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Senior DDC Controls Designer

Ameresco
United States, Ohio, Cincinnati
5636 Bridgetown Road (Show on map)
Jun 11, 2025

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe.

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

Ameresco is currently looking for a DDC Controls Designer to work out of Cincinnati, OH. This position is going to be working for our Smart Building Solutions team specializing in Direct Digital Controls for customers in the Municipal, University, School, and Hospital market.

Responsibilities:

  • Perform BAS/DDC controls engineering design, development, and implementation including software, hardware (systems integration, instrumentation callout, panel layout, and construction), and systems design (integration of the various components on any given project).

  • Read and interpret documents, drawings and specification issued for performance of the control system commissioning; typical documents may include PDFs, single line diagrams, cable and conduit schedules, instrumentation and control data sheets, I/O lists, etc.

  • Accumulate and/or generate methodology, lessons learned, templates, efficiency tools, etc. to streamline project execution.

  • Develop individual work-plan to meet overall project deadlines.

  • Ensure understanding of assigned project scope to meet the overall engineering responsibilities.

  • Evaluate progress on project and detail changes.

  • Assist in the development of costs and proposal of change orders to contract scope.

  • Ensure compliance with all regulations, codes, etc. as they apply to the scope of project work.

  • Technical writing including project definition and requirements, process control sequence of operations, standard practices and procedures, scope of supply, requests for information, customer correspondence and code commenting.

  • Review job contract plans, scope and specifications, survey information, sales estimates and take-off sheets for opportunities and proposals, and clearly define requirements prior to starting engineering.

  • Work with Field Technicians and Field Engineers as needed to improve efficiency and support Project Managers as needed.

  • Ability to engineer hardware, software, graphics, as-built details, sequences, creating control drawings, valve sizing, control device selection, damper sizing and schedules.

  • The ability to multitask and produce desired results in a deadline driven environment.

  • Proven ability to work effectively and efficiently in a team environment.

  • Perform other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • 2+ years' experience or Minimum 8 years' experience in HVAC, Building Automation, or control systems with a minimum of 5 years directly working on any combination of integration, checkout, testing, commissioning, and/or field support of DDC based control systems

  • BA/BS Engineering degree

Additional Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of IP based networks and various building automation communication protocol and systems. Protocols include, BACnet, LonWorks, Modbus, etc.

  • Basic understating of DDC Control theory and applications as it related to HVAC equipment.

  • Experience with engineering design programs such as AutoCAD, Microsoft Visio, etc.

  • Experience with multiple manufactures of controls. JCI, Siemens, Delta Controls, Niagara

  • Reliable controls experience.

  • Familiarity with the concepts of new construction and renovation/retrofit,

  • Flexibility to work outside normal work hours/weekends, as required. (emergency service calls)

  • Knowledgeable wireless technologies, PC and server hardware.

  • Experience with Microsoft office.

  • Experience with electronics and basic electrical circuits.

  • Strong analytical skill.

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Ameresco challenges the brightest, most talented, and creative individuals in the industry by providing an environment that fosters initiative and achievement. We are proud of our comprehensive and competitive employee benefits, including people-oriented insurance, investment, and incentive plans.

All official communications from Ameresco will originate from an @ameresco.com email address. Any correspondence from other domains should be regarded as fraudulent. Please report any suspicious activity to the platform where the issue was encountered. For further inquiries or concerns, please contact us at 1-866-AMERESCO

Ameresco is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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