Principal BMS & PMS Controls Engineer — Global Data Centers

Jobgether; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Retirement and pension contributions

Healthcare and insurance benefits

Generous annual paid leave

Job summary

Partner company in the Netherlands is seeking a Principal BMS & PMS Controls Engineer to act as the technical authority for building and power management systems across a global portfolio of mission-critical data centre facilities. You will define architecture, standards and acceptance frameworks ensuring consistency, reliability and performance across Europe and North America.

You will drive continuous improvement, mentor engineers, and collaborate with procurement to shape vendor strategies

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience in Building Management Systems (BMS), Power Management Systems (PMS) or mission-critical controls engineering, with proven experience in the data centre sector.
• Experience defining controls architectures and establishing technical standards across multiple sites or international projects.
• Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical control sequences, supervisory control platforms, and industrial communication protocols (BACnet, Modbus).
• Proven experience making and defending complex technical decisions involving vendors, consultants, designers and senior stakeholders.
• Experience defining FAT, SAT and IST procedures for mission-critical controls environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with ability to drive alignment across geographies without direct reporting authority.
• Strategic thinking, sound technical judgement and proactive risk identification and engineering improvements.
• Nice to have: experience with controls for high-density AI data centres, direct liquid cooling and advanced thermal management.
• Nice to have: knowledge of OT cybersecurity and IEC 62443 in controls networks.
• Nice to have: experience standardising architectures, specs and practices across international data centre portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the global BMS and PMS controls architecture, including system boundaries, networks, redundancy and integration with facility monitoring and compute infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain the controls standards library, including FAT/SAT requirements and naming conventions.
• Establish technical requirements for high-density AI data centre environments, including CDU integration and power-to-compute interfaces.
• Act as the final technical authority on controls design deviations, vendor proposals, and integration challenges across international sites.
• Collaborate with procurement to define vendor strategies and supplier selection standards.
• Establish OT security requirements with cybersecurity specialists, including network segmentation and secure remote support.
• Analyse operational data to continuously improve controls standards and engineering practices.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to controls engineers and partners.

Skills

BMS expertise

PMS expertise

Data centre domain

Multisite leadership

Stakeholder management

Systems architecture

Vendor management

OT security

Industrial protocols

Communication skills

High-density AI cooling

Risk assessment

Job description

Partner company in the Netherlands is seeking a Principal BMS & PMS Controls Engineer to act as the technical authority for building and power management systems across a global portfolio of mission-critical data centre facilities. You will define architecture, standards and acceptance frameworks ensuring consistency, reliability and performance across Europe and North America.

You will drive continuous improvement, mentor engineers, and collaborate with procurement to shape vendor strategies