Senior BMS & Data Centre Engineering Director

Clear Engineering Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yearly Bonus

Equity Potential

Company Car + Expenses

Phone

Laptop

Pension

Private Health Care

Job summary

Clear Engineering Recruitment seeks a BMS Technical Director (Data Centres) in Ireland, hybrid role. The position heads technical strategy and governance for critical environment automation across high-profile data centre projects.

You will define engineering standards, drive innovation, and support business development while maintaining senior leadership collaboration with the MD and team. Hybrid in Ireland with a strong salary, bonus and benefits package.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering Building Management Systems projects.
• Leadership role within a BMS integrator or controls specialist.
• Strong knowledge of major platforms (Schneider EcoStruxure, Trend, Tridium Niagara, Siemens Desigo, Honeywell, Distech, Johnson Controls).
• Excellent understanding of BACnet, Modbus, MQTT and wider smart building tech.
• Experience in data centres, pharmaceuticals, healthcare or other critical environments.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience developing engineering standards and governance.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the company's technical vision for BMS/Controls.
• Act as the highest level of technical authority for all BMS projects.
• Provide technical leadership through design, implementation, commissioning and lifecycle of complex BMS installations.
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, design principles and technical governance.
• Ensure projects meet industry best practice and client requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement across engineering processes and project delivery.
• Introduce new technologies, platforms and innovative engineering solutions.
• Develop company standards, SOPs, documentation and templates.
• Support standardised BMS architectures across multiple clients.
• Lead the evaluation and implementation of emerging technologies in smart buildings and data centres.
• Act as senior technical advisor for key clients.
• Support business development with technical proposals and presentations.
• Collaborate with commercial teams during tender and pre-construction phases.
• Build long-term technical relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to expand engineering services.

Skills

BMS leadership

BACnet

Modbus

MQTT

Client-facing

Stakeholder management

Engineering standards

Technical governance

Data centre experience

Job description

Clear Engineering Recruitment seeks a BMS Technical Director (Data Centres) in Ireland, hybrid role. The position heads technical strategy and governance for critical environment automation across high-profile data centre projects.

You will define engineering standards, drive innovation, and support business development while maintaining senior leadership collaboration with the MD and team. Hybrid in Ireland with a strong salary, bonus and benefits package.