Senior Data Center Cooling Controls Architect

Zerra DC; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zerra DC in Brisbane is seeking a Senior Controls Specialist to lead the controls architecture for the Western Downs Digital Park cooling systems. You will oversee sequences of operation, integration and commissioning of chilled-water systems, pumps, cooling towers and related BMS interfaces across design, procurement, construction and operations.

Based in Brisbane with regular travel to Dalby, you will coordinate with electrical controls, EPMS and SCADA teams, set standards, review designs,

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in building management systems (BMS) and HVAC controls.
• Experience with data centre environments and large central cooling plants.
• Ability to coordinate interfaces with electrical controls, EPMS, PLC and SCADA systems.
• Strong understanding of chiller and chilled-water plant sequencing and redundancy.
• Experience leading controls projects through design, programming, testing and handover.

Responsibilities

• Define controls philosophy, architecture, and technical standards for campus cooling systems.
• Develop and review cooling-plant sequences, functional descriptions, control schematics, alarm strategies.
• Lead integration of chillers, pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers into the BMS.
• Define plant operating modes, equipment staging, redundancy, and safe-state requirements; coordinate interfaces.
• Review designs and submissions from consultants, contractors, and BMS integrators.
• Support procurement and technical evaluation of cooling equipment and controls packages.
• Lead controls input into FAT, SAT, functional testing and commissioning.
• Diagnose and resolve cooling-control and interface issues to protect reliability.

Skills

BMS

HVAC-controls

Coordination

BACnet

Modbus

Job description

Zerra DC in Brisbane is seeking a Senior Controls Specialist to lead the controls architecture for the Western Downs Digital Park cooling systems. You will oversee sequences of operation, integration and commissioning of chilled-water systems, pumps, cooling towers and related BMS interfaces across design, procurement, construction and operations.

Based in Brisbane with regular travel to Dalby, you will coordinate with electrical controls, EPMS and SCADA teams, set standards, review designs,