Controls and BAS Technician Jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Building automation, SCADA and DDC systems for cooling and power monitoring. Now the third largest colocation market in the country, with more than 700 MW under construction.
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 Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Garland.
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 Dallas-Fort Worth specifically
DFW grew into the third largest colocation market in the country with more than 700 MW under construction at once, and it did it on cheap land and a grid that is its own interconnection. ERCOT isolation cuts both ways: faster to connect, more exposed in a weather event.
Volume market. More simultaneous projects than specialists, so travel crews rotate in constantly and rates hold through the year rather than spiking.