Controls Engineer - Critical Facilities

Tagged: Company Type: AEC / MEP Engineering , Discipline:
Engineering

Our client is a leader in Critical Facilities Engineering Design that has a national footprint and specializes in MEP and Controls. They provide design, consulting and management expertise in the Critical Facilities Space. They have a mindset to provide reliability, energy efficiency, and sustainable design expertise when providing these consulting services for Enterprise, Colocation and Hyperscale Companies. This career‑growth minded opportunity offers exciting projects with leading‑edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience with the execution of design of Controls and Building automation systems platforms such as EPMS (Electrical and Power Monitoring Systems), BAS Systems (Building Automation Systems), or BMS System (Building Monitor Systems) in a data center or industrial environment. This candidate will design customized controls solutions for customers in the data center industry for both new design and upgrades to existing automation systems for power and cooling systems in a live, mission‑critical environment.

They will collaborate with the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering / Design teams to ensure the reliability, proper operations, acceptance of new and modified installations, automations and software solutions. Applies an intensive and diversified knowledge of complete BMS, BAS, EPMS - coding, testing and operations.

• Execute and lead automation design teams of complex scope, and coordinate activities of other personnel as needed
• Meet with business to understand needs of the customer to design a customized solution to meet their needs
• Create standards for ground up design as found in initial discovery process
• Lead design for control panels: layout, control power, relay logic, and wiring diagrams
• Create and review project specifications and sequence of operations of MEP equipment
• Create Bill of materials (BOMs): instrumentation, sensors, actuators, valves and other field devices
• Mentor engineers and assist with training and development on software standards to create a learning and growing environment
• Design and implement Front end SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Platforms, DDC and PLC - controller based systems for various projects
• Lead the design of BAS controls and EPMS
• Develop and improve design configuration, programming, networking, systems architecture, diagnostic standards including IT / OT requirements and interface to match application needs
• Review / Submit project deliverables per project requirements: AE design drawings, shop drawings, product data, o/m manuals (SOPs and MOPs), etc.
• Lead development of UI / UX configuration standards
• Develop proposals and timely completion of Assigned Tasks and Deliverables including project scope, schedule and budget
• Effective time management of project design team including forecasting resources and resource coordination
• Identify potential project scope changes; aid in development of strategies to minimize impact and changes from estimated costs and project deadlines
• QA/QC peer reviews for projects which candidate is not the engineer
• Optimize workflow and deliverables by developing templates, standards, automations, etc.
• Communicate regularly with internal and external stakeholders, subcontractors, project managers, AEs and commissioning agents on project progress
• Assist / Develop all project communication and reporting, weekly progress reports, etc.
• Work with Customer to ensure safe and secure systems to meet best practices
• 3-5 years of AE / MEP Consulting Engineering design or Systems Integrator shop drawing design a must
• Revit or AutoCAD a plus
• Knowledge of IoT and smart building solutions
• Knowledge of open‑source protocols (BACnet, Modbus and SNMP)
• Knowledge of DDC systems including Distech, Honeywell, and Tridium Niagara
• Knowledge of PLC systems including Schneider Electric and Allen Bradley
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or similar engineering degree a plus
• Licensed PE / EIT / Certifications a Plus
• SQL…