Data Center Controls Engineer – Critical Facilities

Equinix; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix is seeking a technical Controls and Critical Facilities Engineer for our Melbourne, Derrimut, ME4 cluster. The role focuses on operating, maintaining and evolving critical power, HVAC, BMS, and site services within a data centre environment.

You will work across electrical, mechanical and controls disciplines, with responsibilities including programming, commissioning, troubleshooting and vendor coordination to ensure high reliability of critical infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Trade or Degree qualified in Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, Automation, Mechatronics, Controls or related discipline.
• Ability to attain and maintain NV1 Security Clearance.
• Experience with controls systems: BMS, SCADA, PLCs, industrial automation or process control.
• Experience with platforms such as Tridium Niagara, Trend, Siemens, Schneider, Rockwell, Honeywell.
• Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting capability across controls environments.
• Fast learner who can bring controls expertise into a Critical Facilities role.
• Collaborative, multi-discipline teamwork mindset.
• Willingness to work on-call rosters and adapt to site needs.
• Autonomous, proactive and development-minded in a mission-critical setting.
• Engineering mindset and desire to grow within critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Work with Controls vendors to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Plan and implement logic changes to improve site efficiency and PUE.
• Monitor BMS, SCADA and controls systems; perform routine maintenance.
• Investigate alarms; fault-find and respond to issues in site controls.
• Coordinate vendors responsible for site controls maintenance and upgrades.
• Support investigations, repairs, upgrades and project activities.
• Collaborate with Controls Engineering to implement site standards and architecture.
• Lead site-based controls activities including commissioning and rollouts.
• Perform programming, configuration and optimisation of controls systems.

Skills

Controls systems troubleshooting

BMS/SCADA/PLC experience

Team collaboration

On-call readiness

Autonomous work style

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree or trade qualification

NV1 Security Clearance

Tools

Tridium Niagara

Trend

Siemens

Schneider

Rockwell

Honeywell

Job description

Equinix is seeking a technical Controls and Critical Facilities Engineer for our Melbourne, Derrimut, ME4 cluster. The role focuses on operating, maintaining and evolving critical power, HVAC, BMS, and site services within a data centre environment.

You will work across electrical, mechanical and controls disciplines, with responsibilities including programming, commissioning, troubleshooting and vendor coordination to ensure high reliability of critical infrastructure.