
• Working knowledge of BACnet, Niagara/Tridium, or comparable open-protocol BAS platforms.
• Experience preparing technical proposals, equipment schedules, or controls submittals for commercial BAS/EMS projects.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical, electrical, and controls drawings.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with CRM or project management tools.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, building systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Tridium-Niagara, Distech Controls, or Delta Controls platforms (Preferred).
• Familiarity with multi-site BAS/EMS deployment programs in retail, QSR, data center, or healthcare verticals (Preferred).
• Experience supporting a GC-channel sales and estimating process (Preferred).
• Exposure to energy management principles including demand response, scheduling optimization, and building performance benchmarking (Preferred).

Skills

• Building automation
• BAS/EMS
• HVAC controls
• System design
• System application
• BACnet
• Niagara/Tridium
• Open-protocol BAS platforms
• Technical proposals
• Equipment schedules
• Controls submittals
• Mechanical drawings
• Electrical drawings
• Controls drawings
• Communication skills
• Microsoft Office
• CRM tools
• Project management tools
• Tridium-Niagara
• Distech Controls
• Delta Controls platforms
• Multi-site BAS/EMS deployment
• Energy management principles
• Demand response
• Scheduling optimization
• Building performance benchmarking

Location

• Austin, TX

Work Type

• Full-Time
• Office-based
• Travel to project sites, client locations, or partner facilities may be required

Experience Level

• 3-7 years

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, building systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience

About the Company

• 5K Automation and Controls is a newly established building automation and energy management company affiliated with Hays Electrical Services, a nationally recognized electrical contractor with over 19 years of experience.
• 5K was created to meet the growing demand for intelligent, scalable BAS/EMS solutions across enterprise and multi-site portfolios nationwide.
• Our mission is simple: to make ourselves indispensable to our clients by delivering technically sound, commercially smart building automation solutions that perform.
• Join a ground-floor opportunity with the backing of an established, financially strong parent organization.
• You’ll have the resources to do your best work, a team invested in your success, and a culture built on accountability, collaboration, and excellence.