Senior Controls Engineer

About the Organization

Colovoreis the leader in ultra-high-density, liquid-cooled AI colocation data centers for the deployment of AI inference,Super Pod, and AI factory applications and solutions. With facilities featuring power densities of 17-500+ kilowatts per cabinet, we are expanding quickly and building a national footprint of modern, hyper-efficient, high-density data centers to serve F500 enterprises and startups. The company wasacquiredby King Street in 2024, who provides real estate developmentexpertiseand secured $925 million funding to accelerate its national expansion.

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We are seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead the design, construction, and operation of Building Management Systems (BMS) for Colovore’s high-density data centers. This is a leadership role responsible for working with multidisciplined design teams across new developments, commissioning, capacity expansions, and existing site operations. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with end-to-end PLC-based control system hardware and software design, SCADA software (Ignition by Inductive Automation), system construction, commissioning, and operations.

As a member of the Colovore Engineering Team you will collaborate closely with Precon/Construction teams, MEP engineering consultants, Controls Vendors, and Facility Operations teams to ensure data center BMS systems are fully functional, reliable, and cost-effective in alignment with Colovore’s high-performance standards.

• Lead the design and technical review of data center BMS including chilled water plant / HVAC control using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) & Remote I/O, Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS), and SCADA system graphics/programming using Ignition software by Inductive Automation.
• Develop program-level BMS requirements including communications and controls architecture, sequences of operation, instrumentation requirements, SCADA graphics standards, master points lists, network diagrams, control schematics, and system integration requirements.
• Ensure BMS designs support reliable, accurate control and monitoring of data center MEP systems including concurrent maintainability.
• Review vendor proposals, BMS design packages, specifications, and submittals for technical accuracy, completeness and compliance with Colovore standards.

• Develop and maintain company-wide BMS design standards, master BMS specifications, BMS startup and Cx functional test templates, and instrumentation performance requirements.
• Establish consistent, repeatable controls strategies that can scale across multi-phased sites and across multiple data center sites.
• Define requirements for software tag and alarm management, trending, data retention, user access, cybersecurity, and system reporting.
• Evaluate live BMS platforms at existing Colovore data centers and recommend improvements based on performance, scalability, and operational needs.

• Review BMS vendor proposals/scopes of work, change orders, and vendor recommendations to ensure solutions are technically sound, cost effective, and in compliance with Colovore BMS standards.
• Provide technical direction to BMS design/build contractors, integrators, equipment vendors, and design consultants.
• Hold contractors/vendors accountable for design and construction quality, schedule, PLC/SCADA programming standards, documentation, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate BMS integration across mechanical, electrical, LV/telecom, fire protection, security, and the Colovore IT department.

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