Building Controls Specialist

Employment Type: Freelance
Assignment Dates: August 31, 2026 – August 27, 2027
Location: Hybrid — Marlborough, MA
Schedule: 40 hours per week (onsite Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

About the role

A leading retail organization is seeking a Building Controls Specialist to support Building Management System (BMS) initiatives across new construction, system upgrades, and ongoing facilities projects. This role blends project coordination with hands-on technical support to help deploy, test, troubleshoot, and maintain building controls solutions that align with established standards. The Building Controls Specialist will collaborate with field engineers, project managers, vendors, contractors, and internal stakeholders to address implementation issues, document deficiencies, support commissioning activities, and promote consistent execution across distributed locations. The ideal candidate brings strong organizational skills, practical building controls knowledge, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily project activities, implementation tasks, priorities, and status updates for BMS initiatives.
• Triage technical and project-related issues, supporting prompt investigation, escalation, and resolution.
• Support BMS deployments, system upgrades, commissioning activities, and ongoing enhancements.
• Identify, document, track, and help resolve BMS deficiencies in new construction and upgrade environments.
• Assist with developing, maintaining, implementing, and improving BMS standards for construction and renovation projects.
• Conduct field validation, functional testing, and commissioning support to confirm compliance with project requirements and BMS standards.
• Coordinate with vendors, contractors, field teams, and internal partners to implement corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, issue logs, test results, action items, and recurring status reports.
• Provide technical and operational support to building controls leadership and project management teams.
• Identify recurring implementation challenges and recommend process or standards improvements.

Key Focus Areas

• Building Management System technical support
• Issue triage, tracking, and resolution
• BMS standards compliance and continuous improvement
• System testing, field validation, and commissioning
• Project coordination, documentation, and reporting
• Vendor, contractor, and field-team collaboration

Reporting Structure

Reports directly to the Building Controls Supervisor. Supports project execution under the direction of the supervisor and project leadership team.