Building Automation Designer

Change the future with us.

We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity.

We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important : making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Competitive total rewards package.
• Profit sharing available.
• Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2022, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2023 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.

What will you do?

• Understand requirements and design building automation solutions for higher education and K 12 education facilities, high-rise buildings, and office spaces.
• Assure that projects are designed in accordance with the contract requirements (Mechanical drawings, Electrical Drawings, Mechanical Specifications, Sales estimates), and ensure the goals established for the project are achieved
• Choose the appropriate mix of products and installation methods to provide the most cost-effective solution.
• Participate in sales-to-operations turnover meetings to evaluate accuracy of the sales estimate and job layout.
• Design building automation network architecture to support operator workstations, DDC field panels, and third-party integration devices connected through Modbus, Ethernet, Siemens P2, or BACNET.
• Select proper types and sizes of company products and those from outside suppliers to meet project requirements.
• Analyze with supervision specifications and drawings for special components and panels purchased from outside suppliers.
• Prepare design documents, including mechanical system layouts, electrical drawings, bills of materials, sequences of operations, valve and damper schedules, and DDC panel layouts.
• Design with supervision of building and space pressurization solutions, chiller and boiler plant sequencing control, etc.
• Prepare engineering re-estimates and follow up with appropriate sales and management to ensure understanding of and satisfaction with job scope.
• Responsible to meet the design allocated budget.
• Maintain clear communication with project team regarding deliverables
• Emit as-built control manuals based on site annotations coming from technicians and electricians. Perform peer-review of engineering documents.
• Train of the engineering team according to current skills

What will you need to succeed?

• Bachelor’s Degree or College Diploma in Engineering, Electronics, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of building automation design experience
• ASHRAE, LEED certifications are a plus
• Ability to design medium to large standard jobs with some deviation using standard tools, products, and practices
• Strong knowledge of industry engineering fundamentals and business operations
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and AutoCAD, CAD Training, or other engineering design software application
• Knowledge of Bluebeam Revu 2020 and / or Adobe Pro are a plus
• Qualified applicants must be legally authorized for employment in Canada

About us.

We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.

For over 110 years, Siemens Canada has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality and reliability. Active across Canada, the company focuses on intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems and on automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries.

Siemens brings together the digital and physical worlds to benefit customers and society. Through Mobility, a leading supplier of intelligent mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is helping to shape Canada’s passenger rail services.

Via its majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, Siemens is also a leading supplier of medical technology and digital health services.

In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power.

Making a difference together we raised $385,000 towards charitable contributions, support over 38 non-profit organizations and planted 660 trees in our local communities.

Siemens Canada has 2,500 employees from coast-to-coast and 24 office and production facilities across Canada. Join our team of approximately 293,000 talented professionals in more than 190 countries / regions and help us tackle the most exciting challenges to build a successful future together.

So, what are you waiting for? Take your next career step with us.

While we appreciate all applications we receive, we advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted.