Controls Field Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Support the availability and reliability of EPMS, BMS, and associated control systems across assigned sites.
• Perform routine system checks, alarm reviews, and health validations to ensure data accuracy and system stability.
• Troubleshoot controls-related issues across software, network, and field device layers.
• Execute approved changes, patches, and minor upgrades under established change management processes.
• Maintain backups, configuration records, and system access controls.

Field Engineering & Commissioning Support

• Support commissioning, cutovers, energizations, and retrofits from a controls perspective.
• Perform point-to-point checks, basic logic validation, and graphics verification.
• Assist with meter, relay, sensor, and controller integration and validation.
• Capture and maintain as-built documentation following field work.

Electrical & Systems Awareness

• Read and interpret one-line diagrams, electrical schematics, and control drawings.
• Validate that EPMS/BMS hierarchies reflect real-world electrical and mechanical configurations.
• Partner with electrical and mechanical SMEs to correct discrepancies and improve monitoring fidelity.

Documentation & Procedures

• Create and maintain SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, control narratives, and system diagrams as assigned.
• Ensure system inventories, naming conventions, and point mappings remain accurate.
• Contribute to regional standards for alarms, graphics, and documentation.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Act as a technical liaison between Operations Controls Systems, Site Operations, and IT Operations.
• Coordinate troubleshooting efforts that span controls software, networking, and physical infrastructure.
• Work with IT Ops on server hosting, virtualization, network connectivity, and security requirements related to controls systems.

Regional Coverage & On-Call Support

• Participate in on-call rotations for controls-related incidents.
• Travel up to ~25% to support commissioning, outages, and regional projects.

Required Qualifications

• 4–6+ years of experience in industrial controls, facilities automation, or mission critical environments (data center experience preferred).
• Hands-on experience supporting EPMS, BMS, or BAS platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior data center experience supporting 24×7 operations.
• Commissioning or startup experience in electrical or mechanical control systems.
• Experience with platforms such as Ignition, Niagara, ALC, Schneider, Eaton, or similar.
• Comfort working at the intersection of software, networking, and physical infrastructure.

Competencies

• Strong hands-on troubleshooter with practical electrical intuition.
• Comfortable working in live, mission critical environments.
• Detail-oriented with disciplined documentation habits.
• Calm, collaborative, and operationally focused.
• Able to balance site-level urgency with regional consistency.