Senior Staff Engineer II - Building Systems

09/01/2025

Salary commensurate with experience

40 hours weekly

A resume is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.

For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans — and people all over the world — through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, five health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 116,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.

The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System’s fourteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.

To establish and maintain engineering design guidelines and review plans and specifications of all projects for compliance within building systems engineering disciplines.

• Provide engineering documentation and guidance to project managers and construction managers during the design and construction phases of projects.
• Integrates technical processes, equipment, building types and best practices into OCP’s basis of design & guideline documentation. Prepares and maintains OCP’s engineering guideline specifications and design criteria for U. T. System projects.
• By managing in-house and contract resources, review engineering plans and specifications for compliance with OCP’s engineering specification and design criteria, institutional, applicable state and national requirements, State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) energy efficiency and water conservation requirements and Building & Life Safety code compliance.
• Reviews engineering plans and specifications for compliance with regulatory agencies such as SECO, State Fire Marshal, TCEQ, TDLR, Texas Historical Commission, Texas Antiquities Committee, USFWS and Texas Board of Professional Engineers.
• Confirms the overall design approach proposed by the A/E team is fit for purpose with the Institution’s requirement. This may involve, but is not limited to, program participation and reviews of Life Cycle Cost Analyses.
• Provides engineering consulting services to institutions and offices as directed.
• Maintains knowledge of latest developments in engineering technology for products and services, including operational efficiencies and resilience.

• Group and individual communications skills with project participants of differing levels of technical knowledge.
• Productive participation in problem solving sessions among designers, contractors, consultants, end-users and owners with differing perspectives.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 10 years engineering experience with large academic, health or related field projects to include at least 2 years of management experience.
• Registered professional engineer with the state of Texas required or attainable in 6 months.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering and 20 years engineering experience with large academic, health or related field projects to include at least 5 years of management experience.
• Registered professional engineer with the state of Texas.

• May work around standard office conditions
• Uses standard office equipment
• 50% Travel
• Requires occasional evening or weekend hours

The standard retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. However, the incumbent of this position may elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. Participation in either TRS or ORP is mandatory.

A background check will be conducted on applicants under final consideration. The background check may include any or all of the following: criminal history check, prior employment verification, education verification, professional references check, and motor vehicle records check. Background checks are conducted by third-party vendors. Upon request from the third-party vendor, candidates under final consideration must provide the required information for the background checks to be completed.

The University of Texas System Administration is a federal contractor committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees in all terms and conditions of employment. U. T. System will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state laws.

For information on accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the Office of Talent and Innovation at oti@utsystem.edu.