Controls Engineer, EMEA Controls (Hemel Hempstead)

Amazon TA; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AWS Infrastructure Services in Hemel Hempstead is seeking a Controls Engineer for Construction (BMS/EPMS) to own building automation across data centers. You will develop control strategies, read specs, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure high availability and safety while aligning with business goals.

The role requires hands-on experience with BMS/EPMS, electrical and mechanical understanding, vendor management, and the ability to travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or related engineering field.
• Experience in vendor management.
• Experience in a data center or other critical environment.
• Experience in data center engineering or operations.
• Experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Deploys, maintains BMS (Building Management System) & EPMS (Electrical Power Monitoring System) across our leased/colocation data centers.
• Coordinate with AWS DCEO teams to implement new builds, upgrades etc and ensures high availability and high resiliency of these control systems.
• Ascertain customer needs to help develop project scope and specifications.
• Manage scopes of work relative to the site specifics and customer needs.
• Manage project engineering to determine the scope of work relative to the design intent of the customer needs.
• Read and interpret specifications and implement those specifications as they apply the work environment.
• Develop control panel BOM’s.
• Develop ISA data sheets for temperature, level, flow, and pressure transmitters along with ISA data sheets for control valves, positioners, analytical, and various other types of instrumentation.
• Develop drawings for control panels, power distribution, junction boxes. Included in the drawings are the general arrangement, internal layout, schematics and interconnection and wiring diagrams.
• Develop logic diagrams in the International Automation format for complex logic devices such as Programmable Logical Controller and Distributed Control System. Prepare cable, routing plans and schedules.
• Perform inspections, testing, and commission of the facility systems.
• Coordinate project work internally within the department and externally with other departments to ensure on‑time completion of projects within budget.
• Travel domestically and internationally to support other regions.

Skills

Vendor management

Data center experience

Microsoft Office

Electrical/Mechanical engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Honeywell Tridium Niagara

Building Controls/Trend

PowerLogic/Struxureware

Distech

Inductive Automation: Ignition

Job description

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer‑centric company on earth. To get there, we need motivated and inventive people to join us. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.

The Data Center Global Services team is looking for a Controls Engineer for Construction (BMS/EPMS), responsible for the building automation systems within Amazon data centers to join our EMEA team. If you are passionate about the customer experience, think and act globally and have the ability to contribute to major new innovations in the area of building controls and automation this is the challenge you are looking for!

Our Control Engineers technical background across project/construction management, mechanical, electrical or technology background enable them to undertake the challenges of sophisticated controls platforms to strategically align building controls and automation with the larger objectives of the business. They work individually and as part of a team to develop new products, support existing products, test and evaluate equipment.

Key job responsibilities

• Controls Engineers in AWS deploys, maintains BMS (Building Management System) & EPMS (Electrical Power Monitoring System) across our leased/colocation data centers.
• They co‑ordinate with AWS DCEO (Data Center Engineering Operations) teams to implement new builds, upgrades etc and ensures high availability and high resiliency of these control systems.
• Ascertain customer needs to help develop project scope and specifications.
• Manage scopes of work relative to the site specifics and customer needs.
• Manage project engineering to determine the scope of work relative to the design intent of the customer needs.
• Read and interpret specifications and implement those specifications as they apply the work environment.
• Develop control panel BOM’s.
• Develop ISA data sheets for temperature, level, flow, and pressure transmitters along with ISA data sheets for control valves, positioners, analytical, and various other types of instrumentation.
• Develop drawings for control panels, power distribution, junction boxes. Included in the drawings are the general arrangement, internal layout, schematics and interconnection and wiring diagrams.
• Develop logic diagrams in the International Automation format for complex logic devices such as Programmable Logical Controller and Distributed Control System. Prepare cable, routing plans and schedules.
• Perform inspections, testing, and commission of the facility systems.
• Coordinate project work internally within the department and externally with other departments to ensure on‑time completion of projects within budget.
• Travel domestically and internationally to support other regions.

About the team

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

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Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, mentorship and other career‑advancing resources here to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in vendor management.
• Experience in a data center or other critical environment.
• Experience in data center engineering or operations.
• Experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in construction, or experience in project management.
• Experience electrical, mechanical, or controls field.
• Experience as a general contractor and in vendor management (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.
• 3+ years of on‑site experience with industrial controls in critical environment (data center, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, petrochemical, etc), designing, configuring, installing, and/or servicing (Honeywell: Tridium Niagara, Building Controls/Trend, Schneider Electric, PowerLogic/Struxureware, Distech, Inductive Automation: Ignition).

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