Controls Technician, Data Center Capacity Delivery

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services designs, plans, delivers, and operates all AWS global infrastructure, keeping the cloud running by supporting data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that provide customers with continual access to innovation. You will join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles, collaborating across AWS to uphold the highest safety and security standards while delivering seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost. The Data Center Global Services team is seeking exceptional individuals for its Controls organization as a Controls Technician focused on the service and construction of Building Management Systems (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS) within Amazon data centers. If you are passionate about customer experience, think and act globally, and can contribute to major new innovations in building controls and automation, this role is the challenge you’re looking for.

Responsibilities

• Verify, configure, and troubleshoot field devices including Air Handler Unit (AHU) controllers, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), temperature and pressure sensors, and third‑party network or serial devices, controllers, and network equipment.
• Primarily work in the field at data center sites, supporting multiple sites under deployment and/or service.
• Perform point‑to‑point checkouts between field devices and controllers.
• Perform first‑line diagnostics, troubleshooting, and maintenance of instrumentation associated with BMS and EPMS in data centers.
• Perform network configurations and communication testing between third‑party devices and controllers or servers.
• Configure and calibrate sensors.
• Read and understand electrical schematics and control panel drawings.
• Apply basic understanding of closed‑loop controls, field sensor scaling, and AND/OR functions typically performed by industrial controllers.
• Supervise low‑voltage electrical contractors who perform wiring and installation of field devices.
• Provide commissioning and systems‑level testing support.
• Create red‑lined drawings and recommendations based on field work and verify the accuracy of as‑built drawings.
• Assist in performing root cause analysis during testing and commissioning.
• Ensure all personnel on site follow proper safety methodology.
• Work on‑call and a rotating schedule when required, responding to after‑hours emergencies.
• Perform basic support concepts such as ticketing systems, root cause analysis, and task prioritization.

Requirements

• Technical background and experience in installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of field sensors, controllers, wiring, networking, and programming associated with industrial control systems.
• Ability to read and understand electrical schematics and control panel drawings.
• Basic understanding of closed‑loop controls, field sensor scaling, and AND/OR logic.
• Experience supervising low‑voltage electrical contractors.
• Physical capability to walk jobsites on uneven terrain, work at heights and from ladders, regularly use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 49 pounds occasionally and participate in group lifts of 50 pounds or more.
• Willingness to work shifts longer than eight hours in duration.

Skills

• Experience with field sensors, controllers, wiring, networking, and programming of industrial control systems.
• Proficiency in reading electrical schematics and control panel drawings.
• Understanding of closed‑loop control principles, sensor scaling, and AND/OR functions.