Controls and BAS Technician Jobs in Columbus, OH
Building automation, SCADA and DDC systems for cooling and power monitoring. One of the fastest growing hyperscale corridors in the Midwest.
Backlogs in Northern Virginia are running around eight months for this role.
Base range for this role is $78,000 - $130,000, before per diem. Work in this corridor clusters around Columbus, New Albany, Hilliard, Dublin.
What gets you hired
Platform certification on the building automation system in use, usually Niagara, Distech, Siemens or JCI. BACnet and Modbus troubleshooting are assumed.
When this trade is needed
Overlaps mechanical fit-out and runs deep into commissioning, because nothing passes integrated systems testing until the sequences behave.
Why Columbus specifically
Central Ohio turned into a hyperscale corridor on the back of New Albany, and the growth is recent enough that the local trade base has not caught up with it. Most specialist work still arrives from out of state.
The market where a travelling specialist has the least local competition, and where per diem is most often part of the package rather than a negotiation.