Job Description

How to Apply

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

Job Summary

The Utilities Department with Facility and Operations is seeking Graphics Designer and Data Entry Clerk to support our transition from an older data historian (eDNA) to new data historian (Aveva-Pi). The primary role and function for this position is to help create a graphical interface for a new boiler monitoring system under development. Activities include creating a graphical representation of boiler rooms and geo-plants, identify key indicators (tags) that represent real-time data, and enable these points to ultimately bring this data into screens that Boiler Operators or Maintenance Mechanics will use to troubleshoot real time issues, monitor the operating state of these plants, alarm when a fault occurs, or to perform analytics on these plants. Note: Aveva Pi System solution helps you establish an operations monitoring baseline, visualize critical assets and process performance (real-time), develop actionable insight, and apply advanced, AI-based analytics to achieve measurable outcomes. 

Who We Are

Utilities is a division of Facilities and Operations, made up of 135 dedicated employees responsible for providing utilities services for the university 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Services include campus-wide utilities purchasing, generation, and distribution, as well as metering and billing energy consumption for all university buildings. Distribution includes the operations and maintenance of 300 miles of underground utility systems from outdoor lighting and high voltage circuits to water mains to tunnel piping. The division also provides a wide range of engineering services primarily dedicated to energy management, the operations and maintenance of university facilities, and the utilities infrastructure.

Why Work at Michigan?

Being part of something greater, of serving a larger mission of discovery and care — that's the heart of what drives people to work at Michigan. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. It's adding a purpose to your profession. Work at Michigan and become a victor for the greater good.

Responsibilities*

Perform routine engineering drafting work, layout screens in Aveva-Pi that mimic boiler rooms and related mechanical equipment, perform data entry, create or populate spreadsheets, and document/update point logs or other relevant data.

Additional Information

Facilities and Operations seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan, to sustain the excellence of the university, and to offer students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning.

This is a full-time temporary position. The hours are 7:00am-3:30pm, M-F.

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks.  Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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